Actor

Larry Gates

34 credited titles on WatchWise

Larry Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor probably best known for his role as H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and as Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Gates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Larry Gates in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$30M · 63% hit rate

Biggest hit

Little Indian, Big City

$71M

Standout efficiency

13.3x

Little Indian, Big City · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$32M

Combined reported budget

$22M

Gross / budget

1.5x

Bankability Index

19 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.