What is Anthony Bate?
{{Infobox person | name = Anthony Bate | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|8|31|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/england-and-wales/results?recordType=GRO&route=X&event=B&fromYear=1837&toYear=2006&forenames=anthony&surname=bate&includeSurnameVariants=false&includeForenamesVariants=false&performExactSearch=false|title=Search for Anthony Bate in Find my Past}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Stourbridge]], [[Worcestershire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|19|1927|8|31|df=y|}} | death_place = [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], England, UK | death_cause = | resting_place = | nationality = British | education = King Edward VI School, Stourbridge | alma_mater = Central School of Speech and Drama | othername = | years_active = 1953&ndash;2005 | known_for = ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'',<br/>''Smiley's People'' | occupation = Actor | spouse = Diana Fay<br/>(m. 1954&ndash;2012; his death) | children = Gavin Watson,<br/>Mark Hewitt }} '''Anthony Bate''' (31 August 1927 – 19 June 2012) was an [[English people|English]] actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier'', ''Spy'' and ''Smiley's People''. Bate's other credits include: ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Saint'', ''The Avengers'', ''Prime Suspect'', ''A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders''. Bate was born in Stourbridge, [[Worcestershire]], [[England]] on August 31, 1927 to Hubert George Cookson Bate and to Cecile Marjorie Canadine. Bate was educated at the King Edward VI School, Stourbridge and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His career would begin in 1953 and would last until his retirement in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/4506/Anthony-Bate/biography |title=Anthony Bate |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2012}}</ref> Bate lived in [[London]], England. Bate was married to Diana Fay