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Michael Bates(1920-1978)

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Michael Bates in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Trailer for A Clockwork Orange - Two-Disc Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Book Packaging
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Michael Bates was born on 4 December 1920 in Jhansi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India. He was an actor, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Frenzy (1972) and Patton (1970). He was previously married to Margaret M. J. Chisholm. He died on 11 January 1978 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
BornDecember 4, 1920
DiedJanuary 11, 1978(57)
BornDecember 4, 1920
DiedJanuary 11, 1978(57)
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Michael Bates, Bill Owen, and Peter Sallis in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Michael Bates, Barbar Bhatti, John Clegg, Windsor Davies, Don Estelle, Melvyn Hayes, Donald Hewlett, Mike Kinsey, Michael Knowles, George Layton, Kenneth MacDonald, and Christopher Mitchell in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
Michael Bates and Melvyn Hayes in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
Michael Bates, Alec McCowen, and Vivien Merchant in Frenzy (1972)
Michael Bates, Alec McCowen, and Vivien Merchant in Frenzy (1972)
Michael Bates, Bill Owen, and Peter Sallis in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Michael Bates, Bill Owen, and Peter Sallis in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Known for

Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange
8.3
  • Chief Guard
  • 1971
Anna Massey in Frenzy (1972)
Frenzy
7.4
  • Sergeant Spearman
  • 1972
George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
Patton
7.9
  • Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
  • 1970
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
7.1
TV Series
  • Rangi Ram

Credits

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Actor

  • Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978)
    Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
    • (voice)
  • It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
    It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  • Richard Harris in Gulliver's Travels (1977)
    Gulliver's Travels
    • (voice)
  • The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
  • The Virtuoso
  • Comedy Premiere (1975)
    Comedy Premiere
  • Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Brian Wilde in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
    Last of the Summer Wine
  • Lulu (1975)
    Lulu
  • Dick Emery in The Dick Emery Show (1963)
    The Dick Emery Show
  • Patrick Stewart, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, and Laurence Naismith in Fall of Eagles (1974)
    Fall of Eagles
  • No Sex Please - We're British (1973)
    No Sex Please - We're British
  • Ooh La La! (1968)
    Ooh La La!
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
  • Comedy Playhouse (1961)
    Comedy Playhouse
  • Jane Asher in The Stone Tape (1972)
    The Stone Tape

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A Clockwork Orange
Trailer 2:10
A Clockwork Orange
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Trailer 2:36
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
A Clockwork Orange
Trailer 0:59
A Clockwork Orange

Personal details

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    • December 4, 1920
    • Jhansi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
    • January 11, 1978
    • Chelsea, London, England, UK(cancer)
    • June 1954 - January 11, 1978 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    His theatre credits include: Bardolph in "King Henry IV Part II" by William Shakespeare (1951, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, director Michael Redgrave ).
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    Decided to drop all other projects and continue to play in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974). Because cancer was ravaging his body, he was unable to do more. He choose It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974) because he had become very popular as Rangi Ram.
    • Frenzy
      (1972)
      £200 per day

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