Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 22, 1925
Place of Birth:
Tooting, South London, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh | Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite |
| 2007 | A Class Apart | George - Candy's grandad |
| 2007 | The Dinner Party | George |
| 2001 | Station Jim | Stationmaster Pope |
| 2000 | The Ghost of Greville Lodge | |
| 2000 | The Sleeper | George |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mr. Poole |
| 1990 | Life After Life | Eric Burt |
| 1988 | Natural Causes | Vincent |
| 1986 | Day To Remember | Wally |
| 1985 | Blott on the Landscape | |
| 1982 | The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales | narrorator |
| 1979 | Getting in on Concorde | Willie |
| 1976 | The Blue Bird | Tylo |
| 1975 | Lloyd George Knew My Father | Hubert Boothroyd MP |
| 1973 | Take Me High | Bert Jackson |
| 1971 | Fright | Jim |
| 1970 | The Vampire Lovers | Roger Morton |
| 1970 | The Right Prospectus | Mr. Newbold |
| 1970 | Killing Time | |
| 1970 | A Room in Town | Edwin |
| 1969 | The Last Lonely Man | James Hale |
| 1969 | The Comic | Tod |
| 1968 | Sally Go Round the Moon | Max Osborne |
| 1968 | Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? | Max Osborne |
| 1968 | Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We? | Max Osborne |
| 1967 | The Gentleman Caller | Mr. Hicks |
| 1966 | The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | 'Flash' Harry |
| 1965 | One Way Pendulum | Defence Counsel |
| 1965 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin | William Evans |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Flavius |
| 1963 | Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow | Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite |
| 1960 | The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards |
| 1959 | The Bridal Path | Police Sgt. Bruce |
| 1959 | Don't Panic Chaps! | |
| 1959 | Too Many Crooks | Fingers |
| 1957 | Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | "Flash" Harry |
| 1956 | The Weapon | Joshua Henry |
| 1956 | The Green Man | William Blake |
| 1956 | It's a Wonderful World | Ken Miller |
| 1956 | The Anatomist | Dr. Walter Anderson |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward | Hayraddin |
| 1955 | The Constant Husband | Luigi Sopranelli |
| 1955 | A Prize of Gold | Sgt. Roger Morris |
| 1955 | Where There's a Will | Fred Slater |
| 1954 | The Belles of St. Trinian's | Flash Harry |
| 1954 | Happy Ever After | Terence |
| 1954 | An Inspector Calls | Tram Conductor |
| 1953 | Will Any Gentleman...? | Henry Sterling |
| 1953 | Our Girl Friday | Jimmy Carrol |
| 1953 | The Intruder | John Summers |
| 1953 | The Clue of the Missing Ape | Gobo |
| 1952 | Top Secret | George Archibald Potts |
| 1952 | Folly to Be Wise | Soldier in Brains Trust audience |
| 1952 | Who Goes There! | Arthur Crisp |
| 1952 | The Happy Family | Cyril |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Young Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 1951 | Laughter in Paradise | Herbert Russell |
| 1951 | Lady Godiva Rides Again | Johnny West |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood | John Hannah |
| 1950 | Morning Departure | ERA Marks |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | Cousin Albert |
| 1950 | The Happiest Days of Your Life | Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Spider and the Fly | Marc, detective |
| 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Willie Stannard |
| 1948 | Quartet | Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| 1945 | Journey Together | Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew |
| 1944 | Henry V | Boy |
| 1943 | The Demi-Paradise | Percy |
| 1942 | Those Kids from Town | Charlie |
| 1941 | Cottage to Let | Ronald |