Michael Bates (December 4 1920 – January 11 1978) was a British actor born in Jhansi, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh).

Michael Bates appeared in many UK television series including Patton as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 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, as well as many others. He died of cancer in Cambridge.

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