Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

1926-04-03 London, England, UK 75 Credits

Biography

Timothy Dingwall Bateson was an English actor.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Kreacher (voice)

7.7
Acting

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

2005

as Summers

6.7
Acting

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

2005

as Parson / Man with a Punch

6.7
Acting

An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who a...

Ladies in Lavender

Ladies in Lavender

2004

as Mr Hallett

6.4
Acting

Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover ...

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

2002

as Harold

7.1
Acting

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, ...

The Discovery of Heaven

The Discovery of Heaven

2001

as Mr. Keller

6.5
Acting

Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. T...

For My Baby

For My Baby

2000

as Max Liebman

1.5
Acting

A young Austrian comedian struggles with the nightmare of his past and a dead sister who refuses to die by laying claim to his soul.

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

2000

as 2nd Monk

6.2
Acting

Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a ...

The Clandestine Marriage

The Clandestine Marriage

1999

as Gaoler

6.0
Acting

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocr...

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as English Judge

6.4
Acting

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberat...

The Criminal

The Criminal

1999

as Thomas

4.8
Acting

Jasper Rawlins, a none-too-successful musician, finds himself chatting with a beautiful woman at his neighborhood bar. She goes home with him, direct ...

Birds of Prey

1998

as Hugh

4.0
Acting

An eccentric old man takes bizarre revenge on a couple preying on the elderly.

True Blue

True Blue

1996

as Porter

6.1
Acting

The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.

Annie: A Royal Adventure

Annie: A Royal Adventure

1995

as Derwood

6.0
Acting

Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Warbucks...

Joseph

Joseph

1995

as Priester

8.2
Acting

Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Jo...

Hard Times

Hard Times

1994

as Childers

7.0
Acting

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cine...

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

1993

as Accountant

5.7
Acting

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

1992

as Dr. Ludwig

2.0
Acting

The story of a young man undergoing treatment by a Czech psychoanalyst.

Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini

1992

as Voice of Stendhal

Acting

The life of legendary opera composer Gioacchino Rossini is recounted in this documentary, which examines how the author of "The Barber of Seville" opt...

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

1988

as MacDougal

6.2
Acting

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance ...

East of Ipswich

East of Ipswich

1987

as Mr Macklin

6.8
Acting

Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage gi...

Foreign Body

Foreign Body

1986

as Agent at Harley Street

4.1
Acting

Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain a...

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

1986

as The Worm / Goblin (voice)

7.3
Acting

When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King and he whisks Toby away to his castle at the centre o...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1984

as Mr. Fezziwig

7.5
Acting

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982

as Commerce

5.8
Acting

Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimod...

Loophole

Loophole

1981

as 3rd Interviewer

6.0
Acting

When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in...

The Gate of Eden: Part Three - Peter

1980

as Arthur

Acting

Peter feels he has to choose between his friend, Mr Falconer, and his new girlfriend, Sue.

The Gate of Eden: Part Two - Sue

1980

as Arthur

Acting

Part two of the three-part play by William Corlett about a young man's emergence into the adult world.

The Gate of Eden: Part One - Mr. Falconer

1980

as Arthur

Acting

The story concerns the relationship between Peter, a 15 year old boy, and Mr Faulkner, an old man whom he befriends. Mr Faulkner used to be a school t...

Donkeys' Years

1980

as Dicky

Acting

Michael Frayn's play about a college reunion.

Tanglewoods' Secret

Tanglewoods' Secret

1980

as Mr. Tandy

Acting

Young brother and sister in 1940s New England learn about life, death and faith

As You Like It

As You Like It

1978

as Sir Oliver Martext

8.0
Acting

Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the co...

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

1978

as Binro

7.0
Acting

The Doctor is summoned by the mysterious and powerful White Guardian, and sent on a quest to find the six segments of the Key to Time, which, once ass...

Flayed

Flayed

1978

as Moxey

Acting

'There's absolutely no escape. No chairs or tables to hold on to, no fags to light or drinks to pour: no small talk or trivial daytime chatter. Just t...

