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{{Short description|British actor (1926–2009)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| image= Timothy_Bateson.jpg
| name = Timothy Bateson
| birth_name = Timothy Dingwall Bateson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|9|15|1926|4|3|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1947–2007
| spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Shand Gibbs|1953}}
| children = 3}}

'''Timothy Dingwall Bateson''' (3 April 1926 – 15 September 2009) was an English actor.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f5570cb|title=Timothy Bateson|website=BFI}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Born in [[London]], the son of solicitor [[Dingwall Latham Bateson]] and the great-nephew of rugby player [[Harold Dingwall Bateson]], he was educated at [[Uppingham School]] in [[Rutland]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]]. At [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], he read history, rowed [[Coxswain|cox]] for the [[Wadham College Boat Club]] during [[Eights Week]] and performed in the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]].<ref name="Coveney">Michael Coveney [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/08/timothy-bateson-obituary Obituary], ''The Guardian'', 8 November 2009</ref>

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 (director)|Peter Hall]].<ref name="Coveney"/> In 1957 he starred in the BBC adventure serial ''[[The Adventures of Peter Simple]]''.

He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including ''[[The Cadfael Chronicles]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (in the serial entitled ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'') and ''[[Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

He also provided the voices for several characters in the children's TV series ''[[Tugs (TV series)|TUGS]]'' (1989). Most notably, he provided the voice of [[List of Tugs characters|O.J.]], the oldest member of the Star Fleet.

Since 1994, he did the voice of Measley from the audiotape version of ''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood]]''.

Bateson was featured in many productions of [[Focus on the Family]] Radio Theater. Among his appearances on the program were in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (1996), where he doubled as narrator and as the [[Ghost of Christmas Present]]; ''Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost Of Freedom'' (1997), portraying Dr. [[Karl Bonhoeffer]]; ''[[Ben-Hur (play)|Ben-Hur]]'' (2001), portraying [[Balthazar (Magus)|Balthasar]]; ''Father Gilbert Mysteries: The Silver Cord'' (2004), portraying Mr. Lehman; and ''[[Silas Marner]]'' (2007), portraying Mr. Macey.

He voiced the house-elf Kreacher in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', his last work.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=1114 |title = Timothy Bateson}}</ref>

