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Ralph Bates (12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991) was an English film and television actor. His credits included The Caesars (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), The Horror of Frankenstein (1970), Lust for a Vampire (1971), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Moonbase 3 (1973), Poldark (1975-1977), Secret Army (1979), Turtle's Progress (1980), Second Chance (1981), Minder on the Orient Express (1985), Dear John (1986-1987), Screen Two (1989), and King of the Wind (1990).
Later, Bates carved a niche in the world of horror films and played important roles or the lead in several Hammer Horror productions, such as Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), The Horror of Frankenstein (1970), Lust for a Vampire (1971), and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), in which he played a doctor who mistakenly transforms himself into a beautiful siren.
He played Thomas Culpeper in an episode of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), he starred in the series Moonbase 3 (1973), and Poldark (1975-1977), in which he played villainous George Warleggan for 29 episodes.
He also played communist Paul Vercors in the final season of the drama series Secret Army (1979). In 1981 he'd played a lead role in Second Chance (1981). Because of his French ancestry and dark looks, he often was chosen to play a Frenchman on television, such as in an episode of ITV comedy drama Turtle's Progress (1980). Bates also appeared in the television movie Minder on the Orient Express (1985), again as a Frenchman.
It looked, for some time, as if he might remain typecast in sinister roles, but he was offered a part in comedy series Dear John (1986-1987), by the writer John Sullivan, which saw Bates cast in a more sympathetic role as the newly divorced member of a singles group. It ran for two series, and gave him chance to display a talent for comic roles.
His last roles were as Ed in the episode: "Flying in the Branches" in Screen Two (1989), and as LeDuc in the film King of the Wind (1990).
Bates was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died from the disease ten weeks later in London, at the age of 51.
The charity mainly funds research at St George's University of London, where work is currently focused on the effectiveness of drugs or a combination of drugs on pancreatic cancer cells and also their effectiveness in inhibiting cell resistance to chemotherapy. The research has resulted in a high impact publication in the International Journal of Cancer, showing that a commonly used antibiotic, Doxycycline, is capable of inducing cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells.
| Alternate titles: Love for a Vampire, To Love a Vampire |
| Alternate titles: Sheba, The Terror of Sheba, The Graveyard |
| Alternate titles: The Devil Within Her, The Monster |
| TV movie |
| 1967 | Episode: "Charity Begins at a Ball" |
| 1 episode | |
| 3 episodes | |
| Episode: "Catherine Howard" | |
| 1971 | Episode: "Variations on a Theme" |
| Episode: "Thank You Very Much" | |
| Episode: "Nuisance Value" | |
| 1973 | 6 episodes |
| Episode: "Petard" | |
| 1975 | Episode: "Distance" |
| Episode: "Murder Hotel" | |
| 23 episodes | |
| 1976 | 6 episodes |
| Episode: "Text" | |
| 1979 | 3 episodes |
| 4 episodes | |
| 1 episode | |
| 6 episodes | |
| 1982 | Episode: "Blue Marigold" |
| Episode: "Magnolia Blossom" | |
| Episode: "Who's Afraid of Josie Tate" | |
| 3 episodes | |
| Episode: "Minder on the Orient Express" | |
| Episode: "Text" | |
| Episode: "We're Having a Heat Wave" | |
| Episode: "Flying in the Branches" |
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