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Portrait of Granville Bates

Acting

Granville Bates

Career

Active from 1917 to 1940, with a break from 1918 to 1929, busiest in 1939 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Women in Hiding
Women in Hiding
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Granville Bates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Alcoholism 2
  • Fast-Paced Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

9 titles · average score 66
Millionaire Playboy
Millionaire Playboy (1940)

as Stafford

Flowing Gold
Flowing Gold (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Charles Hammond

Men Against the Sky
Men Against the Sky (1940)

as Mr. Burdett

Women in Hiding
Women in Hiding (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Dr. Bates

My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Judge Walter Bryson

The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm (1940)
GoodWatch score 89

as Professor Berg

Brother Orchid
Brother Orchid (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

as Pattonsville Superintendent

Brother Rat and a Baby
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
GoodWatch score 43

as First Doctor

Private Affairs
Private Affairs (1940)

as Judge Samuel Elmer Hamilton

1930s

67 titles · average score 62
Pride of the Blue Grass
Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)

as Col. Robert Griner

Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Stuart Granger

Go Chase Yourself
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
GoodWatch score 55

as Halliday

Next Time I Marry
Next Time I Marry (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

as H.E. Crocker

A Man to Remember
A Man to Remember (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as George Sykes

It Happened in Hollywood
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
GoodWatch score 48

as Sam Bennett

Important News
Important News (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Poppy
Poppy (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mayor Farnsworth

Pursuit
Pursuit (1935)

as Auto Camp Manager

Alibi Racket
Alibi Racket (1935)

as Hopkins

Woman in the Dark
Woman in the Dark (1934)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sheriff Fred Grant

The Sap from Syracuse
The Sap from Syracuse (1930)

as Sidney Hycross

1920s

1 title
Jealousy
Jealousy (1929)

as Lawyer

1910s

1 title
Young Mother Hubbard
Young Mother Hubbard (1917)

as James