Ralph Bates

Ralph Bates (1940 - 1991)
==Film Deaths==
*Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) [Lord Courtley]: Kicked to death by John Carson, Geoffrey Keen, and Peter Sallis, after he tries to make them participate in a ceremony to resurrect Christopher Lee. Ralph's body is then transformed into Christopher when Christopher returns in Ralph's place.
*Lust for a Vampire (1971) [Giles Barton]: Dies of a heart-attack seconds after being bitten on the throat by vampire Yutte Stensgaard.
*Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) [Dr. Jekyll]: Falls from a roof while fleeing from police, while midway through his transformation into Martine Beswick. "His" body (a composite of Ralph and Martine) is shown lying on the ground afterwards.
*Fear in the Night (Dynasty of Fear; Honeymoon of Fear) (1972) [Robert]: Strangled from behind by Peter Cushing as Judy Geeson looks in horror and faints. Peter then stages it as though he hanged himself on a tree. His body is shown at the film's start followed by events leading up to it.
*I Don't Want to Be Born (The Baby; The Devil Within Her; The Monster; Sharon's Baby) (1975) [Gino Carlesi]: Hanged when the possessed baby throws a noose around his neck in the garden.
==Television Deaths==
*The Caesars (1968; mini-series) [Caligula]: Stabbed to death by John Paul and the other conspirators.
*The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970; mini-series) [Thomas Culpepper]: Executed (off-screen) by beheading.
*Dangerous Knowledge: Comprehensive Cover (1976) [Sanders]: Shot dead on the beach by John Gregson.
==Gallery==
Ralph Bates.PNG|Ralph Bates in Fear in the Night
==Noteworthy Connections==
*Great-great-nephew of Louis Pasteur
*Ex-husband of Joanna Van Gyseghem
*Husband of Virginia Wetherell
*Father of Daisy Bates and William Bates
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