Granville Bates

Actor

January 6, 1882 (58 years)

† July 8, 1940

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 - July 8, 1940) was an American actor.

Filmography

7.3

The Mortal Storm

Professor Berg

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

7.0

My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

7.5

Make Way for Tomorrow

Mr. Hunter (uncredited)

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

6.5

The Plainsman

Van Ellyn

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

7.3

Of Mice and Men

Carlson

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

6.3

Espionage Agent

Phineas T. O'Grady

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

6.0

Mannequin

Mr. Gebhart (Uncredited)

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.

6.6

Brother Orchid

Pattonsville Superintendent

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

6.3

Beloved Enemy

Ryan

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.

6.8

Woman Wanted

Casey

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.

7.0

The Great O'Malley

Jake - Bar Proprietor (uncredited)

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).

7.0

Larceny on the Air

Prof. Rexford Sterling

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.

4.9

Midnight

Richard McGrath

Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Garboni, just as Saxon was to sit in the electric chair.

6.7

Green Light

Sheriff

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.

6.7

The Shining Hour

Second Man on Plane (uncredited)

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

5.9

Waikiki Wedding

Uncle Herman

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.

7.0

Women in Hiding

Dr. Bates

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.

5.0

The Jury's Secret

Judge Pendegast

A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.

6.1

Woman in the Dark

Sheriff Fred Grant

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a mysterious woman arrives.

5.5

Wells Fargo

Bradford, banker

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.