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Charles Bates (actor)

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Years active
  
1941-1952

Charles Bates (actor) wwwboyactorsorgukactors1965jpg

Born
  
January 15, 1935 (age 82) (
1935-01-15
)
Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Shadow of a Doubt, Shockproof, An American Romance, The Strange Death of

Similar
  
Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise, James P Hogan, King Vidor

Charles Bates (born January 15, 1935) is a former American child actor. He appeared in about 43 films between 1941 and 1952, mostly in small roles. He is probably best known as young Roger Newton in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Other notable roles include The North Star (1943), San Diego, I Love You (1944), Pursued (1947) and Shockproof (1949). His last film was The Snows of Kilimanjaro, where he played Gregory Peck's character as a 17-year-old.

Bates afterwards studied electrical engineering and retired from the State of California in 1996 as a Senior Electrical Engineer. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Filmography (selection)

  • Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
  • The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
  • I Married a Witch (1942)
  • Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  • The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
  • Son of Dracula (1943)
  • The North Star (1943)
  • In Old Oklahoma (1943)
  • The Song of Bernadette (1943)
  • Lady in the Dark (1944)
  • San Diego, I Love You (1944)
  • An American Romance (1944)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • Danny Boy (1946)
  • The Green Years (1946)
  • Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
  • Pursued (1947)
  • The Three Musketeers (1948)
  • Shockproof (1949)
  • The Sun Comes Up (1949)
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

    • References

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