Michael Bates

Career timeline

1. 1920 · Born

   Born in Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Sunday Night Theatre (TV)

3. 1970 · Breakthrough

   Patton (Movie)

4. 1978 · Latest release

   Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (Movie)

5. 1978 · Died

   January 11, 1978

Career in numbers

11 1950s

26 1960s

19 1970s

• Drama25
• Comedy19
• Crime6
• Tv Movie6
• War4
• Fantasy3

Highest-rated title A Clockwork Orange 1971 8.2 Most popular title A Clockwork Orange 1971 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael Bates in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

9 titles together

Peter Cook

2 titles together

Bernard Cribbins

2 titles together

Reginald Marsh

2 titles together

Michael Trubshawe

2 titles together

1. 1978 Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook as Narrator Movie
2. 1977 Gulliver's Travels as (voice) 5.6 Movie
3. 1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones as Madman Movie
4. 1975 Comedy Premiere as Reg Forrester TV
5. 1974 Fall of Eagles as Von Ludendorff TV
6. 1974 It Ain't Half Hot Mum as Rangi Ram TV
7. 1973 No Sex Please - We're British as Mr. Arnold Needham 5.2 Movie
8. 1973 Last of the Summer Wine as Cyril Blamire 7.2 TV
9. 1972 The Stone Tape as Eddie Holmes 6.0 Movie
10. 1972 Frenzy as DS Spearman 7.1 Movie
11. 1971 A Clockwork Orange as Chief Guard 8.2 Movie
12. 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Sandstream TV
13. 1971 The Fox Trot as Arthur Movie
14. 1971 Budgie as Minces Nutty TV
15. 1971 Six Dates with Barker as Gasman TV
16. 1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer as Mr. Spimm Movie
17. 1970 Every Home Should Have One as Magistrate 4.9 Movie
18. 1970 The Misfit as Sgt. Wilfreds TV
19. 1970 Patton as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery 7.4 Movie
20. 1969 Arthur? Arthur! as Mr. Harrington Movie
21. 1969 Battle of Britain as Warrant Officer Warwick 6.8 Movie
22. 1969 Sling Your Hook as Joe Movie
23. 1969 Oh! What a Lovely War as Drunk Lance Corporal 6.7 Movie
24. 1969 Male of the Species as Fred TV
25. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Fred TV
26. 1969 Male of the Species as Fred Movie
27. 1968 Hammerhead as Andreas / Sir Richard Movie
28. 1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River as Dr. Spink Movie
29. 1968 Salt & Pepper as Inspector Crabbe 5.3 Movie
30. 1968 The Brahmin Widow as Mr. Ambekar Movie
31. 1968 Ooh La La! as Vatelin TV
32. 1968 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush as Mr. McGregor 5.8 Movie
33. 1967 Bedazzled as Inspector Clarke 6.2 Movie
34. 1967 Man in a Suitcase as Delacroix TV
35. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Mr. Ambekar TV
36. 1966 Macready's Gala as Mike MacFarland Movie
37. 1965 A Passage to India as Professor Godbole Movie
38. 1965 BBC Play of the Month as Professor Godbole TV
39. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Captain Gambell TV
40. 1965 Public Eye as George TV
41. 1964 Thursday Theatre as Tommy TV
42. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Joe TV
43. 1964 Theatre 625 as Shpichelsky TV
44. 1964 Cluff as Inspector Mole TV
45. 1963 The Dick Emery Show TV
46. 1959 The Four Just Men as Corporal Bates TV
47. 1959 No Hiding Place as Alec Peters TV
48. 1959 I'm All Right Jack as Bootle 6.6 Movie
49. 1958 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Starveling Movie
50. 1958 Dunkirk as Froome 6.9 Movie
51. 1958 Ivanhoe as Will The Simple TV
52. 1956 The Spanish Gardener as Consular Official (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
53. 1956 Armchair Theatre TV
54. 1955 Quay South as Captain Alan Gerald Movie
55. 1954 Carrington V.C. as Major Broke-Smith 6.2 Movie
56. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Starveling TV

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