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Michael Bates (I) (1920–1978)

Actor

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Was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1948 till 1953. See more trivia »

Born:

in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, British India [now India]

Died:

(age 57) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Michael Bates, Bill Owen and Peter Sallis in Last of the Summer Wine Michael Bates in It Ain't Half Hot Mum
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1974-1977 It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV series)
Rangi Ram
– The Eternal Quadrangle (1977) … Rangi Ram
– The Superstar (1977) … Rangi Ram
– Puddings from Heaven (1977) … Rangi Ram
– The Pay Off (1977) … Rangi Ram
– Bridge Over the River Hipong (1977) … Rangi Ram
See all 36 episodes »
 
1977 Honey (TV movie)
Reg Forrester
 
1977 Gulliver's Travels (voice)
 
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Madman
 
1975 Comedy Premiere (TV series)
Reg Forrester
– Honey (1975) … Reg Forrester
 
1973-1975 Last of the Summer Wine (TV series)
Blamire
– Northern Flying Circus (1975) … Blamire
– Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe (1975) … Blamire
– A Quiet Drink (1975) … Blamire
– Some Enchanted Evening (1975) … Blamire
– The Changing Face of Rural Blamire (1975) … Blamire
See all 14 episodes »
 
1975 Lulu (TV series)
 
1974 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
– Episode #12.10 (1974)
 
1974 Fall of Eagles (TV mini-series)
Von Ludendorff
– End Game (1974) … Von Ludendorff
– The Secret War (1974) … Von Ludendorff
 
1973 No Sex Please: We're British
Mr. Needham
 
1973 Ooh La La! (TV series)
Vatelin
– Paying the Piper (1973) … Vatelin
 
1973 Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath (TV series)
 
1970-1973 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Kamikaze in a Coffee Bath (1973)
– All My Own Army (1970)
 
1968-1973 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Blamire / Percy
– Of Funerals and Fish (1973) … Blamire
– Stiff Upper Lip (1968) … Percy
 
1972 The Stone Tape (TV movie)
Eddie Holmes
 
1972 Public Eye (TV series)
George
– Horse and Carriage (1972) … George
 
1972 Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour (TV series)
Maj. Clifford Turnbull
– Episode #1.5 (1972) … Maj. Clifford Turnbull
– Episode #1.4 (1972) … Maj. Clifford Turnbull
– Episode #1.3 (1972) … Maj. Clifford Turnbull
– Blue Movies (1972) … Maj. Clifford Turnbull
– Episode #1.1 (1972) … Maj. Clifford Turnbull
 
1969-1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Fred / George / Reginald Todd
– When the Wheel Turns (1972) … George
– Madly in Love (1972) … Reginald Todd
– Cornelius (1969) … Fred
 
1972 Lollipop Loves Mr Mole (TV series)
Mr. Christmas
– Its Only Natural Gas (1972) … Mr. Christmas
 
1972 The Man Outside (TV series)
Griffen
– Eric (1972) … Griffen
 
1972 Frenzy
Sergeant Spearman
 
1972 Budgie (TV series)
Minces Nutty
– Louie the Ring Is Dead and Buried in Kensal Green Cemetery (1972) … Minces Nutty
 
1971 A Clockwork Orange
Chief Guard
 
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Colonel Sandstream
– The Assyrian rejuvenator (1971) … Colonel Sandstream
 
1971 Jason King (TV series)
Edward
– As Easy as A.B.C. (1971) … Edward
 
1971 Play for Today (TV series)
Arthur
– The Fox Trot (1971) … Arthur
 
1971 The Misfit (TV series)
Sgt. Wilfreds
– On Arrivals and Departures and Things in Between (1971) … Sgt. Wilfreds
 
1971 Six Dates with Barker (TV series)
The Gasman
– 1971: Come in and Lie Down (1971) … The Gasman
 
1970-1971 Mr. Digby Darling (TV series)
Norman Stanhope
– Contest (1971) … Norman Stanhope
– Love (1971) … Norman Stanhope
– Wives (1971) … Norman Stanhope
– Safe Breakers (1971) … Norman Stanhope
– Rats (1970) … Norman Stanhope
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 Man at the Top (TV series)
Tom Binsey
– Too Good for This World (1971) … Tom Binsey
 
