film producer Joe Rock. The couple had a son, Christopher Pate, also an actor, along with a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Although Michael Pate retired from acting in 2001, he remained busy with voiceover work; and he was writing a screenplay at the time of his death. He died at the age of 88 at Gosford Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, on 1 September 2008. Partial filmography Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) as Arab Carpet Seller / Arab Customer / Sikh Policeman (uncredited) Sons of Matthew (1949) as Shane O'Riordan Bitter Springs (1950) as Trooper Thunder on the Hill (1951) as Willie (also screenplay) Ten Tall Men (1951) as Browning The Strange Door (1951) as Talon 5 Fingers (1952) as Morrison (uncredited) Face to Face (Part 1, 1952) as Leggatt ("The Secret Sharer") The Black Castle (1952) as Count Ernst von Melcher Target Hong Kong (1953) as Dockery Pete Gresham Rogue's March (1953) as Crane The Desert Rats (1953) as Capt. Currie (uncredited) Julius Caesar (1953) as Flavius Scandal at Scourie (1953) as Rev. Williams The Maze (1953) as William Houdini (1953) as Dooley The Royal African Rifles (1953) as Cunningham All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) as Varde, Second Mate Hondo (1953) as Vittoro - Chiricahua Apache Chief El Alamein (1953) as Sgt. McQueen Secret of the Incas (1954) as Pachacutec King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) as Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat The Silver Chalice (1954) as Aaron Ben Joseph A Lawless Street (1955) as Harley Baskam The Court Jester (1955) as Sir Locksley The Killer is Loose (1956) as Detective Chris Gillespie The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) as Harry Adkins Congo Crossing (1956) as Bart O'Connell Reprisal! (1956) as Bert Shipley 7th Cavalry (1956) as Capt. Benteen Something of Value (1957) as A Farmer - Joe Matson The Oklahoman (1957) as Charlie Smith The Tall Stranger (1957) as Charley Desert Hell (1958) as Ahitagel Hong Kong Confidential (1958) as John Blanchard Westbound (1959) as Mace Green Mansions (1959) as Priest Curse of the Undead (1959) as Drake Robey / Don Drago Robles Walk Like a Dragon (1960) as Rev. Will Allen The Canadians (1961) as Chief Four Horns (uncredited) Sergeants Three (1962) as Watanka Beauty and the Beast (1962) as Bruno Tower of London (1962) as Sir Ratcliffe California (1963) as Don Francisco Hernandez Drums of Africa (1963) as Viledo PT 109 (1963) as Lt. Reginald