Harry Bates

Harry Bates may refer to:

  • Harry Bates (sculptor) (1850–1899), English sculptor
  • Harry Bates (author) (1900–1981), science fiction editor and writer
  • Harry Bates (footballer) (1890–?), English footballer
  • Harry Bates (Coronation Street), fictional character on British television

Famous quotes containing the words harry and/or bates:

    “Why don’t you go home to your wife? I’ll tell you what. I’ll go home to your wife and outside of the improvements, you’ll never know the difference. Pull over to the side of the road there and let me see your marriage license.”
    —S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Horsefeathers, a wisecrack made to Huxley College’s outgoing president (1932)

    “A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
    —Joseph Stefano, U.S. screenwriter, and Alfred Hitchcock. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)