Leslie Bates (died 14 January 2014) had several uncredited roles in some of the first Doctor Who TV stories. Most notable of these was as the stand-in for Jeremy Young as Kal. It is Bates's shadow that is seen at the cliffhanger conclusions of both "The Pilot Episode" and Episode 1 of the transmitted version of An Unearthly Child. (DWMS Summer 1994) Bates also had roles in Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars, among others.
Credited roles
Uncredited roles
- "The Pilot Episode" - Stand-in for Kal
- An Unearthly Child - Stand-in for Kal & Tribesman
- Marco Polo - Mongol Warrior & Mongol Bandit (DWM 240)
- The Smugglers - Villager at Inn & Pirate (DWM 321)
- The Highlanders - English Soldier (DWM 292)
- The Invasion - I. E. Guard (DWM 189)
- The War Games - 1862 Soldier & Confederate Soldier (DWM 232)
- The Dæmons - BBC3 TV Crewmember (DWM 241)
- The Three Doctors - UNIT Soldier (DWM 260)
- Frontier in Space - Lunar Guard, Draconian & Earth Guard on Ogron planet (DWM 201)
- The Green Death - Private Stevens & Security Guard (DWM 320)
- Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Army Corporal & UNIT Soldier (DWM 203)
- Death to the Daleks - Exxilon (DWM 278)
- Planet of the Spiders - Guard (DWM 314)
- The Deadly Assassin - Time Lord (DWM 187)
- The Invisible Enemy - Bi-Al Member (DWM 271)