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Larry Gates

Actor

Larry Gates

Born September 24, 1915 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USADied December 12, 199642 films

Larry Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor probably best known for his role as H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and as Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards.

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In the Heat of the Night posterFirst watchIn the Heat of the Night19677.7as Eric EndicottAfrican-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Invasion of the Body Snatchers poster7.5Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956Cat on a Hot Tin Roof poster7.6Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958The Sand Pebbles poster7.2The Sand Pebbles1966Airport poster6.5Airport1970Some Came Running poster7.0Some Came Running1958Underworld U.S.A. poster7.1Underworld U.S.A.1961Hour of the Gun poster6.5Hour of the Gun1967Lucky Luciano poster6.3Lucky Luciano1973

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 1987Leonard Part 6Medusa Guard
  2. 1980The Henderson MonsterPresident Alan Doby
  3. 1980F.D.R.: The Last YearAdm. Leahy
  4. 1975Kate McShaneJudge Graham Platte
  5. 1975The School for ScandalSir Oliver Surface
  6. 1975Funny LadyBernard Baruch
  7. 1974Aloha Means GoodbyeTorger Nilsson
  8. 1973Lucky LucianoJudge Herlands
  9. 1973PuebloAmerican Negotiator
  10. 1971Sarge: The Badge or the CrossArnie Bigelow
  11. 1970The Ceremony of InnocenceEarl of Kent
  12. 1970AirportAckerman
  13. 1969Death of a GunfighterMayor Chester Sayre
  14. 1967Hour of the GunJohn P. Clum
  15. 1967In the Heat of the NightEric Endicott
  16. 1966The Sand PebblesJameson
  17. 1966Evening PrimroseRoscoe Potts
  18. 1963Toys in the AtticCyrus Warkins
  19. 1963Cattle KingPresident Chester A. Arthur
  20. 1962The Spiral RoadDr. Kramer
  21. 1961AdaJoe Adams
  22. 1961The Young SavagesRandolph
  23. 1961The Hoodlum PriestLouis Rosen
  24. 1961Underworld U.S.A.John Driscoll
  25. 1960The Great ImpostorCardinal
  26. 1960One Foot in HellDoc Seltzer
  27. 1960The Shape of the RiverHenry Rogers
  28. 1960The Citadel
  29. 1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerRev. Dr. Fielding
  30. 1958Some Came RunningProfessor Robert Haven French
  31. 1958Cat on a Hot Tin RoofDr. Baugh
  32. 1958Bomber's MoonGeneral Toomey
  33. 1957On Borrowed TimeMr. Pilbeam
  34. 1957The Brothers RicoSid Kubik
  35. 1957Jeanne EagelsAl Brooks
  36. 1957The Strange OneMajor Avery
  37. 1956Invasion of the Body SnatchersDr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman
  38. 1953Take Me to TownEd Daggett
  39. 1953Francis Covers the Big TownDan Austin
  40. 1953Above and BeyondCapt. William Parsons
  41. 1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Charles Blaisdell
  42. 1952Glory AlleyRobert Ardley