Granville Bates

Granville Bates
Born	(1882-01-07)January 7, 1882 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 8, 1940(1940-07-08) (aged 58) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1917-1940
Spouse	Josephine Weller (1930-1940)

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

Bates was born in Chicago. His first film appearances come in 1917. He appeared on Broadway in the 1920s, and appears in a number of 1930s classic films, although sometimes uncredited. Just coming into notice for his character roles such as in My Favorite Wife, where he played an irascible judge, Bates died of a heart attack in 1940.

Partial filmography

• Jealousy (1929)
• Honor Among Lovers (1931)
• Woman in the Dark (1934)
• Midnight (1934)
• Chatterbox (1936)
• Thirteen Hours by Air (1936)
• The Plainsman (1936)
• Times Square Playboy (1936)
• Waikiki Wedding (1937)
• Larceny on the Air (1937)
• Back in Circulation (1937)
• When's Your Birthday? (1937)
• They Won't Forget (1937)
• Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
• Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
• Let's Get Married (1937)
• The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
• Romance on the Run (1938)
• A Man to Remember (1938)
• Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
• The Great Man Votes (1939)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
• Naughty but Nice (1939)
• Of Mice and Men (1939)
• Private Affairs (1940)
• My Favorite Wife (1940)
• Men Against the Sky (1940)
• Flowing Gold (1940)
• The Mortal Storm (1940)

External links

• Granville Bates at IMDb