Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson was a British actor.

He married actress Sheila Shand Gibbs.

Bateson appeared in many film, television and radio productions including Brother Cadfael, Doctor Who (in the serial entitled The Ribos Operation), Dad’s Army and Labyrinth.

His stage credits included the first ever British production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in 1955.

He also provided the voices for several characters in the children’s TV series TUGS (1988).

Past productions

The Butler / The Inn Proprietor, Wild Orchids, Chichester Festival Theatre Company 29^th May – 20^th July 2002, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Office Suite, West Yorkshire Playhouse September – October 1996, Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Clown, Hamlet 1992 – 1993, Riverside Studios, London.
Sunsets and Glories, West Yorkshire Playhouse 28^th June – 21^st July 1990, Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Schools Superintendent, The Government Inspector, Compass ? – 14^th May 1988, Theatre Royal, Bath, Richmond Theatre, and other locations.
Crouch, Jumpers 1^st April – 5^th October 1985, Aldwych Theatre, London.
The Visitors - M. Canton, The Clandestine Marriage, H M Tennent Ltd 19^th April – 5^th July 1975, Savoy Theatre, London and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
Churdles Ash, The Farmer’s Wife, Windsor Theatre Company 24^th February – 15^th March 1969, Theatre Royal, Windsor.
Clope 1967 – 1968, International Theatre Club.
Group Secretary - Jerome Pitman, Difference of Opinion started 15^th July 1963, Garrick Theatre, London and Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham.
Tecnicus, The Broken Heart started 9^th July 1962, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Surgeon; A Constable, The Chances started 3^rd July 1962, Chichester Festival Theatre.
Cuddy Banks, The Witch of Edmonton started 1962, Mermaid Theatre, London.
Bellamy, The Fantasticks 7^th September – 14^th October 1961, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
Uruq Ubaita, Brouhaha 27^th August 1958 – 28^th February 1959, Aldwych Theatre, London.
Ben Whitledge, No Time For Sergeants 23^rd August 1956 – 30^th November 1957, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London.
Lucky, Waiting for Godot 9^th – 21^st July 1956, Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Lucky, Waiting for Godot 25^th June 1956, Streatham Hill Theatre.
Lucky, Waiting for Godot 12^th September 1955 – 24^th March 1956, Criterion Theatre, London.
Lucky, Waiting for Godot 3^rd August – 3^rd September 1955, Arts Theatre, London.
Ira Mackel, Mourning Becomes Electra 9^th June – 31^st July 1955, Arts Theatre, London.
Osric, Hamlet 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
Lavache, All’s Well That Ends Well 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
Robert Faulconbridge, King John 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
The Tempest 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
Shakespeare Birthday Festival 1953 – 1954, Old Vic, London.
Hamlet 1953 – 1954, Old Vic Tour.
Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII 1952 – 1953, Old Vic, London.
1st Senator, Coriolanus 1953, Old Vic, London.
Sideboard, The Way to Keep Him, London Arts Theatre Committee Ltd 9^th – 26^th July 1952, Arts Theatre, London.
Egyptian Guardsman; Official; Porter, Caesar and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd 24^th April – 22^nd September 1951, St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
Clown; Pirate, Antony and Cleopatra, Laurence Olivier and St James’s Players Ltd 1^st May – 22^nd September 1951, St James’s Theatre, London and Opera House, Manchester.
Unnamed parts, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company 18^th July 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Soothsayer, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company 2^nd May 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Bishop of Lincoln, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company 28^th March 1950 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Servant, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 9^th March (press night) – 10^th November 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Cymbeline 1949 – 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Much Ado About Nothing 1949 – 1950, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Servant, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 7^th November 1949 (press night), Tour.
Watch 3, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th October 1949 (press night), Tour.
Bishop of Lincoln, Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company 15^th July 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Dwarf, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company 20^th May 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Unnamed parts, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company 23^rd April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Unnamed parts, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company 19^th April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Servant, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company 16^th April 1949 (press night), Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Cherry Orchard 1948 – 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Macbeth 1948 – 1949, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Doctor Faustus 1948 – 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
The Way of the World 1948 – 1949, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.
Twelfth Night started 21^st September 1948, New Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre), London.

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