Bert Bates

Bert Bates
Born	(1907-08-18)18 August 1907 Walthamstow, London, England
Died	23 April 1976(1976-04-23) (aged 68) Barnet, London, England
Other names	A.S. Bates
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1931–1973

Bert Bates (18 August 1907 – 23 April 1976) was a British film editor, sometimes credited as A. S. Bates. He worked on more than sixty films during his career. Bates edited his first feature film, Many Waters , in 1931. He went on to be employed by many leading British studios, working on films by directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Anatole Litvak and Carol Reed.

Selected filmography

• Many Waters (1931)
• Brother Alfred (1932)
• Fires of Fate (1932)
• Verdict of the Sea (1932)
• Leave It to Me (1933)
• Heads We Go (1933)
• You Made Me Love You (1933)
• Happy (1933)
• Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
• Man of the Moment (1935)
• It's in the Bag (1936)
• Gypsy (1937)
• The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
• The Midas Touch (1940)
• White Cradle Inn (1947)
• Idol of Paris (1948)
• Under Capricorn (1949)
• The Cure for Love (1949)
• Outcast of the Islands (1951)
• Happy Go Lovely (1951)
• Home at Seven (1952)
• The Ringer (1952)
• The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
• The Man Between (1953)
• Malaga (1954)
• The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
• The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
• Anastasia (1956)
• Legend of the Lost (1957)
• The Key (1958)
• Our Man in Havana (1959)
• The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
• The Best of Enemies (1961)
• Goodbye Again (1961)
• Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
• The Running Man (1963)
• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• 633 Squadron (1964)
• The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• Return of the Seven (1966)
• Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
• The Long Duel (1967)
• Interlude (1968)
• Battle of Britain (1969)
• The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Live and Let Die (1973)

External links

• Bert Bates at IMDb