Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 16 September 2009) was an English actor. The son of Dingwall Bateson, a solicitor later knighted, he was educated at Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland and Wadham College, Oxford.Bateson's stage credits included the first British production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1955 at the Arts Theatre in London in a production directed by Peter Hall.He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including The Cadfael Chronicles, Doctor Who (in the serial entitled The Ribos Operation), Dad's Army and Labyrinth.He also provided the voices for several characters in the children's TV series TUGS (1988).He voiced the house-elf Kreacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, his last work.Bateson died on 16 September 2009, according to his former management.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Labyrinth, Oliver Twist, The Mouse That Roared, The Italian Job, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Twisted Nerve, The Anniversary, What a Carve Up!, Torture Garden, Autobiography of a Princess, Nightmare, Joseph ...
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The fourth Harry Potter film series cast member to die.
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Appeared in the first British performance of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in 1955.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctors
2000
TV Series
Nathan
The 10th Kingdom
2000
TV Mini-Series
Tooth Fairy
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
Gaoler
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
English Judge
The Criminal
1999
Thomas
Polterguests
1999
TV Series
Mr. Snipe
Les Misérables
1998
Banker
Merlin
1998
TV Mini-Series
Father Abbot
Birds of Prey
1998
Short
Hugh
For My Baby
1997
Max Liebman
Keeping Mum
1997
TV Series
Uncle Tom
True Blue
1996
Porter
Neverwhere
1996
TV Mini-Series
Halvard
The Sculptress
1996
TV Mini-Series
Albert Hayes
Casualty
1996
TV Series
Ronald Horton
Annie: A Royal Adventure!
1995
TV Movie
Derwood
Paul Merton's Life of Comedy
1995
TV Series
Grandad
As Time Goes By
1995
TV Series
Security Guard
Joseph
1995
TV Movie
Priest
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1994
TV Mini-Series
Antigonus
Hard Times
1994
TV Mini-Series
Childers
Health and Efficiency
1994
TV Series
Walter Lowe
Heart of Darkness
1993
TV Movie
Accountant
Bonjour la Classe
1993
TV Series
Leonard Wigley
Zorro
1990-1993
TV Series
Padre Benites
2point4 Children
1992
TV Series
Mr Podd
Bye Bye Columbus
1991
TV Movie
Father Nervo
Living with Technology: A Foundation Course - Patterns in the Dust
1991
Documentary
Mr. Epwell
Never Come Back
1990
TV Series
Poole
Tugs
1989
TV Series
O.J. / Lord Stinker / Little Ditcher / ...
Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
1989
TV Series
Crawford
A Handful of Dust
1988
MacDougal
Chelmsford 123
1988
TV Series
Latin Tutor
Hi-de-Hi!
1987
TV Series
Charlie
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery
1987
TV Series
Pond
Screen Two
1987
TV Series
Mr. Macklin
Foreign Body
1986
Agent at Harley Street
Labyrinth
1986
The Worm / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
Don't Wait Up
1983-1986
TV Series
Mr. Burton / Mr Burton
Dramarama
1985
TV Series
Keeper
A Christmas Carol
1984
TV Movie
Mr. Fezziwig
Ever Decreasing Circles
1984
TV Series
Laurence
Bird of Prey 2
1984
TV Series
Mr. Jorry
Night Beat News
1984
TV Series
Garfield
Minder
1984
TV Series
Railwayman
High Road to China
1983
Alec Wedgeworth
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
1982
TV Movie
Printer
Q.E.D.
