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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-04-22 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Tooting, South London, England, UK

George Cole

Biography:

George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century.

Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show 'Minder', Cole's career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller 'Cottage to Let', alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinian's films, and a host of television roles.

Known For

Acting

2008

2007

A Class Apart as George - Candy's grandad
A Class Apart as George

2005

2004

New Tricks as Sir Edward Chambers
Agatha Christie's Marple as Laurence Raeburn

2002

Bodily Harm as Sidney Greenfield

2001

Station Jim as Stationmaster Pope

2000

The Sleeper as George

1997

Dad as Brian Hook
Midsomer Murders as Lionel Hicks

1996

Mary Reilly as Mr. Poole

1995

1992

Heartbeat as Albert Hallows

1990

Life After Life as Eric Burt

1988

Natural Causes as Vincent

1986

1985

1984

1982

The Bounder as Trevor Mountjoy

1979

Minder as Arthur Daley

1978

1977

Don't Forget To Write! as Gordon Maple

1976

1975

Lloyd George Knew My Father as Hubert Boothroyd MP
The Sweeney as Dennis Longfield
Quiller as Mays
The Good Life as Mr. Downs, Bank Manager

1973

Take Me High as Bert Jackson

1971

Fright as Jim

1970

The Vampire Lovers as Roger Morton
The Right Prospectus as Mr. Newbold
UFO as Paul Roper
Shadows of Fear as Gordon
Play for Today as Mr. Newbold

1969

The Last Lonely Man as James Hale
The Comic as Tod

1968

1967

1966

The Informer as Baxter

1965

One Way Pendulum as Defence Counsel
Gideon's Way as Bishop
Thirty-Minute Theatre as Paul Bishop

1964

Top of the Pops as Arthur Daley

1963

Cleopatra as Flavius
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards

1959

The Bridal Path as Police Sgt. Bruce
Too Many Crooks as Fingers

1957

1956

The Weapon as Joshua Henry
The Green Man as William Blake
The Anatomist as Dr. Walter Anderson

1955

Quentin Durward as Hayraddin
The Constant Husband as Luigi Sopranelli
A Prize of Gold as Sgt. Roger Morris
Where There's a Will as Fred Slater

1954

Happy Ever After as Terence
An Inspector Calls as Tram Conductor
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite

1953

Will Any Gentleman...? as Henry Sterling
Our Girl Friday as Jimmy Carrol
The Intruder as John Summers

1952

Top Secret as George Archibald Potts
Folly to Be Wise as Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Who Goes There! as Arthur Crisp

1951

Scrooge as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Laughter in Paradise as Herbert Russell
Flesh and Blood as John Hannah

1950

Morning Departure as ERA Marks
Gone to Earth as Cousin Albert
The Happiest Days of Your Life as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)

1949

The Spider and the Fly as Marc, detective

1948

My Brother's Keeper as Willie Stannard
Quartet as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

1945

Journey Together as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew

1944

Henry V as Boy

1943

1941

Cottage to Let as Ronald