Granville Bates
Date of birth: 1882-01-06
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 - July 8, 1940) was an American actor.
Movie Credits
The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. Aft
Under Suspicion
1937-11-22
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his milli
Poppy
1936-06-17
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff
Midnight
1934-03-07
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter S
They Won't Forget
1937-07-14
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration D
Blackwell's Island
1939-01-24
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranc
Times Square Playboy
1936-05-09
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he
Women in Hiding
1940-06-22
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of tell
Pursuit
1935-08-09
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of Cali
Larceny on the Air
1937-01-11
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent
Mr. Chump
1938-08-08
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
A Man to Remember
1938-10-14
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
Woman in the Dark
1934-11-08
A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in a
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
1937-09-11
Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-en
When's Your Birthday?
1937-02-19
Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes
Indianapolis Speedway
1939-08-05
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Go Chase Yourself
1938-04-22
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team.
Mountain Justice
1937-04-24
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prej
Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." H
The Perfect Specimen
1937-10-23
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wic
Romance on the Run
1938-05-11
A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in
The Sap from Syracuse
1930-07-26
Ellen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a pro
Men Against the Sky
1940-09-06
A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve d
The Great Man Votes
1939-01-13
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to
The Affairs of Annabel
1938-09-09
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939-02-23
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks.
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937-03-12
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now t
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper
It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Jealousy
1929-09-13
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affai
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigo
Waikiki Wedding
1937-03-23
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunte
Garden of the Moon
1938-09-23
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937-05-09
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to t
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939-12-22
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who i
Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplo
Fast and Furious
1939-10-06
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a
Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say pre
Pride of the Blue Grass
1939-10-06
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
Millionaire Playboy
1940-03-14
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Wings Over Honolulu
1937-05-16
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly a
Here Comes Trouble
1936-02-21
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette l
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940-01-13
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a f
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939-12-30
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her hu
Chatterbox
1936-01-17
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes th
The Captain's Kid
1936-11-14
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town d
I Live My Life
1935-10-04
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Young Mother Hubbard
1917-10-29
Forced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona Fairfax is
Important News
1936-02-29
In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's fron
13 Hours by Air
1936-04-30
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to Calif
Green Light
1937-02-20
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's
Sweepstakes Winner
1939-05-20
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes tick
Honor Among Lovers
1931-03-21
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who
The Good Old Soak
1937-04-23
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
Hard to Get
1938-11-05
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill
The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fia
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931-08-01
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his vi
Private Affairs
1940-07-05
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love
Drunk Driving
1939-10-28
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too m
The Shining Hour
1938-11-18
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
Mannequin
1938-01-21
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to fi
Alibi Racket
1935-09-14
How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
Let's Get Married
1937-04-14
Political kingmaker Joe Quinn attempts to elevate his daughter's ambitious suitor, George Willoughby
The Wiser Sex
1932-03-14
A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been fra
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939-11-24
A small town drugstore owner considers selling one of his children for money.
The Music Goes 'Round
1936-02-27
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from