Reginald Tate(1896-1955)

Actor
Producer

Reginald Tate in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

He was born in Garforth, Leeds. His father worked for the NE Railway Company and his grandfather had been manager of Garforth Colliery. His brother Robert's son was the actor David (Henderson) Tate. He went to private schools in York including St Martin's and followed his father into the Railway before joining the Army.

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Known for

The Inheritance

6.6

Austin Ruthyn

1947

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

8.0

van Zijl

1943

The Quatermass Experiment

7.1

TV Series

Professor Bernard Quatermass

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

6.5

Hugh Fitzooth

1952

Credits

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Actor

Hotel Incident
- Brown - the Commander
- 1962
King's Rhapsody
4.7
- King Peter
- 1955
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- King Charles II
- Captain Adam Brant
- King Philip II of Spain ...
- 1952–1954
The Quatermass Experiment
7.1
TV Series
- Professor Bernard Quatermass
- 1953
Malta Story
6.5
- Vice Admiral Payne
- 1953
It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer
TV Movie
- Leblanc
- 1953
The Prodigal Son
TV Movie
- Barnabas
- 1953
I'll Get You
5.5
- Col. Wilkes
- 1952
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
6.5
- Hugh Fitzooth
- 1952
Secret People
6.1
- Inspector Eliot
- 1952
Midnight Episode
6.6
- Chief Inspector Lucas
- 1950
The Switchback
TV Movie
- Viscount Pascal
- 1950
Diamond City
5.8
- Longdon
- 1949
Potter
TV Movie
- Beaumont Pride
- 1948
Reunion
TV Movie
- Stephen Greene
- 1948

Producer

Personal details

Alternative name
- Sqn-Ldr. Reginald Tate RAF.VR.
Born
- December 13, 1896
- Garforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
- August 23, 1955
- Putney, London, England, UK(heart attack)
Spouse
- Doris Todd1922 - August 23, 1955 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
He acted in Norman MacOwan's play, "Glorious Morning," at the Whitehall Theatre in London, England with Jessica Tandy, Herbert Lomas, and P. Kynaston Reeves in the cast. Claud Gurney was director. Peter Goffin was designer.
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

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Trivia
At the time of his death, he was preparing to reprise his role as Professor Bernard Quatermass in Quatermass II (1955), the first sequel to the groundbreaking BBC science fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment (1953). However, he died of a sudden heart attack on August 23, 1955, less than a month before the production of Quatermass II (1955) was scheduled to begin. After André Morell turned the role down, John Robinson was cast to replace Tate on short notice. Morell ultimately played Quatermass in the third and final BBC "Quatermass" serial, namely Quatermass and the Pit (1958).