Michael Pate

Michael Pate

actor, producer, writer

Michael Pate was born on Feb 26, 1920 in Australia. Michael Pate's big-screen debut came with 40,000 Horsemen directed by Charles Chauvel in 1940, strarring Arab Carpet Seller / Arab Customer / Sikh Policeman (uncredited). Michael Pate is known for Mary & Tim directed by Glenn Jordan, Candice Bergen stars as Mary Horton and Richard Kiley as Ron Melville. Michael Pate has got 3 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Pate achieved is Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. The upcoming new movie Michael Pate plays is Mary & Tim which will be released on Nov 03, 1996.

The future movie bad man was born in Drummoyne, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, and got his career start as an interviewer on the government's radio station. Pate also worked on the Australian stage and in Down Under movies before relocating to the U.S. in the early 1950s to appear in Universal's "Thunder on the Hill, " the film version of a Charlotte Hastings play ("Bonaventure") in which he had appeared. Pate acted in many American films and TV series, then returned to Australia in the late '60s and worked (again) in that country's film industry; he co-starred in his own Aussie TV series, "Matlock Police". Pate also began working behind the camera; one of his best-known writing-producing-directing credits is "Tim", the story of the relationship between an older woman (Piper Laurie) and a mentally challenged young man (Mel Gibson).

  • Birthday

    Feb 26, 1920
  • Place of Birth

    Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia

Known For

Awards

3 wins & 1 nominations

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2000
Winner - Special Presentation
Australian Writers' Guild
1979
Feature Film
Winner - Awgie Award
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