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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 …
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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 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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Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
as Narrator
Gulliver's Travels
as (voice)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
as Madman
No Sex Please - We're British
as Mr. Arnold Needham
The Stone Tape
as Eddie Holmes
Frenzy
as DS Spearman
A Clockwork Orange
as Chief Guard
The Fox Trot
as Arthur
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Mr. Spimm
Every Home Should Have One
as Magistrate
Patton
as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Arthur? Arthur!
as Mr. Harrington
Battle of Britain
as Warrant Officer Warwick
Sling Your Hook
as Joe
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Male of the Species
as Fred
Hammerhead
as Andreas / Sir Richard
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
as Dr. Spink
Salt & Pepper
as Inspector Crabbe
No Poster
The Brahmin Widow
as Mr. Ambekar
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
as Mr. McGregor
Bedazzled
as Inspector Clarke
Macready's Gala
as Mike MacFarland
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
I'm All Right Jack
as Bootle
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Starveling
Dunkirk
as Froome
The Spanish Gardener
as Consular Official (uncredited)
Quay South
as Captain Alan Gerald
Carrington V.C.
as Major Broke-Smith
The Stratford Adventure
as Self