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Larry Gates

Actor | * 09/24/1915 († 81, 12/12/1996) | St. Paul, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
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Lawrence Wheaton Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). He played the role of H.B. from 1983 to 1996 and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. (He had previously played the role of District Attorney Eric Van Gelder on Guiding Light in 1977 and 1978.) Gates may be best remembered for his role in the 1967 film version of In the Heat of the Night, where his character Eric Endicott is part of a famous scene involving him slapping Sidney Poitier's face and getting slapped in return. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Western

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African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his o ...

In the Heat of the Night

PG-13

1967 | 3.8/5 | 1h 49min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. ...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

NR

1956 | 3.8/5 | 1h 20min
Horror, Science Fiction
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An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is c ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

NR

1958 | 3.9/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded b ...

Guiding Light

TV-14

1952 | 2.8/5 | 1h per episode
Soap / Telenovela, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Larry Gates

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Larry Gates as Actor(38)

as Medusa Guard1987 Leonard Part 6
as President Alan Doby1980 The Henderson Monster
as Adm. Leahy1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Sir Oliver Surface1975 The School for Scandal
as Judge Graham Platte1975 Kate McShane [Pilot]
as Bernard Baruch1975 Funny Lady
as Torger Nilsson1974 Aloha Means Goodbye
as American Negotiator1973 Pueblo
as Judge Herlands1973 Lucky Luciano
as Arnie Bigelow1971 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Ackerman1970 Airport
as Mayor Chester Sayre1969 Death of a Gunfighter
as Eric Endicott1967 In the Heat of the Night
as John P. Clum1967 Hour of the Gun
as Jameson1966 The Sand Pebbles
as Roscoe Potts1966 Evening Primrose
as President Chester A. Arthur1963 Cattle King
as Cyrus Warkins1963 Toys in the Attic
as Dr. Kramer1962 The Spiral Road
as Louis Rosen1961 The Hoodlum Priest
as John Driscoll1961 Underworld U.S.A.
as Randolph1961 The Young Savages
as Joe Adams1961 Ada
as Doc Seltzer1960 One Foot in Hell
1960 The Citadel
as Cardinal1960 The Great Impostor
as Rev. Dr. Fielding1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Dr. Baugh1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Professor Robert Haven French1958 Some Came Running
as Sid Kubik1957 The Brothers Rico
as Al Brooks1957 Jeanne Eagels
as Mr. Pilbeam1957 On Borrowed Time
as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dan Austin1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
as Ed Daggett1953 Take Me to Town
as Capt. William Parsons1953 Above and Beyond
as Charles Blaisdell1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Robert Ardley1952 Glory Alley

TV Shows/Series with Larry Gates as Actor(36)

as Pres. Herbert Hoover1979 Backstairs at the White House
1972 Banyon
as Sir Oliver Surface1971 Great Performances
1969 Then Came Bronson
1968 The Outcasts
1967 Judd for the Defense
as Weller1967 The Invaders
1967 Cimarron Strip
1967 Mannix
as Roscoe Potts1966 ABC Stage 67
as Dr. Lovane1965 The F.B.I.
as Tom Barrett1965 The F.B.I.
as Paul Nichols1965 The F.B.I.
as James Reed1965 The F.B.I.
as Austin Carr1965 The F.B.I.
as Edward Ticerman1965 The F.B.I.
1962 Stoney Burke
as Zales Yoder1961 Cain's Hundred
as Prof. Robert Hopkins1961 The Defenders
1961 The Americans
1960 Outlaws
1960 Route 66
as Gavin Carroll1959 One Step Beyond
as Bishop1959 Play of the Week
as Mason Woodruff1959 Rawhide
as Jacob Darien1959 Bonanza
as Dr. Bill Stockton1959 The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Hollister1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Pilbeam1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Winthrop1948 Studio One
as Hy1948 Studio One
as George Savage1948 Studio One
1948 Studio One
as Clayman1948 Studio One
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Darcy1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Larry Gates
Born: Friday, 09/24 1915 (September) in St. Paul, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 12/12 1996 (December) in Sharon (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Minnesota
Larry Gates frequently works together with these people:
Harry Townes (25x, Actor)
James Gregory (24x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (24x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (24x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (23x, Actor)
James Daly (23x, Actor)
Peter Mark Richman (22x, Actor)
Cloris Leachman (21x, Actress)
Albert Salmi (21x, Actor)
Edward Andrews (21x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (21x, Actor)
Bud Westmore (7x, Crew)
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