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Granville Bates
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BIRTHDAY
January 07, 1882
Chicago, IL
DIED
July 08, 1940
RECENT CREDITS
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
(FILM)
Oct. 26, 1940
Brother Orchid
(FILM)
Jun. 7, 1940
My Favorite Wife
(FILM)
Jan. 1, 1940
Eternally Yours
(FILM)
Oct. 7, 1939
Naughty But Nice
(FILM)
Jul. 1, 1939
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Owl-faced Granville Bates began scowling his way through films in 1929. At one juncture in the mid-1930s, it was virtually impossible not to see Bates on screen; between 1936 and 1939, he appeared in 46 films-an average....
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Owl-faced Granville Bates began scowling his way through films in 1929. At one juncture in the mid-1930s, it was virtually impossible not to see Bates on screen; between 1936 and 1939, he appeared in 46 films-an average of 11 per year! Most often cast as dyspeptic grandpops and truculent storekeepers, he was particularly well-served in two of director Garson Kanin's RKO productions. In 1939's The Great Man Votes, Bates played the corrupt, bird-brained incumbent mayor; and in 1940's My Favorite Wife he was seen as the bewildered judge. Granville Bates continued working right up to his fatal heart attack in the summer of 1940.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Released: Oct. 26, 1940
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