| Anthony Bate | |
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| Born | 31 August 1927 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
| Occupation | actor |
Anthony Bate (born 31 August 1927) is an English actor.
He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People.
Other credits include: An Englishman's Castle, Spindoe, Beasts, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, The Avengers, Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders.
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He was born the son of Hubert George Cookson Bate (died 1986) and Cecile Marjorie Canadine (died 1973). Bate was educated at King Edward VI School, Stourbridge, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama (Gold medal). During his National Service he served with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve 1945-47.
Since his professional theatre debut in 1953, Bate's theatre roles have included: first West End appearance in Inherit the Wind (St Martin’s) 1960, Treasure Island (Mermaid) 1960, Happy Family (Hampstead) 1966, Much Ado About Nothing and Silence (RSC Aldwych) 1969. Find Your Way Home (Open Space Theatre) 1970, Eden End (tour) 1972, Economic Necessity (Haymarket Leicester) 1973, Getting Away with Murder (Comedy) 1976, Shadow Box (Cambridge) 1979, The Old Jest (tour) 1980, A Flea in her Ear (Plymouth Theatre Co) 1980. Little Lies (Wyndhams) 1983, Master Class (tour) 1984, The Deep Blue Sea (Theatre Royal Haymarket) 1988, Relative Values (Chichester Festival Theatre and Savoy) 1993-94. He has been a member of BAFTA since 1985.
Bate's first television appearance was in 1955 and since then has appeared as: James in Pinter’s The Collection, Rogojin in The Idiot, MacDuff in Macbeth, Javert in Les Misérables, the title role in Grady (a trilogy), T H Huxley in Darwin’s Bulldog, Nikolai in Fathers and Sons, Creon in King Oedipus, Victor Hugo in Ego Hugo, Harry Paynter in Intimate Strangers, The Dutch Train Hijack 1976, Dr Dorn in The Seagull 1977, Kim Philby in Philby Burgess and Maclean 1977 (nominated Best Actor Monte Carlo Festival 1978), An Englishman’s Castle 1978, title role in The Trial of Uri Urlov 1978, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1978, Crime and Punishment 1979, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore 1979, The Human Crocodile 1980, Smiley’s People 1981, A Woman Called Golda (with Ingrid Bergman) 1981, J A D Ingres in Artists and Models 1983, War and Remembrance 1986, Game Set and Match 1987,Countdown to War 1989, Medics 1991 and 1992, Prime Suspect 1994, Rebecca 1996, A Touch of Frost 1996, Bodyguards 1996, Silent Witness 1997, Midsomer Murders 2000;
Films include: Dentist in the Chair (1960), Payroll (1961), A Prize of Arms (1962), Stopover Forever (1964), Davy Jones' Locker (1966), Ghost Story (1973), Bismark (1975), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1982), Exploits at West Poley (1985), Eminent Domaine (1990), A Flight of Fancy (2002), Nowhere in Africa (2003) (winner Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language).
On 22 May 1954, he married Diana Fay, the daughter of Kenneth Alfred Charles Cawes Watson (d 1939), of Seaview, Isle of Wight. His 2 sons are Gavin Watson born 1961 and Mark Hewitt born 1963.