Ralph Bates

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The great, great nephew of the renowned French scientist Louis Pasteur developed into a strangely handsome dark haired, pale complexioned English actor. Ralph Bates was born in 1940 in Bristol, England and attended the University of Dublin and studied at the Yale Drama School. His dramatic talents first came to audiences attention playing the evil Emperor Caligula in the well received BBC TV series The Caesars (1968). However, the Hammer studios resurrection of the horror genre was then in full stride, and Bates was soon engulfed in the swirling cloak of Hammer's success as he appeared in several horror films in quick succession. Firstly in a support role as demonic Lord Courtley in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), followed as the lead character Baron Frankenstein in The Horror of Frankenstein (1970), then as Giles Barton in the sexy Lust for a Vampire (1971) and as the well meaning Dr. Jekyll in an unusual spin on the Robert Louis Stevenson story in Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971), Bates brought a new zest to Hammer and with his stylish dialogue delivery and film acting methods, he quickly won himself quite a few fans in both critics and regular film goers!Unfortunately, by the early 1970s there had been a downturn in Hammer studios fortunes, and Bates then found himself turning to more traditional character work in other production houses and he appeared in several films before snaring other superb villainous role as George Warleggan in the 18th century period piece Poldark (1975).After Poldark, Bates himself kept busy in a few forgettable UK made TV shows and television film roles which did not really do justice to his remarkable talents. In the late 1980s his health rapidly deteriorated, and he passed away from cancer aged only 51 on 27th March 1991. - IMDb Mini Biography By: firehouse44@hotmail.com

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Streaming Availability

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Releases by Year

Ralph Bates on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1970 to 1991. See the full graphs of the number of Ralph Bates movies released per year from 1971 till 1991.

Top Genres

Ralph Bates works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Horror Genre flixes. 41% of Ralph Bates movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Ralph Bates worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Ralph Bates has worked on is 6.7.

6.7 / 10

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Drama,History,Romance
Poldark (1975)

In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to right wrongs and reunite with the love of his life.

8.3/1060 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.

6.6/1097 min

Available in 13 platform(s).

A young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a boys' school, and finds herself being terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man, but nobody believes her.

5.9/1094 min

Available in 7 platform(s).

Scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts; the monster comes alive and wreaks havoc.

5.8/1095 min

Available in 6 platform(s).

In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.

5.7/1095 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freak dwarf who the mother once spurned. Cue a spate of strange ...

4.1/1095 min

Available in 7 platform(s).