 Bateson's stage credits included the first British production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in 1955 at the Arts Theatre in London in a production directed by Peter Hall.He appeared in many film, television and radio productions including "The Cadfael Chronicles", "Doctor Who" (in the serial entitled "The Ribos Operation") and "Labyrinth".He also provided the voices for several characters in the children's TV series "TUGS" (1988).