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name: "Granville Bates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/granville-bates"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 January 1882"
died: "8 July 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:03:14.133318+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Granville Bates

Actor. Born 6 January 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 8 July 1940.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 January 1882, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 8 July 1940
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Bates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5596863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/102066

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Of Mice and Men*](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md) (84)

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## Biography

Granville Bates was an American character actor and bit player who appeared in over ninety films between 1917 and 1940.

Born in Chicago, he began his screen career with the Essanay Studios there in the 1910s. He later worked on Broadway in productions including the original *Twentieth Century* (1932) and *Merrily We Roll Along* (1934).

From the 1930s he took supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, among them *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), *The Plainsman* (1936), *Of Mice and Men* (1939) and *My Favorite Wife* (1940). He died in Hollywood in 1940.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Carlson — [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), Fi1m 78, as Bill Collector (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Men Against the Sky* (1940), as Mr. Burdett
- *Flowing Gold* (1940), as Charles Hammond
- *Private Affairs* (1940), as Judge Samuel Elmer Hamilton
- *Women in Hiding* (1940), as Dr. Bates
- *The Mortal Storm* (1940), as Professor Berg
- *Brother Orchid* (1940), as Pattonsville Superintendent
- *My Favorite Wife* (1940), as Judge Walter Bryson
- *Millionaire Playboy* (1940), as Stafford
- *Brother Rat and a Baby* (1940), as First Doctor
- *Thou Shalt Not Kill* (1939), as Mr. Miller
- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), as Carlson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)
- *Charlie McCarthy, Detective* (1939), as Judge Black
- *Our Neighbors - The Carters* (1939), as Joseph Laurence
- *Drunk Driving* (1939), as Mr. Jenks (uncredited)
- *Eternally Yours* (1939), as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- *Fast and Furious* (1939), as Chief Miller
- *Pride of the Blue Grass* (1939), as Col. Robert Griner
- *Espionage Agent* (1939), as Phineas T. O'Grady
- *Indianapolis Speedway* (1939), as Mr. Greer
- *Naughty but Nice* (1939), as Judge Kennith B. Walters, Superior Court
- *Sweepstakes Winner* (1939), as Pop Reynolds
- *Twelve Crowded Hours* (1939), as James McEwen
- *Blackwell's Island* (1939), as Stuart Granger
- *The Great Man Votes* (1939), as The Mayor
- *Next Time I Marry* (1938), as H.E. Crocker
- *The Shining Hour* (1938), as Second Man on Plane (uncredited)
- *Hard to Get* (1938), as Judge Harkness
- *Young Dr. Kildare* (1938), as Harry Cook (uncredited)
- *A Man to Remember* (1938), as George Sykes
- *Garden of the Moon* (1938), as Angus McGillicuddy
- *Youth Takes a Fling* (1938), as Mr. Judd
- *The Affairs of Annabel* (1938), as Mr. Fletcher
- *Mr. Chump* (1938), as Abner Sprague
- *Cowboy from Brooklyn* (1938), as Pop Hardy
- *Romance on the Run* (1938), as Phelps
- *Go Chase Yourself* (1938), as Halliday
- *Mannequin* (1938), as Mr. Gebhart (Uncredited)
- *The Jury's Secret* (1938), as Judge Pendegast
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), as Bradford, banker
- *Under Suspicion* (1937), as K.Y. Mitchell
- *The Perfect Specimen* (1937), as Hooker - Garage Owner
- *The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning* (1937), as Mr. Boss
- *It Happened in Hollywood* (1937), as Sam Bennett
- *Back in Circulation* (1937), as Dr. Evans
- *They Won't Forget* (1937), as Detective Pindar
- *Wings Over Honolulu* (1937), as Grocery Clerk
- *Make Way for Tomorrow* (1937), as Mr. Hunter (uncredited)
- *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Judge Crawley
- *The Good Old Soak* (1937), as Sam
- *Let's Get Married* (1937), as Hank Keith
- *Waikiki Wedding* (1937), as Uncle Herman
- *Nancy Steele Is Missing!* (1937), as Flaherty
- *Green Light* (1937), as Sheriff
- *When's Your Birthday?* (1937), as Judge O'Day
- *The Great O'Malley* (1937), as Jake - Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
- *Larceny on the Air* (1937), as Prof. Rexford Sterling
- *Beloved Enemy* (1936), as Ryan
- *The Plainsman* (1936), as Van Ellyn
- *The Captain's Kid* (1936), as Sheriff Pengast
- *Poppy* (1936), as Mayor Farnsworth
- *Times Square Playboy* (1936), as Mort Calhoun
- *13 Hours by Air* (1936), as Pop Andrews
- *Important News* (1936), as Sheriff (uncredited)
- *The Music Goes 'Round* (1936), as Political Speaker
- *Here Comes Trouble* (1936), Actor
- *Chatterbox* (1936), as Philip Greene Sr.
- *I Live My Life* (1935), as Yacht Captain (Uncredited)
- *O'Shaughnessy's Boy* (1935), as Doctor
- *Alibi Racket* (1935), as Hopkins
- *Pursuit* (1935), as Auto Camp Manager
- *Woman Wanted* (1935), as Casey
- *Woman in the Dark* (1934), as Sheriff Fred Grant
- *Midnight* (1934), as Richard McGrath
- *The Wiser Sex* (1932), as City Editor
- *The Smiling Lieutenant* (1931), as Bill Collector (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smiling-lieutenant.md)
- *Honor Among Lovers* (1931), as Clark (uncredited)
- *The Sap from Syracuse* (1930), as Sidney Hycross
- *Jealousy* (1929), as Lawyer
- *Young Mother Hubbard* (1917), as James

## Gallery

- ![Granville Bates (1882-1940) as Judge Bryson. This movie was released on May 17, 1940 and he died of a heart attack shortly afterward on July 8, 1940. He died in (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1225799/gallery-67baf6ab0012.jpg) Granville Bates (1882-1940) as Judge Bryson. This movie was released on May 17, 1940 and he died of a heart attack shortly afterward on July 8, 1940. He died in (2015) — Insomnia Cured Here, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/My_Favorite_Wife_%281940%29_%2819540481561%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Granville Bates](https://film.one/media/person/1225799/gallery-76dbeb5d7ae5.jpg) Granville Bates — trailer screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Granville_Bates_in_My_Favorite_Wife_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Granville Bates](https://film.one/media/person/1225799/gallery-af558bf36301.jpg) Granville Bates — Image via TMDB

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