Acting
Les Bates
Born June 6, 1877 · Waukegan, Illinois, USA
Died August 8, 1930 · aged 53
No biography available.
Known For
The Man Who Laughs · 1928The Man Who Laughs
★ 7.31928
MovieDramaRomance
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Big Stakes · 1922Big Stakes
★ 6.01922
MovieWestern
Chasing a steer across the border a cowboy meets a senorita and stays on making the Mexican Captian jealous. When the Captain plans to have the cowboy killed, the cowboy gets the Captain to agree to a contest between jumping beans. When the cowboy wins he says he will let the senorita decide between the two. But first he rides off to rescue another girl held by the hooded Night Riders and the Captain follows to back him up
My Dad · 1922My Dad
★ 7.01922
MovieDrama
Tom's father, Barry, lives at a lonely trading post up north and is constantly in fear the post's factor, who has threatened to turn him in to the Mounted Police for a murder committed many years before.
Buck Privates · 1928Buck Privates
★ 10.01928
MovieComedyWar
Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the town's leading citizen. The problem is that his sworn enemy, Sgt. Butts, also has designs on the girl. Butts comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition and get the girl for himself, but things don't go quite the way he planned.
While London Sleeps · 1926While London Sleeps
★ 5.31926
MovieCrimeAction
Rinty is a police-dog assigned to a young Scotland Yard police-officer who covers the Limehouse district of London.
The Glorious Trail · 1928The Glorious Trail
★ 8.01928
MovieWestern
After a work crew stringing telegraph wires across the Great Plains is slaughtered by Indians, Pat O'Leary, the company superintendent, must take out another supply train to make the dangerous trip across open country. The Indians attack and are driven off. On the day the wires are finally strung, the settlers gather to hear the first message from the East.
Hard Boiled Yeggs · 1926Hard Boiled Yeggs
★ 8.51926
MovieComedy
A recent college graduate (Billy West) inherits a large sum of money, as well as a dive on the rough side of town. The will states that, in the event of Billy's death, two thugs get the money and the 'Cafe', and the thugs try, through various means, to see that Billy meets his demise. But Billy manages to thwart their efforts, with the help of a pretty young girl.
Hard Fists · 1927Hard Fists
★ 10.01927
MovieWestern
The story is about a fake army colonel who blackmails Alvord into doing his bidding, including smearing a rancher and his pretty daughter .
Filmography
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The Man Who Laughs · 1928The Man Who Laughs
★ 7.31928
MovieDramaRomance
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)







