Timothy Bateson
| Timothy Bateson | |
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| Born |
Timothy Dingwall Bateson 3 April 1926 London, England, UK |
| Died |
16 September 2009 (aged 83) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947–2007 |
Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 16 September 2009) was an English actor. The son of Dingwall Bateson, a solicitor later knighted, he was educated at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland and Wadham College, Oxford.[1]
Bateson's stage credits included the first British production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1955 at the Arts Theatre in London in a production directed by Peter Hall.[1]
He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including The Cadfael Chronicles, Doctor Who (in the serial entitled The Ribos Operation), Dad's Army and Labyrinth.
He also provided the voices for several characters in the children's TV series TUGS (1988).
He voiced the house-elf Kreacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, his last work.
Death
Bateson died on 16 September 2009.[2]
Select filmography
- Nicholas Nickleby (1947) – Lord Verisopht
- Vice Versa (1948) – Coker
- The Guinea Pig (1948) – Tracey
- The History of Mr. Polly (1949) – Apprentice (uncredited)
- White Corridors (1951) – Dr. Cook
- Sunday Night Theatre (1952-1954) – Val
- Carrington V.C. (1955) – 1st Soldier in NAAFI (uncredited)
- Richard III (1955) – Ostler
- The Black Arrow (1958) – Lord Shoreby
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958) – Fletcher
- Mother Courage and Her Children (1959) – 'Swiss Cheese'
- Yesterday's Enemy (1959) – Simpson (uncredited)
- The Mouse That Roared (1959) – Roger
- Devil's Bait (1959) - Dentist (uncredited)
- Bleak House (1959) – William Guppy
- Our Man in Havana (1959) – Rudy (uncredited)
- The Shakedown (1960) – Eastate Agent
- The Big Day (1960) – Clerk
- There Was a Crooked Man (1960) – Flash Dan
- Barnaby Rudge (1960) – Simon Tappertit
- Seven Keys (1961) – Bank Teller (uncredited)
- The Unstoppable Man (1961) – Rocky
- No Place Like Homicide (1961) – Porter
- What a Carve Up! (1961) – Porter
- On the Fiddle (1961) - Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) - Printer in Printroom (uncredited)
- The Golden Rabbit (1961) – Henry Tucker
- Ring-a-Ding Rhythm (1962) – Coffee shop owner
- Crooks Anonymous (1962) – Partrige
- The Girl on the Boat (1962) – Purser
- Jigsaw (1962) - Porter (uncredited)
- Doctor in Distress (1963) – Mr. Holly
- Seventy Deadly Pills (1964) – Goldstone
- Father Came Too! (1964) – Wally
- Nightmare (1964) – Barman
- The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) – Hypnotized Man (uncredited)
- The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) – Junkyard Owner
- The Wrong Box (1966) – Clerk
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966) – Big Ted
- After the Fox (1966) – Michael O'Reilly (uncredited)
- Danger Route (1967) – Halliwell
- Torture Garden (1967) – Fairground Barker
- The Anniversary (1968) – Mr. Bird
- Z-Cars (1968, TV) – Andrew Rogers
- Twisted Nerve (1968) – Mr. Groom
- The Italian Job (1969) – Dentist
- Doctor at Large (1971, TV) – Mr. Clifford
- Please Sir! (1971, TV) – Dutton
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971, TV) – Goujon
- Barlow at Large (1973) – Smeed
- David Copperfield (1974) – Mr. Dick
- Autobiography of a Princess (1975) – Blackmailer
- The Good Life (1976, TV) – Arthur Bailey
- Joseph Andrews (1977) – Master of Hounds
- The Duchess of Duke Street (1977, TV) – Mr. Bream
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation (1978, TV) – Binro
- Last of the Summer Wine (1978, TV) – Amos Harnes
- Going Straight (1978, TV) – Oaksey
- All Creatures Great and Small (1978, TV) – Mr. Beckwith
- As You Like It (1978) – Sir Oliver Martext
- Pinocchio (1978, TV) – Schoolmaster
- A Hitch in Time (1978) – Headmaster (uncredited)
- The Famous Five (1978, TV) – Professor Hayling
- Diary of a Nobody (1979) – Cummings
- Rings on Their Fingers (1979) – Meter Reader
- Tanglewoods' Secret (1980) – Mr. Tandy
- Treasures of the Snow (1980) – Portier
- Grange Hill (1980–1983) – Mr. Thomson
- Loophole (1981) – 3rd Interviewer
- Chintz (1981) – Shop Assistant
- Terry and June (1981) – Mervyn
- Q.E.D. (1982) – Alfie
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) – Commerce
- High Road to China (1983) – Alec Wedgeworth
- Don't Wait Up (1983) – Mr. Burton
- A Christmas Carol (1984) – Mr. Fezziwig
- Minder (1984) – Railwayman
- Ever Decreasing Circles (1984) – Laurence
- Dramarama (1985) – Keeper
- Labyrinth (1986) – The Worm/The Four Guards/Goblin (voice)
- Foreign Body (1986) – Agent at Harley Street
- East of Ipswich (1987) – Mr. Macklin
- Hi-de-Hi! (1987) – Charlie
- Chelmsford 123 (1988) – Latin Tutor
- A Handful of Dust (1988) – MacDougal
- TUGS (1989–1990) – O.J./Eddie/Little Ditcher/Lord Stinker/Garbage Corporation Master/Big Mickey (voice)
- Zorro (1990–1993) – Padre Benites
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) – Antigonus (voice)
- True Blue (1996) – Porter
- For My Baby (1997) – Max Liebman
- Merlin (1998) - Father Abbot
- Les Misérables (1998) – Banker
- Midsomer Murders (1999, TV) – Mr. Jocelyne
- The Criminal (1999) – Thomas
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) – English Judge
- The Clandestine Marriage (1999) – Gaoler
- Barbara (2000, TV) – Mr. Dugdale
- The Discovery of Heaven (2001) – Mr. Keller
- All or Nothing (2002) – Harold
- Fakers (2004) – Old Gezzer
- Ladies in Lavender (2004) – Mr. Hallett
- Oliver Twist (2005) – Parson
- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) – Summers
- My Hero (2006, TV) – Leo
- Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006, TV) – The Lecturer
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) – Kreacher (voice)
References
- 1 2 Michael Coveney Obituary, The Guardian, 8 November 2009
- ↑ "Harry Potter actor Timothy Bateson dead at 83- Big Cartoon Forum". Forum.bcdb.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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