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Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 – July 8, 1940) was an American character actor and bit player, appearing in over ninety films.

Granville Bates
Bates in the trailer for My Favorite Wife (1940)
Born	(1882-01-07)January 7, 1882 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 8, 1940(1940-07-08) (aged 58) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1917–1940
Spouse	Josephine Weller ​ ​ (m. 1930)​

Biography

Bates was born in Chicago in 1882. He began his film career in the 1910s with Essanay Studios of the Chicago film industry.[1] He appeared on Broadway in the late 1920s and early 1930s, notably in the original production of Merrily We Roll Along (1934) by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.[2] He was also the Conductor in the original production of Twentieth Century (1932).[3]

From the 1930s, he appeared in a number of classic films, although sometimes uncredited. He received favorable notice for his character roles, such as in My Favorite Wife (1940), where he played an irascible judge - The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther wrote "Mr. Bates deserves a separate mention for his masterpiece of comic creation."[4] Another New York Times reviewer noted that "Edward Ellis and Granville Bates provoked an early audience yesterday to gentle laughter in a brief but quietly amusing sequence" in Chatterbox (1936),[5] while Crowther praised his work in Men Against the Sky (1940): "The players' performances are stock and pedestrian, excepting that of Granville Bates as a cynical banker".[6]

Bates died of a heart attack in Hollywood on July 9, 1940.[7] He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Granville Bates at IMDb
• Granville Bates at the Internet Broadway Database

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Granville Bates (7 de enero de 1882 – 8 de julio de 1940) fue un actor que solía interpretar a gente corriente y jugadores de poca monta que apareció en más de noventa películas.

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