Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-09-24

Deathday

1996-12-12 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Lawrence Wheaton Gates

Larry Gates

Biography

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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Known For

7.6%

In the Heat of the Night

Aug 2, 1967

7.5%

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Feb 5, 1956

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.7%

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Aug 29, 1958

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

6.4%

Airport

Mar 25, 1970

7.2%

The Sand Pebbles

Dec 20, 1966

7.7%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 2, 1955

6.9%

Some Came Running

Dec 25, 1958

6.4%

Hour of the Gun

Nov 1, 1967

7.0%

Underworld U.S.A.

Feb 22, 1961

6.3%

Lucky Luciano

Oct 19, 1973

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Acting

1987		Leonard Part 6 as Medusa Guard
1987		Creepy Classics as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman - (archive footage)

1980		The Henderson Monster as President Alan Doby
1980		F.D.R.: The Last Year as Adm. Leahy

1979

Backstairs at the White House as Pres. Herbert Hoover

1975		Kate McShane as Judge Graham Platte
1975		The School for Scandal as Sir Oliver Surface
1975		Funny Lady as Bernard Baruch

1974

Aloha Means Goodbye as Torger Nilsson

1973		Lucky Luciano as Judge Herlands
1973		Pueblo as American Negotiator

1972

Banyon

1971		Sarge: The Badge or the Cross as Arnie Bigelow
1971		Great Performances as Sir Oliver Surface

1970		The Ceremony of Innocence as Earl of Kent
1970		Airport as Ackerman

1969		Then Came Bronson
1969		Death of a Gunfighter as Mayor Chester Sayre

1968

The Outcasts

1967		Hour of the Gun as John P. Clum
1967		Mannix
1967		Judd for the Defense
1967		Cimarron Strip
1967		In the Heat of the Night as Eric Endicott
1967		The Invaders as Weller

1966		The Sand Pebbles as Jameson
1966		Evening Primrose as Roscoe Potts
1966		ABC Stage 67 as Roscoe Potts

1965		The F.B.I. as Dr. Lovane
1965		The F.B.I. as Paul Nichols
1965		The F.B.I. as Tom Barrett
1965		The F.B.I. as James Reed
1965		The F.B.I. as Austin Carr
1965		The F.B.I. as Edward Ticerman

1963		Toys in the Attic as Cyrus Warkins
1963		Cattle King as President Chester A. Arthur

1962		Stoney Burke
1962		The Spiral Road as Dr. Kramer

1961		Cain's Hundred as Zales Yoder
1961		The Defenders as Prof. Robert Hopkins
1961		Ada as Joe Adams
1961		The Young Savages as Randolph
1961		The Hoodlum Priest as Louis Rosen
1961		Underworld U.S.A. as John Driscoll
1961		The Americans

1960		The Great Impostor as Cardinal
1960		Route 66
1960		Outlaws
1960		One Foot in Hell as Doc Seltzer
1960		The Citadel

1959		Play of the Week as Bishop
1959		The Twilight Zone as Bill Stockton
1959		Bonanza as Jacob Darien
1959		The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Rev. Dr. Fielding
1959		One Step Beyond as Gavin Carroll
1959		Rawhide as Mason Woodruff

1958		Some Came Running as Professor Robert Haven French
1958		Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Dr. Baugh
1958		Bomber's Moon as General Toomey

1957		On Borrowed Time as Mr. Pilbeam
1957		The Brothers Rico as Sid Kubik
1957		Jeanne Eagels as Al Brooks
1957		The Strange One as Major Avery

1956

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Hollister

1953		Take Me to Town as Ed Daggett
1953		Francis Covers the Big Town as Dan Austin
1953		Above and Beyond as Capt. William Parsons

1952		Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Charles Blaisdell
1952		Glory Alley as Robert Ardley

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mr. Pilbeam

1948		Studio One as Henry Winthrop
1948		Studio One as Clayman
1948		Studio One as Hy
1948		Studio One as George Savage
1948		Studio One
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Darcy