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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 4, 1920
Died
January 11, 1978
Place of Birth
Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Also Known As
- Michael Hammond Bates
Michael Bates
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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 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.
Known For
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Din
Curry Up Harry!
1978
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Narrator
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
1978
5.5
(voice)
Gulliver's Travels
1977
3.0
Madman
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
6.8
Von Ludendorff
Fall of Eagles
1974
7.2
Rangi Ram
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1974
5.1
Mr. Needham
No Sex Please: We're British
1973
7.1
Cyril Blamire
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
5.8
Eddie Holmes
The Stone Tape
1972
7.1
Sergeant Spearman
Frenzy
1972
Credits
Curry Up Harry!
as Din
1978
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Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
as Narrator
1978
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Gulliver's Travels
as (voice)
1977
5.5
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Madman
1976
3.0
Fall of Eagles
as Von Ludendorff
1974
6.8
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
as Rangi Ram
1974
7.2
No Sex Please: We're British
as Mr. Needham
1973
5.1
Last of the Summer Wine
as Cyril Blamire
1973
7.1
The Stone Tape
as Eddie Holmes
1972
5.8
Frenzy
as Sergeant Spearman
1972
7.1
A Clockwork Orange
as Chief Guard
1971
8.2
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Colonel Sandstream
1971
7.3
Jason King
1971
7.3
The Fox Trot
as Arthur
1971
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Budgie
as Minces Nutty
1971
7.0
Six Dates with Barker
1971
7.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mr. Spimm
1970
6.0
Every Home Should Have One
as Magistrate
1970
4.9
Patton
as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
1970
7.5
Arthur? Arthur!
as Mr. Harrington
1969
3.0
Battle of Britain
as Warrant Officer Warwick
1969
6.9
Sling Your Hook
as Joe
1969
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Oh! What a Lovely War
as Drunk Lance Corporal
1969
6.7
Male of the Species
as Fred
1969
1.0
Male of the Species
as Fred
1969
5.5
Hammerhead
as Andreas / Sir Richard
1968
5.3
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Dr. Spink
1968
6.1
Salt & Pepper
as Inspector Crabbe
1968
5.3
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The Brahmin Widow
as Mr. Ambekar
1968
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Ooh La La!
as Vatelin
1968
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Cilla
as Self
1968
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
as Mr. McGregor
1968
5.7
Bedazzled
as Inspector Clarke
1967
6.2
Man in a Suitcase
as Delacroix
1967
7.0
Macready's Gala
as Mike MacFarland
1966
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A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
1965
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BBC Play of the Month
as Professor Godbole
1965
5.0
Public Eye
as George
1965
7.8
The Wednesday Play
as Joe
1964
4.5
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Cluff
1964
0.0
The Dick Emery Show
1963
8.0
The Saint
as Joe
1962
7.3
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
I'm All Right Jack
as Bootle
1959
6.7
Dunkirk
as Froome
1958
6.8
Ivanhoe
as Will The Simple
1958
6.3
The Spanish Gardener
as Consular Official (uncredited)
1956
6.2
Armchair Theatre
1956
5.8
Quay South
as Captain Alan Gerald
1955
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Carrington V.C.
as Major Broke-Smith
1954
5.9
The Stratford Adventure
as Self
1954
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