Guy Bates Post was an American character actor who appeared in at least 21 Broadway plays and 25 Hollywood films over a career that spanned more than 50 years. He was perhaps best remembered in the role of Omar Khayyám in the 1914 stage and 1922 film productions of Richard Walton Tully's Omar the Tentmaker and for his over 1,500 performances in John Hunter Booth's 1917 play The Masquerader.
Guy Bates Post was born in Seattle, Washington, the first of two sons and a daughter (actress Madeline Post) raised by John J. Post and Mary Annette Ostrander. His father, a Canadian of English descent, was a partner in the Seattle lumber firm Stetson and Post. His mother was born in Wisconsin into a family that originally went west from New York. Post received his education at schools in Seattle and later San Francisco, then he dropped out of college to embark on a career in theatre.
| Date of Birth | 22nd September 1875 |
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| Date of Death | 16th January 1968 |
| Age at Death | 92 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Seattle |
| Birth Place | Seattle |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Spouses | Lillian Kemble-Cooper Adele Ritchie Sarah Truax Jane Peyton |
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| Occupation | actor, stage actor |
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