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Larry Gates

Highest Rated: 100% The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

Lowest Rated: 30% Funny Lady (1975)

Birthday: Sep 24, 1915

Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 75% The Hoodlum Priest
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100% 81% Underworld U.S.A.
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97% 85% Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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97% 92% Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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95% 92% In the Heat of the Night
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88% 52% Hour of the Gun
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85% 88% The Sand Pebbles
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83% 54% Death of a Gunfighter
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78% 76% Some Came Running Watchlist
44% 52% The Young Savages
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Filmography

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The Henderson Monster 1980 President Doby Actor Funny Lady 30% 54% 1975 Bernard Baruch Actor Kate McShane 1975 Judge Graham Platte Actor Lucky Luciano 50% 1974 Herlands Actor Aloha Means Goodbye 1974 Torger Nilsson Actor The Badge or the Cross 1971 Arnie Bigelow Actor Death of a Gunfighter 83% 54% 1969 Mayor Chester Sayre Actor Hour of the Gun 88% 52% 1967 John P. Clum Actor In the Heat of the Night 95% 92% 1967 Eric Endicott Actor The Sand Pebbles 85% 88% 1966 Jameson Actor Cattle King 1963 President Chester A. Arthur Actor Toys in the Attic 40% 53% 1963 Cyrus Warkins Actor Ada 50% 1961 Joe Adams Actor Underworld U.S.A. 100% 81% 1961 John Driscoll Actor The Hoodlum Priest 100% 75% 1961 Louis Rosen Actor The Young Savages 44% 52% 1961 Randolph Actor The Great Impostor 84% 1960 Cardinal Actor One Foot in Hell 29% 1960 Doc Seltzer Actor Some Came Running 78% 76% 1958 Prof. Robert Haven French Actor Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 97% 92% 1958 Dr. Baugh Actor Jeanne Eagels 57% 1957 Al Brooks Actor The Brothers Rico 48% 1957 Sid Kubik Actor On Borrowed Time 1957 Mr. Pilbeam Actor Invasion of the Body Snatchers 97% 85% 1956 Dr. Dan "Danny" Kauffman Actor The Girl Rush 1955 Hap Halliday Actor
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