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name: "Bert Bates"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "18 August 1907"
died: "23 April 1976"
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average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T11:19:41.329425+00:00"
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# Bert Bates

Editor. Born 18 August 1907 in Walthamstow, London, England, UK. Died 23 April 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 18 August 1907, Walthamstow, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 23 April 1976
- **Active:** 1971–1973
- **Also known as:** A.E. Bates, A.S. Bates, A. Bates
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [Guy Hamilton](https://film.one/person/guy-hamilton.md), [Harry Saltzman](https://film.one/person/harry-saltzman.md), [Tom Mankiewicz](https://film.one/person/tom-mankiewicz.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Bates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10185

## Biography

Bert Bates (18 August 1907 – 23 April 1976) was a British film editor. He began his career with the 1931 film *Many Waters* and worked on more than sixty feature films until 1973, sometimes credited as A.S. Bates. He was employed by leading British studios and collaborated with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Anatole Litvak and Carol Reed.

His credits include the James Bond films *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971) and *Live and Let Die* (1973), as well as *Battle of Britain* (1969), *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965), *Return of the Seven* (1966), *Under Capricorn* (1949), *Anastasia* (1956), *Our Man in Havana* (1960) and *Trapeze* (1956).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Editor
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *The Light at the Edge of the World* (1971), Editor
- *Battle of Britain* (1969), Editor
- *Interlude* (1968), Editor
- *The Long Duel* (1967), Editor
- *Return of the Seven* (1966), Editor
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), Editor
- *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965), Editor
- *The Battle of the Villa Fiorita* (1965), Editor
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), Editor
- *633 Squadron* (1964), Editor
- *The Running Man* (1963), Editor
- *Five Miles to Midnight* (1962), Editor
- *Goodbye Again* (1961), Editor
- *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), Editor
- *Our Man in Havana* (1960), Editor
- *Look Back in Anger* (1959), Editor
- *The Journey* (1959), Additional Editor
- *The Key* (1958), Editor
- *Legend of the Lost* (1957), Editor
- *Island in the Sun* (1957), Additional Editing
- *Anastasia* (1956), Editor
- *Trapeze* (1956), Editor
- *The Deep Blue Sea* (1955), Editor
- *A Kid for Two Farthings* (1955), Editor
- *The Man Who Loved Redheads* (1955), Editor
- *Malaga* (1954), Editor
- *The Man Between* (1953), Editor
- *The Holly and the Ivy* (1952), Editor
- *The Ringer* (1952), Editor
- *Home at Seven* (1952), Editor
- *Outcast of the Islands* (1951), Editor
- *Happy Go Lovely* (1951), Editor
- *The Cure for Love* (1949), Editor
- *Under Capricorn* (1949), Editor
- *White Cradle Inn* (1947), Editor
- *Green for Danger* (1946), Production Manager
- *I See a Dark Stranger* (1946), Production Manager
- *The Midas Touch* (1940), Editor
- *The Return of Carol Deane* (1938), Editor
- *The Singing Cop* (1938), Editor
- *Gypsy* (1936), Editor
- *Crown v. Stevens* (1936), Editor
- *Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk* (1935), Editor
- *Someday* (1935), Editor
- *Man of the Moment* (1935), Editor
- *Crime Unlimited* (1935), Editor
- *The Girl in the Crowd* (1935), Editor
- *So You Won't Talk* (1935), Editor
- *Something Always Happens* (1934), Editor
- *The Return of Bulldog Drummond* (1934), Editor
- *You Made Me Love You* (1933), Editor
- *Heads We Go* (1933), Editor
- *Leave It to Me* (1933), Editor
- *Fires of Fate* (1932), Editor
- *Brother Alfred* (1932), Editor
- *Many Waters* (1931), Editor

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