George Cole
Born: 1925-04-22 in Tooting, South London, England, UK
Died: 2015-08-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2008
- Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
2007
- A Class Apart as George
- That's What I Call Television as Self
- The Dinner Party as George
- A Class Apart as George - Candy's grandad
2005
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Laurence Raeburn
- New Tricks as Sir Edward Chambers
2002
- Bodily Harm as Sidney Greenfield
2001
- Station Jim as Stationmaster Pope
2000
- The Ghost of Greville Lodge as Great Uncle
- The Sleeper as George
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Lionel Hicks
- Dad as Brian Hook
1996
- Mary Reilly as Mr. Poole
1992
- Heartbeat as Albert Hallows
- Root Into Europe
1990
- Life After Life as Eric Burt
- Ginger as Ginger
1988
- Natural Causes as Vincent
1986
- Day To Remember as Wally
1985
- Blott on the Landscape as Sir Giles Lynchwood
- Blott on the Landscape
1984
1982
- The Bounder as Trevor Mountjoy
- The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales as narrorator
1979
- Minder as Arthur Daley
- Getting in on Concorde as Willie
1978
- Return of the Saint as Fred
1977
- Don't Forget To Write! as Gordon Maple
1976
- The Blue Bird as Tylo
1975
- The Sweeney as Dennis Longfield
- Quiller as Mays
- Lloyd George Knew My Father as Hubert Boothroyd MP
1973
- Take Me High as Bert Jackson
1971
- The Ten Commandments as Peter
- Fright as Jim
1970
- Play for Today as Mr. Newbold
- UFO as Paul Roper
- The Vampire Lovers as Roger Morton
- Shadows of Fear as Gordon
- The Right Prospectus as Mr. Newbold
- Killing Time
- A Room in Town as Edwin
1969
- The Last Lonely Man as James Hale
- The Comic as Tod
1968
- A Man of our Times
- Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? as Max Osborne
- Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We? as Max Osborne
- Sally Go Round the Moon as Max Osborne
1967
- ITV Playhouse as David Carter
- The Gentleman Caller as Mr. Hicks
1966
- The Informer as Baxter
- The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery as 'Flash' Harry
1965
- Out of the Unknown as James Hale
- Gideon's Way as Bishop
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Caramel
- One Way Pendulum as Defence Counsel
- The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as William Evans
1964
- Top of the Pops as Arthur Daley
- The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Mr. Mipps
1963
- Cleopatra as Flavius
- Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Pinedus
1960
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
- A Life Of Bliss
1959
- The Bridal Path as Police Sgt. Bruce
- Too Many Crooks as Fingers
- Don't Panic Chaps
1957
- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's as "Flash" Harry
1956
- Armchair Theatre
- The Green Man as William Blake
- The Weapon as Joshua Henry
- It's a Wonderful World as Ken Miller
- 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
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
- An Inspector Calls as Tram Conductor
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Flash Harry
- Happy Ever After as Terence
1953
- The Intruder as John Summers
- Our Girl Friday as Jimmy Carrol
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Henry Sterling
- The Clue of the Missing Ape as Gobo
1952
- Top Secret as George Archibald Potts
- Folly to Be Wise as Soldier in Brains Trust audience
- Who Goes There! as Arthur Crisp
- The Happy Family as Cyril
1951
- Scrooge as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
- Laughter in Paradise as Herbert Russell
- Lady Godiva Rides Again as Johnny West
- 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
- Quartet as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
- My Brother's Keeper as Willie Stannard
1945
- Journey Together as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
1944
- Henry V as Boy
1943
- The Demi-Paradise as Percy
1942
- Those Kids from Town as Charlie
1941
- Cottage to Let as Ronald