
Ralph Bates
Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1940
Died: March 27, 1991
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ralph Bates (12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991) was an English film and television actor, known for his role in the British sitcom Dear John and for being one of Hammer Horror's best-known actors from the latter period of the company. Bates was born in Bristol, England, of French ancestry (He was the great, great nephew of French scientist Louis Pasteur) and educated at Trinity College Dublin. He read French there, before winning a scholarship to Yale D…
Known for

The Horror of Frankenstein
1970

Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971

Santa's Christmas Crash
1995

Lust for a Vampire
1971

Mrs. Reinhardt
1981

Murder Motel
1975
Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows
1970

Kay
1978

I Don't Want to Be Born
1976

Persecution
1974

Flying in the Branches
1989

Fear in the Night
1972

Letters to an Unknown Lover
1986
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Frankenstein Reborn
1993

Dracula in the Movies
1992

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Thank You Very Much
1971

Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970

King of the Wind
1990

Thriller
1973

Moonbase 3
1973

The Persuaders!
1971

Jason King
1971

Crown Court
1972

Dear John
1986

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970

The Caesars
1968
Broad And Narrow
1965

Poldark
1975

Minder
1979

Secret Army
1977

Dangerous Knowledge
1976

The Protectors
1972

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Playhouse
1974
The Ten Commandments
1971

House on the Hill
1981

The World of Hammer
1994

Farrington of the F.O.
1986

ITV Playhouse
1967

The Agatha Christie Hour
1982

Screen Two
1985
Happy Ever After
1969
The Odd Job Man
1984