Biography
Michael Bates
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Parad…
Career works
59
Movies
31
Series
28
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
12/04/1920
Place of birth
Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Date of death
01/11/1978
Filmography highlights
Movies
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
1978 · 7.0
Gulliver's Travels
1977 · 5.6
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976 · 3.5
No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · 5.2
The Stone Tape
1972 · 6.0
Frenzy
1972 · 7.1
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · 8.2
The Fox Trot
1971 · 9.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · 6.0
Every Home Should Have One
1970 · 4.9
Patton
1970 · 7.5
Arthur? Arthur!
1969 · 3.8
Battle of Britain
1969 · 6.9
Sling Your Hook
1969 · 8.0
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · 6.7
Series
Fall of Eagles
1974 · 7.0
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1974 · 7.3
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · 7.1
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · 7.5
Jason King
1971 · 7.8
Budgie
1971 · 7.2
Six Dates with Barker
1971 · 7.4
The Misfit
1970 · 9.0
Male of the Species
1969 · 4.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0
Ooh La La!
1968 · 10.0
Cilla
1968 · 8.0
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · 7.2
ITV Playhouse
1967 · 7.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.3