Tales of the Unexpected
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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 the 1975 series Poldark.
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).
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- Bristol, England, UK
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Ralph Bates was a British actor who starred in several Hammer horror films and TV shows. He was the great-great-nephew of Louis Pasteur and died of pancreatic cancer in 1991.
- February 12, 1940
- March 27, 1991
Mar 27, 1991 · Ralph Bates was an English actor who starred in Hammer Horror films and the sitcom Dear John. He died of pancreatic cancer in 1991 at age 51.
Ralph Bates was a British actor who starred in horror films such as Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde and Lust for a Vampire. See his full filmography, ratings, reviews, and photos on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ralph Bates plays John Lacey, a divorced schoolteacher who joins a club for lonely divorced people. The series, written by John Sullivan, ran for two seasons and 14 episodes in the 1980s.
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Mar 27, 1991 · 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.