1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Mr. Spimm
 
1970 Menace (TV series)
Chief Superintendent Shepherd
– Man with a Mission (1970) … Chief Superintendent Shepherd
 
1970 Ryan International (TV series)
– Dragon's Teeth (1970)
 
1970 All My Own Army (TV series)
 
1970 Every Home Should Have One
Magistrate
 
1970 Patton
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
 
1969 Arthur! Arthur!
Mr - Harrington
 
1969 Battle of Britain
Warrant Officer Warwick
 
1969 The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (TV series)
Ras Lal Punjabi
– Sheer Melodrama (1969) … Ras Lal Punjabi
 
1966-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Joe / Mike MacFarland
– Sling Your Hook (1969) … Joe
– Macready's Gala (1966) … Mike MacFarland
 
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
Drunk Lance Corporal
 
1968 Salt and Pepper
Inspector Crabbe
 
1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Dr. Spink
 
1968 Stiff Upper Lip (TV movie)
Antrobus
 
1968 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Escape Club (1968)
 
1968 Hammerhead
Andreas/Sir Richard
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Harold Radcliff / Mr. Ambekar
– Murder: A Professional Job (1968) … Harold Radcliff
– The Brahmin Widow (1968) … Mr. Ambekar
 
1968 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Delacroix
– Blind Spot (1968) … Delacroix
 
1968 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Mr. McGregor
 
1967 Bedazzled
Inspector Clarke
 
1966 Intrigue (TV series)
Macauley
– Strange World, Big Deal (1966) … Macauley
 
1966 Mr. John Jorrocks (TV series)
Duke of Donkeyton
 
1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Shpichelsky
– A Month in the Country (1966) … Shpichelsky
 
1965 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Professor Godbole
– Passage to India (1965) … Professor Godbole
 
1965 Cluff (TV series)
Insp. Mole
– The Village Constable (1965) … Insp. Mole
– The Dictator (1965) … Insp. Mole
– The Pensioner (1965) … Insp. Mole
– The Husband (1965) … Insp. Mole
– The Daughters (1965) … Insp. Mole
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1965 Thursday Theatre (TV series)
Tommy
– Photo Finish (1965) … Tommy
 
1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV series)
Khem Singh / The Admi
– Mark of the Beast (1964) … The Admi
– On the City Wall (1964) … Khem Singh
 
1963 The Saint (TV series)
Joe
– The Fellow Traveller (1963) … Joe
 
1960 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Alec Peters
– Three Small Bones (1960) … Alec Peters
 
1960 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Joe Watson
– Episode #1.322 (1960) … Joe Watson
– Episode #1.321 (1960) … Joe Watson
– Episode #1.319 (1960) … Joe Watson
– Episode #1.313 (1960) … Joe Watson
– Episode #1.311 (1960) … Joe Watson
 
1959 The Four Just Men (TV series)
Corporal Bates
– The Deserter (1959) … Corporal Bates
 
1959 I'm All Right Jack
Bootle
 
1959 Mother Courage and Her Children (TV movie)
Old Colonel
 
1958 Ivanhoe (TV series)
Will The Simple
– The Raven (1958) … Will The Simple
 
1958 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Jimmy
– A Little Bit of Luck (1958) … Jimmy
 
1957-1958 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Bardulph / Starveling / Williams
– A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) … Starveling
– Television World Theatre: The Life of Henry V (1957) … Bardulph/Williams
 
1958 Dunkirk
Froome
 
1955 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Captain Alan Gerard
– Quay South (1955) … Captain Alan Gerard
 
1955 Court Martial
Major Broke-Smith
 
1954 Clementina (TV series)
Servant
– For the Sake of a Throne (1954) … Servant
 
1953-1954 The Teckman Biography (TV series)
Sgt. Blair
– A Cable from Kesner (1954) … Sgt. Blair
– Charmaine (1954) … Sgt. Blair
– The Proposition (1953) … Sgt. Blair
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1978 Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Michael Bates (1975) … Himself
 
1970 Oh in Colour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Eustace Cartwright
– The Engagement (1970) … Eustace Cartwright
 
1954 The Stratford Adventure (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2007 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2003 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV documentary)
Blamire
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (TV documentary)
Rangi Ram
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1971) He starred in Peter Nichols' play, "Forget-Me-Not Lane", at the Greenwich and Apollo Theatres in London, England with Anton Rodgers and Joan Hickson OBE. Directed by Michael Blakemore. See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Trivia:

Was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1948 till 1953. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius