Director and producer who became known to the public at large as much for being the producer of numerous Academy Awards telecasts and for directing such feature films as "I Never Sang For My Father" (1970) and "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (1973) and numerous TV-movies and specials. Gilbert Cates began as an NBC page before moving to the theatre as stage manager of the Broadway production of "Shinbone Alley" (1957). He also went into business with his brother, producer-director Joe Cates. The brothers produced "Spoon River Anthology" on Broadway and in London and for TV, such game shows as
