Larry Gates
American character actor Larry Gates got his proverbial break late in his career, and is best known for his roles on the soap "Guiding Light" and in the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." After appearing on stage and on screen for several years he was "discovered" in a 1956 version of the Broadway show "Bell, Book and Candle." He also had a prominent role in the sci-fi classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," which also came out in '56, and subsequently had a long and successful career in supporting screen roles. His most prominent film role came in the 1958 Tennessee Williams adaptation "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," playing Dr. Baugh. He appeared in Samuel Fuller's exploitation noir "Underworld U.S.A.," the Lillian Hellman classic "Toys in the Attic," and Italian Mafia crime drama "Lucky Luciano," playing a judge. He could also be seen playing a landowner in Norman Jewison's racially charged "In the Heat of the Night" and was in the Frank Sinatra vehicle "Some Came Running." On TV Gates played an enormous range of roles, including multiple appearances on the true-crime drama "The F.B.I." and President Herbert Hoover in the miniseries "Backstairs at the White House." He was most recognizable, however, for his long-term part as H.B. Lewis on "Guiding Light," a role he continued until his death in 1996.
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Larry Gates
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Henderson Monster | President Doby (Character) | - | 1980 |
30% |
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Funny Lady | Bernard Baruch (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate McShane | Judge Graham Platte (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Lucky Luciano | Herlands (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aloha Means Goodbye | Torger Nilsson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Badge or the Cross | Arnie Bigelow (Character) | - | 1971 |
83% |
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Death of a Gunfighter | Mayor Chester Sayre (Character) | - | 1969 |
88% |
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Hour of the Gun | John P. Clum (Character) | - | 1967 |
95% |
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In the Heat of the Night | Eric Endicott (Character) | - | 1967 |
85% |
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The Sand Pebbles | Jameson (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cattle King | President Chester A. Arthur (Character) | - | 1963 |
40% |
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Toys in the Attic | Cyrus Warkins (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Ada | Joe Adams (Character) | - | 1961 |
100% |
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Underworld U.S.A. | John Driscoll (Character) | - | 1961 |
100% |
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The Hoodlum Priest | Louis Rosen (Character) | - | 1961 |
44% |
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The Young Savages | Randolph (Character) | - | 1961 |
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The Great Impostor | Cardinal (Character) | - | 1960 |
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One Foot in Hell | Doc Seltzer (Character) | - | 1960 |
78% |
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Some Came Running | Prof. Robert Haven French (Character) | - | 1958 |
97% |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Dr. Baugh (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Jeanne Eagels | Al Brooks (Character) | - | 1957 |
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The Brothers Rico | Sid Kubik (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Borrowed Time | Mr. Pilbeam (Character) | - | 1957 |
97% |
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Dr. Dan "Danny" Kauffman (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl Rush | Hap Halliday (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Above and Beyond | Capt. William "Deak" Parsons, USN (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Take Me to Town | Marshal Ed Daggett (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Francis Covers the Big Town | Dan Austin (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Charles Blaisdell (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Glory Alley | Dr. Robert Ardley (Character) | - | 1952 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hazel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cain's Hundred | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Dr. Bill Stockton (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law and Mr. Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Hollister (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Jacob Darien (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Knows Best | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Fulton Wills (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Moon (Character) | 1955 |