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Larry Gates

Larry Gates is credited on 40 releases across 14 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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40

Pressings credited

14

Albums

5

Decades active

9

In collections

Biography

Lawrence Wheaton Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor. His notable roles include H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). He played the role of H.B. from 1983 to 1996 and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. (He had previously played the role of District Attorney Eric Van Gelder on Guiding Light in 1977 and 1978.) Gates may be best remembered for his role in the 1967 film version of In the Heat of the Night, where his character Eric Endicott is part of a famous scene involving him slapping Sidney Poitier's face and getting slapped in return.

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Credited work

40 releases · 14 albums · active 1971–2017

  • Engineering · 29
  • Performance · 17
  • Production · 7
  • Mastering · 5

Studios: Newfound Sound Studios · Camp Colomby · Broadway South · Sonic Park Studios

Discography

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