1982
TV Series
Alfie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
TV Movie
Commerce
Terry and June
1981
TV Series
Mervyn
Great Expectations
1981
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Pocket
Chintz
1981
TV Series
Shop Assistant
Thicker Than Water
1981
TV Series
Arnold Broadhurst
Loophole
1981
3rd Interviewer
Treasures of the Snow
1980
Hotel Porter
In Loving Memory
1980
TV Series
Mr. Bottomly
The Square Leopard
1980
TV Series
Harold Searle
ITV Playhouse
1968-1980
TV Series
Arthur / The Assistant Commisioner
Thérèse Raquin
1980
TV Mini-Series
Grivet
Donkeys' Years
1980
TV Movie
Dicky
Tanglewoods' Secret
1980
Mr. Tandy
Rings on Their Fingers
1979
TV Series
The Meter Reader
Diary of a Nobody
1979
TV Series
Cummings
The Famous Five
1978-1979
TV Series
Professor Hayling
A Hitch in Time
1978
Headmaster (uncredited)
As You Like It
1978
TV Movie
Sir Oliver Martext
Pinocchio
1978
TV Series
Schoolmaster
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
TV Series
Mr. Beckwith
Doctor Who
1978
TV Series
Binro
Going Straight
1978
TV Series
Oaksey
BBC2 Play of the Week
1978
TV Series
Moxey
Last of the Summer Wine
1978
TV Series
Amos Hames
The Duchess of Duke Street
1977
TV Series
Mr. Bream
Joseph Andrews
1977
Master of Hounds
Within These Walls
1976
TV Series
Jack Cumberpatch
Good Neighbors
1976
TV Series
Arthur Bailey
The Dick Emery Show
1976
TV Series
Autobiography of a Princess
1975
Blackmailer
David Copperfield
1974-1975
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Dick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966-1973
TV Series
Mr. Sakamoto / Big Ted
Barlow at Large
1973
TV Series
Smeed
Both Ends Meet
1972
TV Series
George Rogers
The Shadow of the Tower
1972
TV Mini-Series
Sir Richard Nanfan
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
TV Series
Goujon
Please Sir!
1971
TV Series
Dutton
Doctor at Large
1971
TV Series
Mr. Clifford
Here Come the Double Deckers!
1970
TV Series
Mr. Furber
Shine a Light
1970
TV Series
Sr. Lighthouseman Wally Trott
Comedy Playhouse
1970
TV Series
Brownie Brown
Parkin's Patch
1970
TV Series
Jesse Smith
Paul Temple
1970
TV Series
Dr. Weingart
Foreign Exchange
1970
TV Movie
1917
1970
Short
Cpl. Willi Falk
The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape
1969
Short
Rev. A.J. Mathews
Canterbury Tales
1969
TV Series
Reeve
The Spy Killer
1969
TV Movie
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
TV Series
Mr Grey
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
TV Series
Simmons
The Italian Job
1969
Dentist
The Expert
1969
TV Series
Gregg
Twisted Nerve
1968
Mr. Groom
The Ugliest Girl in Town
1968
TV Series
Sergeant Malcolm
Ramshackle Road
1968
TV Series
Detective
1968
TV Series
Stage Doorkeeper
Contrasts
1967-1968
TV Series
Alexander Pope
Z Cars
1968
TV Series
Andrew Rogers
The Avengers
1967-1968
TV Series
Professor Spencer / Merryweather
Half Hour Story
1968
TV Series
Weiz
The Anniversary
1968
Mr. Bird
The Gamblers
1967
TV Series
Conway
Torture Garden
1967
Fairground Barker (Framework Story)
Man in a Suitcase
1967
TV Series
Pfeiffer
Danger Route
1967
Halliwell
Champion House
1967
TV Series
Marcus
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
TV Series
Mr. Bunn
The Wednesday Play
1966
TV Series
Barnet
Out of the Unknown
1966
TV Series
Swanson
Theatre 625
1966
TV Series
Turold - Fisherman
After the Fox
1966
Michael O'Reilly (uncredited)
No Hiding Place
1966
TV Series
Alfie
Love Story
1966
TV Series
Sid
The Wrong Box
1966
Clerk
BBC Play of the Month
1966
TV Series
John True
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-1966
TV Series
John Brewster / Mr. Hackett
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
Junkyard Owner
Gideon C.I.D.
