Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1920-12-04
- Day of Death1978-01-11 (57 years)
- Place of BirthJhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Also Known AsMichael Hammond Bates
Michael Bates
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1978
Curry Up Harry!
As: Din
- 1978
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
As: Narrator
- 1977
Gulliver's Travels
As: (voice)
- 1976
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
As: Madman
- 1974
Fall of Eagles
As: Von Ludendorff
- 1974
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
As: Rangi Ram
- 1973
No Sex Please: We're British
As: Mr. Needham
- 1973
Last of the Summer Wine
As: Cyril Blamire
1972The Stone Tape
As: Eddie Holmes
- 1972
Frenzy
As: Sergeant Spearman
- 1971
A Clockwork Orange
As: Chief Guard
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: Colonel Sandstream
1971The Fox Trot
As: Arthur
1971Budgie
As: Minces Nutty
1970The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
As: Mr. Spimm
1970Every Home Should Have One
As: Magistrate
- 1970
Patton
As: Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
1969Arthur? Arthur!
As: Mr. Harrington
- 1969
Battle of Britain
As: Warrant Officer Warwick
1969Sling Your Hook
As: Joe
1969Oh! What a Lovely War
As: Drunk Lance Corporal
1969Male of the Species
As: Fred
1969Male of the Species
As: Fred
1968Hammerhead
As: Andreas / Sir Richard
1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
As: Dr. Spink
1968Salt & Pepper
As: Inspector Crabbe
1968Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
As: Mr. McGregor
- 1967
Bedazzled
As: Inspector Clarke
1967Man in a Suitcase
As: Delacroix
1966Macready's Gala
As: Mike MacFarland
1965A Passage to India
As: Professor Godbole
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: Professor Godbole
1965Public Eye
As: George
1964The Wednesday Play
As: Joe
1962The Saint
As: Joe
1959I'm All Right Jack
As: Bootle
1958Dunkirk
As: Froome
1958Ivanhoe
As: Will The Simple
1956The Spanish Gardener
As: Consular Official (uncredited)
1955Quay South
As: Captain Alan Gerald
1954Carrington V.C.
As: Major Broke-Smith