An immaculate gent of sober appearance and cultivated presence, Bate was seemingly destined to play spymasters and senior civil servants. Lean, pale-eyed and of deceptively mild intonation, he was capable of unnervingly icy composure, never more effectively displayed than as the chameleon-like Soviet mole Kim Philby in ITV's telemovie Philby, ...
June 19, 2012, Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Place Of Birth
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, UK
Profession
Actor
Spouse
Diana Fay (m. 1954–2012)
Children
Mark Hewitt Bate, Gavin Watson Bate
Parents
Cecile Marjorie Canadine, Hubert George Cookson Bate
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
Considered for the roles of Dr. Armstong, Bukovsky and Sir Percy in Lifeforce(1985).
2
Cast as Doctor Fendleman in Doctor Who:Image of The Fendahl but dropped out. Denis Lill took the role.
3
He portrayed "Harry Kane" in The Avengers (1961) episode The Avengers: Tunnel of Fear (1961) after Murray Hayne dropped out at the last minute. Because the article in the TV Times listed Hayne as the actor who had played Kane - by the time Bate was brought in, it was too late to change the listing - Hayne was thought to have portrayed Kane for over fifty years.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
The Bill
2004
TV Series
Douglas Manning
Nirgendwo in Afrika
2001
Mr. Brindley
Happy Now
2001
Judge
Midsomer Murders
2000
TV Series
Augustus Deverell
Silent Witness
1998
TV Series
Prof. Leon Foreman
Bodyguards
1997
TV Series
Sir Thomas Glennie
Rebecca
1997
TV Mini-Series
Colonel Julyan
A Touch of Frost
1997
TV Series
Charlie Lawson
Prime Suspect: Inner Circles
1995
TV Movie
James Greenlees
Medics
1992-1993
TV Series
Reginald Girling
Horizon
1971-1992
TV Series documentary
Niels Bohr / Thomas Henry Huxley
Eminent Domain
1990
Kowal
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1990
TV Series
Lord Pearson
Countdown to War
1989
TV Movie
Sir John Simon
War and Remembrance
1988-1989
TV Mini-Series
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
Game, Set, and Match
1988
TV Series
Bret Renssalaer
Inspector Morse
1988
TV Series
Bernard Crowther
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
1987
TV Movie
Edkuard Shevardnadze
Call Me Mister
1986
TV Series
David Matthews
Artists and Models
1986
TV Series
Jean-Auguste Ingres
Exploits at West Poley
1985
TV Movie
The Man Who Has Failed
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
City Banker
Weekend Playhouse
1984
TV Series
Rev. V.J. 'Jack' Sinclair Dodd
Maybury
1983
TV Series
Dr. Richardson
Kisch Kisch
1983
TV Movie
John
Icebound in the Antarctic
1983
TV Mini-Series
Lord Curzon
Nelly's Version
1983
TV Movie
George
Smiley's People
1982
TV Mini-Series
Oliver Lacon
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1976-1982
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