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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 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.

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Filmography (Movies)

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

Character:Narrator

Release Date:01/01/1978

Gulliver's Travels

Character:(voice)

Release Date:06/05/1977

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Character:Madman

Release Date:01/08/1976

No Sex Please - We're British

Character:Mr. Arnold Needham

Release Date:25/07/1973

The Stone Tape

Character:Eddie Holmes

Release Date:25/12/1972

Frenzy

Character:DS Spearman

Release Date:25/05/1972

A Clockwork Orange

Character:Chief Guard

Release Date:28/10/1971

The Fox Trot

Character:Arthur

Release Date:29/04/1971

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Character:Mr. Spimm

Release Date:12/11/1970

Every Home Should Have One

Character:Magistrate

Release Date:05/03/1970

Patton

Character:Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

Release Date:25/01/1970

Arthur? Arthur!

Character:Mr. Harrington

Release Date:01/10/1969

Battle of Britain

Character:Warrant Officer Warwick

Release Date:15/09/1969

Sling Your Hook

Character:Joe

Release Date:02/04/1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

Character:Drunk Lance Corporal

Release Date:10/03/1969

Male of the Species

Character:Fred

Release Date:03/01/1969

Hammerhead

Character:Andreas / Sir Richard

Release Date:11/09/1968

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Character:Dr. Spink

Release Date:12/07/1968

Salt & Pepper

Character:Inspector Crabbe

Release Date:03/07/1968

The Brahmin Widow

Character:Mr. Ambekar

Release Date:08/04/1968

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Character:Mr. McGregor

Release Date:22/01/1968

Bedazzled

Character:Inspector Clarke

Release Date:30/10/1967

Macready's Gala

Character:Mike MacFarland

Release Date:02/03/1966

A Passage to India

Character:Professor Godbole

Release Date:16/11/1965

I'm All Right Jack

Character:Bootle

Release Date:18/08/1959

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Character:Starveling

Release Date:09/11/1958

Dunkirk

Character:Froome

Release Date:20/03/1958

The Spanish Gardener

Character:Consular Official (uncredited)

Release Date:25/12/1956

Quay South

Character:Captain Alan Gerald

Release Date:10/12/1955

Carrington V.C.

Character:Major Broke-Smith

Release Date:09/12/1954

The Stratford Adventure

Character:Self

Release Date:02/08/1954

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