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

1977

as Master of Hounds

4.7
Acting

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph An...

Autobiography of a Princess

Autobiography of a Princess

1975

as Blackmailer

5.0
Acting

On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movie...

Foreign Exchange

Foreign Exchange

1970

5.0
Acting

A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.

1917

1970

as Cpl. Willi Falk

1.0
Acting

A British short film about World War I, directed by Stephen Weeks and starring Timothy Bateson, David Leland, and Geoffrey Davies.

The Spy Killer

The Spy Killer

1969

5.0
Acting

Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track ...

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape

1969

as Rev. A.J. Mathews

Acting

Toby tries on a dummy ape skin which is intended for the local jumble sale, and is mistaken for a real ape which has escaped from a travelling circus....

The Italian Job

The Italian Job

1969

as Dentist

7.0
Acting

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose ...

Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve

1968

as Mr. Groom

6.8
Acting

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he re...

The Anniversary

The Anniversary

1968

as Mr. Bird

6.6
Acting

Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for...

Danger Route

Danger Route

1967

as Halliwell

5.8
Acting

Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new ass...

The Mayfly and the Frog

1966

Acting

When a Rolls Royce damages a scooter, the furious owner goes to seek redress, and finds herself face to face with a millionaire capitalist.

Tunnel under the World

1966

as Swanson

Acting

Déja vu: as Guy Birkett goes through the day he has a nagging feeling that he's been here before, experienced this already; except the details are alw...

After the Fox

After the Fox

1966

as Michael O'Reilly

6.0
Acting

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

1966

as Clerk

6.5
Acting

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

The Stable Door

The Stable Door

1966

Acting

This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as...

The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965

as Junkyard Owner

6.0
Acting

A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up wi...

Nightmare

Nightmare

1964

as Hotel Bartender

6.8
Acting

A young student is haunted by recurring dreams of her mother murdering her father, but her nightmare is just beginning as she tries to prove to her lo...

Father Came Too!

Father Came Too!

1964

as Wally

5.5
Acting

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up them...

Doctor in Distress

Doctor in Distress

1963

as Mr Holly

6.2
Acting

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and som...

Seventy Deadly Pills

Seventy Deadly Pills

1963

as Goldstone

6.0
Acting

A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into t...

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1962

7.3
Acting

A woman is found murdered in a seaside house along the coast from Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England. Local D.I. Fred Fellows and D.S. Jim...

The Girl on the Boat

The Girl on the Boat

1962

as Purser

5.6
Acting

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge...

Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous

1962

as Partridge

6.1
Acting

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a depart...

It's Trad, Dad!

It's Trad, Dad!

1962

as Coffee Shop Owner

5.6
Acting

The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The ...

The Golden Rabbit

1962

as Henry Tucker

Acting

A bashful bank clerk who fancies himself a scientist discovers a method to make gold, which arouses the greed of unscrupulous businessmen, forcing him...

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

as Printer (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world aft...

On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle

1961

as Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)

5.3
Acting

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl...

What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

1961

as Porter

7.0
Acting

Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather ecce...

The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man

1961

as Rocky

Acting

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell t...

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

1960

as Flash Dan

6.1
Acting

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight a...

The Big Day

The Big Day

1960

as Clerk

7.0
Acting

A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

as Amusement Arcade Manager

5.4
Acting

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Devil's Bait

Devil's Bait

1959

as Dentist

6.5
Acting

The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

as Simpson (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared

1959

as Roger

6.3
Acting

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign...

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

1958

as Clerk to Borough Surveyor (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse ...

Tread Softly Stranger

Tread Softly Stranger

1958

as Fletcher

7.6
Acting

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

White Corridors

White Corridors

1951

as Dr. Cook

6.6
Acting

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a bus...

The Guinea Pig

The Guinea Pig

1948

as Tracey

7.2
Acting

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...

Vice Versa

Vice Versa

1948

as Coker

6.3
Acting

Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young agai...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1947

as Lord Verisopht

6.5
Acting

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.