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Michael Pate
26 February 1920
Michael Pate played in 11 and created 1 movies in the Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Romance, Western, History, Music, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Horror, Biography, War, Crime genres.
Michael Pate got succeed with average imdb rating 12.7.
Active in Australian radio and organize productions from childhood, Sydney natal Michael Pate made his first peel in 1949 on his refuge toss. Pate then moved to Hollywood, where he settled into bent or obstreperous roles. He is best remembered by reason of his portrayal of Indian chief Vittoro in John Wayne's Hondo (1953), a voice he recreated for the 1966 weekly TV modification of Hondo, which top-billed Ralph Taeger.
Other race highlights include the 1954 TV accommodation o
... f Ian Fleming's James Link novel Casino Royale, wherein Pate became the in the beginning actor to stake CIA agent Felix Leiter (conceding that both the personality's mention and nationality were changed), and PT 109 (1963), in which Pate played the Australian mariner who harangued future President John F. Kennedy (Cliff Robertson).During his Hollywood stay, Pate occasionally dabbled in screenwriting, collaborating on the scripts of Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) and The Most Dangerous Throw Alive (1961). In 1968 he returned to Australia where, with such rare exceptions as the weekly TVer Matlock Observe, he curtailed his performing activities to concentrate on producing, writing and directing. He produced the 1969 main attraction film Age of Consent, and later was pin in charge of production of Amalgamated Television in Sydney. He made his trait-film directorial introduction with the TV movie Tim (1979), which boasted an impressive original starring display by Mel Gibson. He also adapted the screenplay of Tim from the story on Colleen McCullough, earning the Australian equivalent of the Emmy Award in behalf of his efforts. Michael Pate is the author of two instructional books, The Actor and The Chief's Sensitivity.
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