Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson
Born	Timothy Dingwall Bateson (1926-04-03)3 April 1926 London, England, UK
Died	16 September 2009(2009-09-16) (aged 83) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–2007
Spouse(s)	Sheila Shand Gibbs (m. 1953; his death 2009)
Children	3

Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 16 September 2009) was an English actor. Born in London, the son of Dingwall Latham Bateson, a solicitor later knighted, he was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and Wadham College, Oxford. At Oxford, he read history and performed in the Oxford University Dramatic Society.^[1]

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.^[1]

He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including The Cadfael Chronicles, Doctor Who (in the serial entitled The Ribos Operation) and Labyrinth.

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

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

He voiced the house-elf Kreacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, his last work.

Family and death

In 1953, Bateson married former actress Sheila Shand Gibbs, with whom he had three children, Elizabeth, Andrew and Caroline. 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.^{[1] [2]}

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Timothy Bateson on IMDb