Arthur W. Bates (1883 – August 16, 1972) was an American silent film actor.
He was born in 1883 in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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He was acting with
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...
in Chicago by 1915. After the studio closed down, he worked for the
Chicago Transit Authority
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Bates died in Chicago on August 16, 1972.][
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Partial filmography
*''His New Job
''His New Job'' is a 1915 American short silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra. The title is an inside reference to this being Chaplin's first film after leaving K ...
'' (1915)
*''The Alster Case
''The Alster Case'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Bryant Washburn and Ruth Stonehouse. It was based on a novel, ''The Alster Case'', by Rufus Gillmore. It was produced by the Essanay Company.
Plot
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'' (1915)
*''The Strange Case of Mary Page
''The Strange Case of Mary Page'' is a 1916 American drama film serial directed by J. Charles Haydon. Most of the film is considered to be lost, with only two of the episodes preserved.
Cast
* Henry B. Walthall as Phil Langdon, Attorney
* Edn ...
'' (1916)
* ''The Phantom Buccaneer
''The Phantom Buccaneer'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Richard Travers, Gertrude Glover and Thurlow Brewer.Connelly p.396 It is based in the 1913 novel '' Another Man's Shoes'' by British write ...
'' (1916)
*'' Uneasy Money'' (1918)
References
External links
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1883 births
1972 deaths
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Male actors from Chicago
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