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
61/100
- 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.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.3average 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 Realism3.4, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.7, average 5.1
- Tension5.0, average 6.1
- Scare1.5, 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.
Deryck GuylerActorNo Sex Please - We're British, The Dick Emery Show
Joe GladwinActorLast of the Summer Wine, Sling Your Hook
Donald PleasenceActorArthur? Arthur!, The Fox Trot
Peter SallisActorLast of the Summer Wine, Quay South
Terry-ThomasActorDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, Arthur? Arthur!
Erik ChittyActorArthur? Arthur!, Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
Allan CuthbertsonActorA Passage to India, Quay South
Miriam KarlinActorA Clockwork Orange, Quay South- GGeoff HiggsEditorThe Stone Tape, The Fox Trot
David WhitakerComposerDon't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, Hammerhead
Movies and TV shows
131970s
5 titles · average score 73
72
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)
TV show · as Rangi Ram
73
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
TV show · as Colonel Sandstream
73
Jason King (1971)
TV show
Six Dates with Barker (1971)
TV show · as Gasman
The Misfit (1970)
TV show · as Sgt. Wilfreds
1960s
7 titles · average score 67
72
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Male of the Species (1969)
TV show · as Fred
Ooh La La! (1968)
TV show · as Vatelin
69
Bedazzled (1967)
as Inspector Clarke
61
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV show · as Professor Godbole
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
TV show · as Mr. Lightfoot / Captain Gambell
The Wednesday Play (1964)
TV show · as Joe / Tommy
1950s
1 title · average score 58
58
Carrington V.C. (1954)
as Major Broke-Smith