Acting
Michael Bates
- Titles
- 31movies30TV shows
- Career
Active from 1955 to 1978, busiest in 1968 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 6top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
A Clockwork Orange83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.1average 3.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.4average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Satire & Parody3.6average 2.3
- Situational Comedy3.6average 2.7
- Physical Comedy3.3average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.6, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.1
- Tension4.9, average 6.1
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Lighthearted 2
- Nostalgic Charm 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Erik ChittyActorArthur? Arthur!, Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
Terry-ThomasActorDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, Arthur? Arthur!
Deryck GuylerActorNo Sex Please - We're British, The Dick Emery Show
Donald PleasenceActorArthur? Arthur!, The Fox Trot
Miriam KarlinActorA Clockwork Orange, Quay South
Allan CuthbertsonActorA Passage to India, Quay South
Peter SallisActorLast of the Summer Wine, Quay South
Joe GladwinActorLast of the Summer Wine, Sling Your Hook
David WhitakerComposerDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, Hammerhead- GGeoff HiggsEditorThe Stone Tape, The Fox Trot
Movies and TV shows
221970s
7 titles · average score 69
72
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
TV show · as Rangi Ram
75
Fall of Eagles (1974)
TV show · as Von Ludendorff
73
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
TV show · as Colonel Sandstream
73
Budgie (1971)
TV show · as Minces Nutty
85
Patton (1970)
as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
64
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
as Mr. Spimm
1960s
8 titles · average score 68
64
Battle of Britain (1969)
as Warrant Officer Warwick
72
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Male of the Species (1969)
TV show · as Fred
49
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
as Mr. McGregor
Ooh La La! (1968)
TV show · as Vatelin
83
Public Eye (1965)
TV show · as George
Theatre 625 (1964)
TV show · as Shpichelsky
74
The Dick Emery Show (1963)
TV show
1950s
7 titles · average score 62
The Four Just Men (1959)
TV show · as Corporal Bates
67
Ivanhoe (1958)
TV show · as Will The Simple
71
Dunkirk (1958)
as Froome
68
Armchair Theatre (1956)
TV show
58
The Spanish Gardener (1956)
as Consular Official (uncredited)
59
Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Broke-Smith
51
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
TV show · as Starveling