^ Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who, 2002, pg.^ a b Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1969, pg.Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. ^ "England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 > Michael Hammond Bates".The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Madman.Fall of Eagles (1974) - General Erich Ludendorff.No Sex Please, We're British (1973) – Mr.A Clockwork Orange (1971) – Chief Guard Barnes.The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) – Mr.Every Home Should Have One (1970) – Magistrate.Patton (1970) – Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery.Battle of Britain (1969) – Warrant Officer Warwick.Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) – Drunk Lance Corporal.Salt and Pepper (1968) – Inspector Crabbe.Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) – Dr.Hammerhead (1968) – Andreas / Sir Richard.Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) – Mr.īates died of cancer on 11 January 1978 in Chelsea, London, aged 57.
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Peter Sallis described Bates as being "slightly to the right of Thatcher” politically and claimed that Bates's right-wing opinions contrasted so sharply with the left-wing views of fellow Last of the Summer Wine star Bill Owen that the series was almost not made because of their arguments. īates was a supporter of the Conservative Party. They had three children: Rupert (who also became an actor), Camilla, and Jolyon.
On stage, he played Shakespearean roles at Stratford and at the Old Vic, and made a big impression as Inspector Truscott in the West End production of Loot by Joe Orton in 1966. McGregor, 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 Montgomery (to whom he bore a striking resemblance), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Frenzy (1972). īates's film roles include Bedazzled (1967) as the flirtatious police inspector, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967) as Mr. The show is not repeated in the UK by the BBC, who use the "blacked up" description of Bates's performance on their website's article about the series. He wasn't blacked up! Michael spoke fluent Urdu, and was a captain in the Gurkhas". Interviewed by the journalist Neil Clark for The Daily Telegraph in 2013, Perry said that all Bates wore "was a light tan. "But Michael was ideal for the role", Perry said. Series co-creator Jimmy Perry told Stuart Jeffries in 2003 that they had been unable to find a suitable Asian actor. His role as Rangi Ram led to the allegation that he had performed in brownface. On radio, he played a variety of characters in the BBC's long-running comedy series The Navy Lark, including Able Seaman Ginger, Lieutenant Bates, Rear Admiral Ironbridge, the Padre, and Captain Ignatius Aloysius Atchison.īates appeared in many British 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). In 1956, Bates appeared in Hotel Paradiso ( L'Hôtel du libre échange), which starred Alec Guinness, at the Winter Garden Theatre in London. In 1953, while an ensemble member with the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Bates appeared in Richard III and All's Well That Ends Well. During World War II he served in the Burma Campaign as a major with the Brigade of Gurkhas and was mentioned in dispatches in 1944. He was commissioned in the Indian Army in March 1942. Having been sent home to England aged seven by his parents, Bates was educated at Uppingham School and his father's alma mater, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Bates spent his early years in India, speaking Hindi and Urdu as his first languages before learning English, and remaining fluent in the former two languages for the rest of his life. Bates's mother, Sarah Clarke Walker (1896–1982) was daughter of William Hammond Walker, also of Congleton. He served as Deputy Secretary of the Revenue Department and a Member of the Board of Revenue for the United Provinces of India until 1947 (in which year he was created CSI) and was later of the Colonial Office. His parents were of Cheshire families his father, Henry Stuart "Harry" Bates (1893–1985), son of Albert Bates, of Congleton, Cheshire, was educated at Denstone School and Cambridge University before entering the Indian Civil Service in 1920. He was best known for playing Chief Guard Barnes who processes (and strip-searches) Alex ( Malcolm McDowell) in A Clockwork Orange, Cyril Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine (1973–75), and Rangi Ram in It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–77).īates was born in Jhansi, United Provinces, India. Michael Hammond Bates (4 December 1920 – 11 January 1978) was a British actor born in India.
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