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Born1920-12-04
BirthplaceJhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Credits24 titles
Person
Michael Bates
Actor · Crew· Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
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Michael Hammond Bates was an Indian-born English actor. He was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Bates served as a Major serving with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Burma before his discharge at the end of World War II. In 1953, while an ensemble member with the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared in Richard III and All's Well That End's Well. In 1956 he appeared in Hotel Paradiso which starred Alec Guinness, at the Winter Garden Theatre in London.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
24 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Hot Times at Montclair High | Dirk | Film |
| 1981 | Jailhouse Wardress | - | Film |
| 1977 | Gulliver's Travels | (voice) | Film |
| 1974 | It Ain't Half Hot Mum | Rangi Ram | TV |
| 1973 | No Sex Please - We're British | Mr. Arnold Needham | Film |
| 1972 | The Stone Tape | Eddie Holmes | Film |
| 1972 | Frenzy | DS Spearman | Film |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Chief Guard | Film |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Mr. Spimm | Film |
| 1970 | Patton | Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery | Film |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Drunk Lance Corporal | Film |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Mr. Harrington | Film |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Warrant Officer Warwick | Film |
| 1968 | Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | Dr. Spink | Film |
| 1968 | Salt & Pepper | Inspector Crabbe | Film |
| 1968 | Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Mr. McGregor | Film |
| 1968 | Hammerhead | Andreas / Sir Richard | Film |
| 1967 | Bedazzled | Inspector Clarke | Film |
| 1964 | Cluff | Inspector Mole | TV |
| 1963 | The Dick Emery Show | TV | |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Froome | Film |
| 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Consular Official (uncredited) | Film |
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure | Self | Film |
| 1954 | Carrington V.C. | Major Broke-Smith | Film |
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