==Family and death==
In 1953, Bateson married former actress Sheila Shand Gibbs, with whom he had three children, Elizabeth, Andrew and Caroline. He and his wife were committed [[Christians|Christian]]s. He died in London at the age of 83 on 16 September 2009. He was survived by his wife, their children and his older sister Ann.<ref name="Coveney" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Harry_Potter_actor_Timothy_Bateson_dead_at_83_P105666|title=Harry Potter actor Timothy Bateson dead at 83- Big Cartoon Forum|publisher=Forum.bcdb.com|access-date=14 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FlseUqHj?url=http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Harry_Potter_actor_Timothy_Bateson_dead_at_83_P105666/|archive-date=10 April 2013}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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*''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1947) – Lord Verisopht
*''[[Vice Versa (1948 film)|Vice Versa]]'' (1948) – Coker
*''[[The Guinea Pig (film)|The Guinea Pig]]'' (1948) – Tracey
*''[[The History of Mr. Polly (film)|The History of Mr. Polly]]'' (1949) – Apprentice (uncredited)
*''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) – Dr. Cook
*''[[Never Look Back (film)|Never Look Back]]'' (1952) as Court Official (uncredited)
*''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1952–1954) – Val
*''[[Carrington V.C. (film)|Carrington V.C.]]'' (1955) – 1st Soldier in [[Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes|NAAFI]] (uncredited)
*''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' (1955) – Ostler
*''[[The Black Arrow]]'' (1958) – Lord Shoreby
*''[[Tread Softly Stranger]]'' (1958) – Fletcher
*''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'' (1959) – 'Swiss Cheese'
*''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959) – Simpson (uncredited)
*''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1959) – Roger
*''[[Devil's Bait]]'' (1959) – Dentist (uncredited)
*''[[Bleak House (1959 TV serial)|Bleak House]]'' (1959) – William Guppy
*''[[Our Man in Havana (film)|Our Man in Havana]]'' (1959) – Rudy (uncredited)
*''[[The Shakedown (1959 film)|The Shakedown]]'' (1960) – Estate Agent
*''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]'' (1960) – Clerk
*''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960) – Flash Dan
*''[[Barnaby Rudge (TV series)|Barnaby Rudge]]'' (1960) – Simon Tappertit
*''[[Seven Keys (film)|Seven Keys]]'' (1961) – Bank Teller (uncredited)
*''[[The Unstoppable Man]]'' (1961) – Rocky
*''[[What a Carve Up! (film)|What a Carve Up!]]'' (1961) – Porter – (US: 'No Place like Homicide')
*''[[On the Fiddle]]'' (1961) – Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
*''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]'' (1961) – Printer in Printroom (uncredited)
*''[[The Golden Rabbit]]'' (1961) – Henry Tucker
*''[[Ring-a-Ding Rhythm]]'' (1962) – Coffee shop owner
*''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) – Partrige
*''[[The Girl on the Boat (film)|The Girl on the Boat]]'' (1962) – Purser
*''[[Jigsaw (1962 film)|Jigsaw]]'' (1962) – Porter (uncredited)
*''[[Doctor in Distress (film)|Doctor in Distress]]'' (1963) – Mr. Holly
*''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) – Goldstone
*''[[Father Came Too!]]'' (1964) – Wally
*''[[Nightmare (1964 film)|Nightmare]]'' (1964) – Barman
*''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' (1964) – Hypnotized Man (uncredited)
*''[[The Knack ...and How to Get It]]'' (1965) – Junkyard Owner
*''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966) – Clerk
*''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]'' (1966) – Big Ted
*''[[After the Fox]]'' (1966) – Michael O'Reilly (uncredited)
*''[[Danger Route]]'' (1967) – Halliwell
*''[[Torture Garden (film)|Torture Garden]]'' (1967) – Fairground Barker
*''[[The Anniversary (1968 film)|The Anniversary]]'' (1968) – Mr. Bird
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1968, TV) – Andrew Rogers
*''[[Twisted Nerve]]'' (1968) – Mr. Groom
*''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969) – Dentist
*''[[1917 (1970 film)|1917]]'' (1970) – Corporal Falk
*''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1971, TV) – Mr. Clifford
* ''[[Kindly Leave the Kerb]]'' (1971, TV) –
*''[[Please Sir!]]'' (1971, TV) – Dutton
*''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (television series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1971, TV) – Goujon
*''[[Barlow at Large]]'' (1973) – Smeed
*''[[David Copperfield (1974 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]'' (1974) – Mr. Dick
*''[[Autobiography of a Princess]]'' (1975) – Blackmailer
*''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' (1976, TV) – Arthur Bailey
*''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]'' (1977) – Master of Hounds
*''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' (1977, TV) – Mr. Bream
*''[[Doctor Who]]: [[The Ribos Operation]]'' (1978, TV) – Binro
*''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (1978, TV) – Amos Hames
*''[[Going Straight]]'' (1978, TV) – Oaksey
*''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1978, TV) – Mr. Beckwith
*''[[As You Like It]]'' (1978) – Sir Oliver Martext
*''[[Pinocchio (TV series)|Pinocchio]]'' (1978, TV) – Schoolmaster
*''A Hitch in Time'' (1978) – Headmaster (uncredited)
*''[[The Famous Five (1970s TV series)|The Famous Five]]'' (1978, TV) – Professor Hayling
*''[[Diary of a Nobody]]'' (1979) – Cummings
*''[[Rings on Their Fingers]]'' (1979) – Meter Reader
*''Tanglewoods' Secret'' (1980) – Mr. Tandy
*''[[Treasures of the Snow]]'' (1980) – Portier
*''[[Grange Hill]]'' (1980–1983) – Mr. Thomson
*''[[Loophole (1981 film)|Loophole]]'' (1981) – 3rd Interviewer
*''[[Chintz]]'' (1981) – Shop Assistant
*''[[Terry and June]]'' (1981) – Mervyn
*''[[Q.E.D. (US TV series)|Q.E.D.]]'' (1982) – Alfie
*''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1982) – Commerce
*''[[High Road to China]]'' (1983) – Alec Wedgeworth
*''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' (1983) – Mr. Burton
*''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984) – Mr. Fezziwig
*''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1984) – Railwayman
*''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]'' (1984) – Laurence
*''[[Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama]]'' (1985) – Keeper
*''[[Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth]]'' (1986) – The Worm / The Four Guards / Goblin (voice)
*''[[Foreign Body (1986 film)|Foreign Body]]'' (1986) – Agent at Harley Street
*''[[East of Ipswich]]'' (1987) – Mr. Macklin
*''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' (1987) – Charlie
*''[[Chelmsford 123]]'' (1988) – Latin Tutor
*''[[A Handful of Dust]]'' (1988) – MacDougal
*''[[Tugs (TV series)|TUGS]]'' (1989–1990, TV Series) – O.J. / Eddie / Little Ditcher / Lord Stinker / Garbage Corporation Master / Big Mickey (voice)
*''[[Zorro (1990 TV series)|Zorro]]'' (1990–1993, TV Series) – Padre Benites
*''[[Shakespeare: The Animated Tales]]'' (1992) – Antigonus (voice)
*''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood]]'' (1994) – Measley (Audiotape only)
*''[[True Blue (1996 film)|True Blue]]'' (1996) – Porter
*''[[For My Baby]]'' (1997) – Max Liebman
*''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' (1998) – Father Abbot
*''[[Les Misérables (1998 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1998) – Banker
*''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' (1999, TV) – Mr. Jocelyne
*''[[The Criminal (1999 film)|The Criminal]]'' (1999) – Thomas
*''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'' (1999) – English Judge
*''[[The Clandestine Marriage]]'' (1999) – Gaoler
*''[[Barbara (TV series)|Barbara]]'' (2000, TV) – Mr. Dugdale
*''[[The 10th Kingdom]]'' (2000, TV) – Tooth Fairy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207275/fullcredits|title=The 10th Kingdom (TV Mini-Series 2000) – IMDb|via=m.imdb.com}}</ref>
*''[[The Discovery of Heaven]]'' (2001) – Mr. Keller
*''[[All or Nothing (film)|All or Nothing]]'' (2002) – Harold
*''[[Fakers]]'' (2004) – Old Gezzer
*''[[Ladies in Lavender]]'' (2004) – Mr. Hallett
*''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (2005) – Parson
*''[[Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont]]'' (2005) – Summers
*''[[My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]]'' (2006, TV) – Leo
*''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather]]'' (2006, TV) – The Lecturer
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' (2007) – [[Kreacher]] (voice) (final film role)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|61063}}

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[[Category:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male radio actors]]
[[Category:English male Shakespearean actors]]
[[Category:English male stage actors]]
[[Category:English male television actors]]
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