1964
TV Series
Parker
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
Hypnotized Man (uncredited)
The Saint
1964
TV Series
Charley Butterworth
Nightmare
1964
Barman
Father Came Too!
1964
Wally
Seventy Deadly Pills
1964
Goldstone
Doctor in Distress
1963
Mr. Holly
Sierra Nine
1963
TV Series
Ernie
It Happened Like This
1963
TV Series
James Mansfrey
Jigsaw
1962
Porter (uncredited)
The Girl on the Boat
1962
Purser
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Partridge
Ring-a-Ding Rhythm!
1962
Coffee Shop Owner
The Golden Rabbit
1962
Henry Tucker
The Wakefield Shepherd's Play
1961
Short
Mak
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
Printer in Printroom (uncredited)
Operation Snafu
1961
Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
No Place Like Homicide!
1961
Porter
Three Live Wires
1961
TV Series
Mr. Bligh
ITV Television Playhouse
1961
TV Series
Alan
The Unstoppable Man
1961
Rocky
Doctor Knock
1961
TV Series
The Town Crier
Seven Keys
1961
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Barnaby Rudge
1960
TV Series
Simon Tappertit
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
Flash Dan
The Big Day
1960
Clerk
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series
Eustace Wallasy / General / Lariosik (aka Larry)
Bad Business
1960
TV Short
Janitor
The Shakedown
1960
Estate Agent
Our Man in Havana
1959
Rudy (uncredited)
Bleak House
1959
TV Series
William Guppy
Devil's Bait
1959
Dentist (uncredited)
The Mouse That Roared
1959
Roger
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
Simpson (uncredited)
World Theatre
1959
TV Mini-Series
'Swiss Cheese'
Theatre Night
1958
TV Series
Uruq Ubaita
Tread Softly Stranger
1958
Fletcher
The Common Room
1958
TV Series
Mr. Chapman
The Black Arrow
1958
TV Series
Lord Shoreby
The Adventures of Peter Simple
1957
TV Series
Peter Simple
Richard III
1955
Ostler
Cause for Alarm
1955
TV Movie
Harry
Simon's Treasure
1955
TV Movie
Simon Pomkins
Marie Tussaud
1955
TV Movie
Auguste
Court Martial
1954
1st Soldier In Naafi (uncredited)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1952-1954
TV Series
Calchas
Alexander
Val
A Time to Be Born
1953
TV Movie
Shepherd's child
The Rose and the Ring
1953
TV Mini-Series
HRH Prince Bulbo
White Corridors
1951
Dr. Cook
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
Apprentice (uncredited)
The Outsider
1948
Tracey (as Tim Bateson)
Vice Versa
1948
Coker
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
Lord Verisopht (as Tim Bateson)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Video Game
Kreacher (voice)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Kreacher (voice)
Hogfather
2006
TV Movie
Lecturer in Recent Runes
My Hero
2006
TV Series
Leo
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
2005
Summers
Heartbeat
2001-2005
TV Series
Chalkie Black / Jed Harrison
Oliver Twist
2005
Parson / Man with a Punch
The Welcome Committee
2005
Short
Gilcrest
The Commander: Blackdog
2005
TV Movie
Gordon Watts
Midsomer Murders
1998-2005
TV Series
Mr. Jocelyn
Mr. Jocelyne
James Jocelyne
Ladies in Lavender
2004
Mr. Hallett
Fakers
2004
Old Gezzer
All or Nothing
2002
Harold
Barbara
2002
TV Series
Mr. Dugdale
My Family
2001
TV Series
Derelict
The Discovery of Heaven
2001
Mr. Keller
Beech Is Back
2001
TV Mini-Series
Tommy Goldman
Relic Hunter
2001
TV Series
Max Lavoie
The Bill
1989-2000
TV Series
Tommy Goldman / Frankie Windsor / Eddie Clarke / ...