Creator / Timothy Bateson

Timothy Dingwall Bateson, (3 April 1926 — 15 September 2009), was a British character actor.

He first took an interest in acting at Oxford, when he joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. On stage, he appeared in the first British production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 and on screen, he starred in The Adventures of Peter Simple in 1957.

Following this came many bit roles in films including What a Carve Up!, Doctor in Distress (1963), The Wrong Box, and The Italian Job (1969). On TV he did much of the same, with his bigger roles coming as William Guppy in Bleak House, Wally Trott in Shine a Light, and Mr. Thomson in Grange Hill.

Bateson did a fair bit of voiceover work, voicing some of the puppet characters in Labyrinth, O.J. (and a few others) in TUGS, and Kreacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, his final acting role.

He died at the age of 83.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• The Mouse That Roared (1959) — Roger
• What a Carve Up! (1961) — Porter
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) — Printer in Printroom (Uncredited Role)
• Doctor in Distress (1963) — Mr. Holly
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) — Hypnotised Man (Uncredited Role)
• The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) — Junkyard Owner
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Clerk
• After the Fox (1966) — Michael O'Reilly (Uncredited Role)
• Torture Garden (1967) — Fairground Barker
• The Italian Job (1969) — Dentist
• A Christmas Carol (1984) — Mr. Fezziwig
• Labyrinth (1986) — Worm/The Four Guards/Goblin
• Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995) — Derwood
• Les Misérables (1998) — Banker
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) — English Judge
• Hogfather (2006) — Lecturer in Recent Runes
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) — Kreacher

Series

• Bleak House, 8 episodes (1959) — William Guppy
• The Saint, episode "The Gentle Ladies" (1963) — Charley Butterworth
• Out of the Unknown, episode "Tunnel Under the World" (1966) — Swanson
• The Avengers, 2 episodes:
  • "The Correct Way to Kill" (1967) — Merryweather
  • "Have Guns - Will Haggle" (1968) — Spencer
• Man in a Suitcase, episode "Man from the Dead" (1967) — Pfeiffer
• Z Cars, 2 episodes^{show list} "Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 1", "Tomorrow's Another Day: Part 2" (1968) — Andrew Rogers
• Shine a Light, 6 episodes^{show list} "On Her Majesty's Service", "Red Letter Day", "The Robinson Mutiny", "The Great Relief", "The Chips are Down", "Two's a Crowd" (1970) — Senior Lighthouseman Wally Trott
• Doctor at Large, episode "No Ill Feeling!" (1971) — Mr. Clifford
• Please Sir!, episode "Vive La Revolution" (1971) — Dutton
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, episode "The Affair of the Tortoise" (1971) — Goujon
• The Good Life, episode "The Wind-Break War" (1976) — Arthur Bailey
• Last of the Summer Wine, episode "The Bandit from Stoke-On-Trent" (1978) — Amos Hames
• Going Straight, episode "Going Home" (1978) — Oaksey
• Doctor Who, 2 episodes of 4-episode story "The Ribos Operation" (1978) — Binro
• All Creatures Great and Small, episode "A Dog's Life" (1978) — Mr. Beckwith
• Grange Hill, 15 episodes (1980-82) — Mr. Thomson
• Terry and June, episode "In Sickness and in Health" (1981) — Mervyn
• Minder, episode "Sorry Pal, Wrong Number" (1984) — Railwayman
• Ever Decreasing Circles, 2 episodes^{show list} "The Cricket Match", "Snooker" (1984) — Laurence
• Screen Two, episode "East of Ipswich" (1987) — Mr. Macklin
• Hi-de-Hi!, episode "Tell It to the Marines" (1987) — Charlie
• Chelmsford 123, episode "Peeled Grapes and Pedicures" (1988) — Latin Tutor
• The Bill, 5 episodes:
  • "Steamers" (1989) — Mr. Murdstone
  • "Little Green Apples" (1995) — Michael Bright
  • "Camper" (1996) — Eddie Clarke
  • "Things That Go Bump in the Night" (1997) — Frankie Windsor
  • "All Fall Down: Part 2" (2000) — Tommy Goldman
• TUGS, 12 episodes:
  • 11 episodes (1989) — O.J.
  • 3 episodes^{show list} "Trapped", "Warrior", "Up River" (1989) — Little Ditcher
  • 4 episodes^{show list} "Regatta", "Munitions", "High Tide", "Bigg Freeze" (1989) — Lord Stinker
  • "Regatta" (1989) — O. Krappenschitt
  • 2 episodes^{show list} "Munitions", "High Tide" (1989) — Big Mickey
  • "Munitions" (1989) — Eddie
  • "Quarantine" (1989) — Nantucket
• Zorro, 5 episodes^{show list} "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", "A New Lease on Love", "Symbol of Hope", "Death & Taxes", "Conundrum" (1990-93) — Padre Benites
• 2point4 Children, episode "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1992) — Mr. Podd
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, episode "The Winter's Tale" (1994) — Antigonus
• As Time Goes By, episode "Wedding Preparations" (1995) — Security Guard
• CASUAL+Y, episode "That Way Lies Ruin" (1996) — Ronald Horton
• Neverwhere, 2 episodes^{show list} "Earl's Court to Islington", "As Above, So Below" (1996) — Halvard
• Merlin, 2 episodes^{show list} "Part 1", "Part 2" (1998) — Father Abbot
• Midsomer Murders, 3 episodes^{show list} "Written in Blood", "Death's Shadow", "Orchis Fatalis" (1998-2005) — Mr. James Jocelyne
• The 10th Kingdom, 2 episodes (2000) — Tooth Fairy
• Doctors, episode "Second Fiddle" (2000) — Nathan
• Heartbeat, 2 episodes:
  • "Not So Special" (2001) — Jed Harrison
  • "Mastermind" (2005) — Chalkie Black
• Relic Hunter, episode "The Executioner's Mask" (2001) — Max Newton
• My Family, episode "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" (2001) — Derelict
• Barbara, episode "Crime" (2002) — Mr. Dugdale
• My Hero, episode "Here's One I Made Earlier" (2006) — Leo

Video Games

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2007) — Kreacher

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