Michael Bates
- Recitazione
- 4 dicembre 1920 · Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
- 11 gennaio 1978
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook · Narrator
- Gulliver nel paese di lilliput · Voce
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones · Madman
- Comedy Premiere · Reg Forrester
- Fall of Eagles · Von Ludendorff
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum · Rangi Ram
- Niente sesso, siamo inglesi · Mr. Arnold Needham
- Last of the Summer Wine · Cyril Blamire
- The Stone Tape · Eddie Holmes
- Frenzy · DS Spearman
- Arancia meccanica · Chief Guard
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Colonel Sandstream
- Jason King
- The Fox Trot · Arthur
- Budgie · Minces Nutty
- Six Dates with Barker · Gasman
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Mr. Spimm
- Ogni uomo dovrebbe averne due · Magistrate
- The Misfit · Sgt. Wilfreds
- Patton, generale d'acciaio · Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
- Arthur? Arthur! · Mr. Harrington
- I lunghi giorni delle aquile · Warrant Officer Warwick
- Sling Your Hook · Joe
- Oh, che bella guerra! · Drunk Lance Corporal
- Male of the Species · Fred
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Fred, George
- Male of the Species · Fred
- Trafficanti del piacere · Andreas / Sir Richard
- Non alzare il ponte, abbassa il fiume · Dr. Spink
- Sale e pepe: Super-spie hippy · Inspector Crabbe
- The Brahmin Widow · Mr. Ambekar
- Ooh La La! · Vatelin
- Cilla · In persona
- Girando intorno al cespuglio di more · Mr. McGregor
- Il mio amico il diavolo · Inspector Clarke
- Man in a Suitcase · Delacroix
- ITV Playhouse · Mr. Ambekar, Harold Radcliff
- Macready's Gala · Mike MacFarland
- A Passage to India · Professor Godbole
- BBC Play of the Month · Professor Godbole
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Captain Gambell, Mr. Lightfoot
- Public Eye · George
- Thursday Theatre · Tommy
- The Wednesday Play · Joe, Mike MacFarland
- Theatre 625 · Shpichelsky
- Cluff · Inspector Mole
- The Dick Emery Show
- Il Santo · Joe
- The Four Just Men · Corporal Bates
- No Hiding Place · Alec Peters
- Nudi alla meta · Bootle
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Starveling
- Dunkerque · Froome
- Ivanhoe · Will The Simple
- Il giardiniere spagnolo · Consular Official (uncredited)
- Armchair Theatre
- Quay South · Captain Alan Gerald
- Carrington V.C. · Major Broke-Smith
- The Stratford Adventure · In persona
- Sunday Night Theatre · Starveling