

Michael Bates
Birthday
December 4, 1920 (57 years)
Place of Birth
Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Known For
Acting
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.
Michael Bates Movies & TV-shows on Netflix
Movies with Michael Bates
A Clockwork Orange
Dec 19, 1971
Patton
Jan 25, 1970
Frenzy
May 25, 1972
Battle of Britain
Sep 15, 1969
Bedazzled
Oct 30, 1967
Dunkirk
Mar 20, 1958
Oh! What a Lovely War
Mar 10, 1969
The Spanish Gardener
Dec 25, 1956
I'm All Right Jack
Aug 18, 1959
Carrington V.C.
Dec 9, 1954
Every Home Should Have One
Mar 5, 1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Nov 12, 1970
TV shows with Michael Bates
Last of the Summer Wine
Jan 4, 1973
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
No Hiding Place
Sep 16, 1959
The Wednesday Play
Sep 30, 1964
The Saint
Oct 4, 1962
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Jan 3, 1974
Public Eye
Jan 23, 1965
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Sep 20, 1971
Man in a Suitcase
Sep 27, 1967
Cilla
Jan 30, 1968
Ooh La La!
Apr 6, 1968
Budgie
Apr 9, 1971