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He attended various private schools including St Martin's School in York, before following in his father's footsteps by working on the railways for the North Eastern Railways company. He later left the railways to join the army and served in the First World War.

After leaving the army at the end of the war, he turned to acting as a profession, appearing mostly in the theatre until the early 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc when he began to win parts in feature films. Probably the best-remembered films in which he appeared were both made during the Second World War as patriotic morale-boosters: The Way Ahead ( 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; - called The Immortal Batallion in the USA) and The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpAn unforgettable story of forty gallant years!" The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943) is a film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger, known as The Archers. The main character is named after the satirical Colonel Blimp co ( 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1).

Tate was a regular actor on BBC TelevisionBBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. It is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and first broadcast as the 'BBC Television Service' on November 2 almost from its very beginning, appearing in several 1930s productions, perhaps most notably starring as Stanhope in a 1937 version of the play Journey's End . He continued appearing on television following the service's resumption in 1946 after its wartime hiatus, and this led to his appearance in the role for which is he most remembered today, that of the original Professor Bernard Quatermass in The Quatermass Experiment ( 1953). This intelligent, original science-fiction serial was a big success and Quatermass quickly became a household name in the UK.

He was due to reprise this role for the sequel serial, Quatermass II, in 1955, but sadly became ill and died only a short while before production was due to begin.