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Michael Bates

​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 Paradiso which starred Alec Guinness, at the Winter Garden Theatre in London. He appeared in many UK television series including Last of the Summer Wine from 1973 to 1975 as Cyril Blamire and It Ain't Half Hot Mum from 1974 to 1977 as Rangi Ram, as well as many others. His role as Rangi Ram caused some controversy as it required Bates to be made-up with fake tan to look like an Indian, which he took to naturally as he was born in India and spoke the Hindi language fluently. On radio he played a variety of characters in the BBC's long-running comedy series The Navy Lark. These were: Able Seaman Ginger, Lt. Bates, Rear Admiral Ironbridge, the Padre and Captain Ignatius Aloysius Atchison. Bates' film roles include Battle of Britain (1969) as Warrant Officer Warwick, Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as a Lance-corporal, Patton (1970) as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (to whom he bore a striking resemblance), Frenzy (1972) by Alfred Hitchcock, and the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange (1971). On stage, he did Shakespeare at Stratford and the Old Vic and made a big impression as Inspector Truscott in the West End production of Loot by Joe Orton in 1966. He died of cancer in Cambridge, aged 57. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bates (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Dec 4, 1920 In Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the movie The Stratford Adventure 1954-08-02
Latest Project:
Movie Barry's Bespoke Bakery 2012-07-18
Known For
Filmography
Movie Barry's Bespoke Bakery Barry 2012-07-18
Movie Hot Times at Montclair High Dirk 1989-11-08
Movie Gulliver's Travels (voice) 1977-01-01
Movie The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Madman 1976-08-01
Series Fall of Eagles Von Ludendorff 1974-03-15
Movie No Sex Please: We're British Mr. Needham 1973-07-25
Movie The Stone Tape Eddie Holmes 1972-12-25
Movie Frenzy Sergeant Spearman 1972-05-25
Movie Patton Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery 1970-01-25
Movie The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Mr. Spimm 1970-11-12
Movie Every Home Should Have One Magistrate 1970-03-05
Movie Oh! What a Lovely War Drunk Lance Corporal 1969-03-10
Movie Battle of Britain Warrant Officer Warwick 1969-09-15
Movie Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Mr. McGregor 1968-01-22
Movie Hammerhead Andreas / Sir Richard 1968-09-11
Movie Salt & Pepper Inspector Crabbe 1968-07-03
Movie Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River Dr. Spink 1968-07-12
Movie Bedazzled Inspector Clarke 1967-10-30
Series The Dick Emery Show 1963-07-13
Movie I'm All Right Jack Bootle 1959-08-18
Movie Dunkirk Froome 1958-03-20
Movie The Spanish Gardener Consular Official (uncredited) 1956-12-25
Movie The Stratford Adventure Self 1954-08-02
Movie Carrington V.C. Major Broke-Smith 1954-12-09
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