Michael Bates

Michael Bates

Birthday: 1920-12-04

Deathday: 1978-01-11

Place of birth: Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Also known as: Michael Hammond Bates

imdb_id: nm0060988

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.

Played in movies:

A Clockwork Orange

Score: 8.2

Patton

Score: 7.5

Frenzy

Score: 7.1

Battle of Britain

Score: 6.9

Dunkirk

Score: 6.8

Oh! What a Lovely War

Score: 6.7

I'm All Right Jack

Score: 6.7

The Spanish Gardener

Score: 6.2

Bedazzled

Score: 6.2

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Score: 6.1

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Score: 6.0

The Stratford Adventure

Score: 6.0

The Stone Tape

Score: 5.9

Carrington V.C.

Score: 5.9

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Score: 5.7

Gulliver's Travels

Score: 5.6

Male of the Species

Score: 5.5

Hammerhead

Score: 5.3

Salt & Pepper

Score: 5.3

No Sex Please: We're British

Score: 5.1

Every Home Should Have One

Score: 4.6

Arthur? Arthur!

Score: 3.0

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Score: 2.0

Quay South

Score: 0.0

The Fox Trot

Score: 0.0

The Brahmin Widow

Score: 0.0

A Passage to India

Score: 0.0

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

Score: 0.0

Sling Your Hook

Score: 0.0

Macready's Gala

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Cilla

Score: 10.0

The Dick Emery Show

Score: 8.0

Public Eye

Score: 7.8

The Saint

Score: 7.3

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Score: 7.3

Jason King

Score: 7.3

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Score: 7.2

Last of the Summer Wine

Score: 7.1

Budgie

Score: 7.0

Man in a Suitcase

Score: 7.0

Six Dates with Barker

Score: 7.0

Fall of Eagles

Score: 6.8

Ivanhoe

Score: 6.3

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

The Wednesday Play

Score: 4.5

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

Male of the Species

Score: 1.0

Curry Up Harry!

Score: 0.0

Ooh La La!

Score: 0.0

Cluff

Score: 0.0