Where to watch Michael Bates in the UK
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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 inclu…
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- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Professor Godbole
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Shpichelsky
- The Saint (1962) as Joe
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mr. Ambekar
- No Hiding Place (1959) Cast
- Last of the Summer Wine (1973) as Cyril Blamire
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Joe
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Starveling
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) as Chief Guard
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Colonel Sandstream
- Public Eye (1965) as George
- Man in a Suitcase (1967) as Delacroix
- Budgie (1971) as Minces Nutty
- Jason King (1971) Cast
- Fall of Eagles (1974) as Von Ludendorff
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Fred
- Ivanhoe (1958) as Will The Simple
- Cilla (1968) as Self
- Ooh La La! (1968) as Vatelin
- Patton (1970) as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974) as Rangi Ram
- The Misfit (1970) as Sgt. Wilfreds
- Six Dates with Barker (1971) as Gasman
- The Four Just Men (1959) as Corporal Bates
- Frenzy (1972) as DS Spearman
- Battle of Britain (1969) as Warrant Officer Warwick
- Every Home Should Have One (1970) as Magistrate
- Thursday Theatre (1964) as Tommy
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as Drunk Lance Corporal
- Dunkirk (1958) as Froome
- Male of the Species (1969) as Fred
- Armchair Theatre (1956) Cast
- Bedazzled (1967) as Inspector Clarke
- Gulliver's Travels (1977) as (voice)
- No Sex Please - We're British (1973) as Mr. Arnold Needham
- Hammerhead (1968) as Andreas / Sir Richard
- I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Bootle
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) as Dr. Spink
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) as Mr. Spimm
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) as Mr. McGregor
- Male of the Species (1969) as Fred
- Salt & Pepper (1968) as Inspector Crabbe
- Arthur? Arthur! (1969) as Mr. Harrington
- Carrington V.C. (1954) as Major Broke-Smith
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) as Madman
- The Stone Tape (1972) as Eddie Holmes
- Cluff (1964) Cast
- The Spanish Gardener (1956) as Consular Official (uncredited)
- A Passage to India (1965) as Professor Godbole
- Sling Your Hook (1969) as Joe
- Macready's Gala (1966) as Mike MacFarland
- The Stratford Adventure (1954) as Self
- The Fox Trot (1971) as Arthur
- Quay South (1955) as Captain Alan Gerald
- The Dick Emery Show (1963) Cast
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) as Starveling
- The Brahmin Widow (1968) as Mr. Ambekar
- Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978) as Narrator
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Most-watched Michael Bates films currently: A Clockwork Orange (1971), Patton (1970), Frenzy (1972), Battle of Britain (1969), Every Home Should Have One (1970).
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Selected TV credits: BBC Play of the Month (1965), Theatre 625 (1964), The Saint (1962), ITV Playhouse (1967), No Hiding Place (1959).
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