George Cole
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-04-22
- Died:
- 2015-08-05
- Place of birth:
- Tooting, South London, England, UK
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
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
The Dinner Party
That's What I Call Television
A Class Apart
A Class Apart
Diamond Geezer
Agatha Christie's Marple
New Tricks
Bodily Harm
Station Jim
The Sleeper
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Dad
Midsomer Murders
Mary Reilly
An Independent Man
My Good Friend
Root Into Europe
Heartbeat
Life After Life
Ginger
Single Voices
Natural Causes
Day To Remember
Blott on the Landscape
Blott on the Landscape
Comrade Dad
The Bounder
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
Minder
Getting in on Concorde
Return of the Saint
Don't Forget to Write!
The Blue Bird
Quiller
Lloyd George Knew My Father
The Sweeney
Affairs of the Heart
Village Hall
Dial M for Murder
Take Me High
Away from It All
Fright
The Ten Commandments
Killing Time
Play for Today
The Vampire Lovers
Menace
UFO
A Room in Town
Shadows of Fear
The Right Prospectus
The Comic
The Last Lonely Man
The Sex Game
The Root of All Evil?
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
Sally Go Round the Moon
A Man of our Times
ITV Playhouse
The Gentleman Caller
Half Hour Story
The Informer
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Out of the Unknown
Blackmail
Gideon's Way
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
One Way Pendulum
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Top of the Pops
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Cleopatra
Drama 61-67
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
A Life Of Bliss
Don't Panic Chaps
The Bridal Path
Too Many Crooks
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
The Green Man
The Weapon
It's a Wonderful World
Armchair Theatre
The Anatomist
A Prize of Gold
Quentin Durward
The Constant Husband
Where There's a Will
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Belles of St Trinian's
Happy Ever After
An Inspector Calls
Our Girl Friday
The Clue of the Missing Ape
The Intruder
Will Any Gentleman...?
Folly to Be Wise
Top Secret
Who Goes There!
The Happy Family
Scrooge
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Laughter in Paradise
Flesh and Blood
Gone to Earth
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Morning Departure
The Spider and the Fly
Quartet
My Brother's Keeper
Journey Together
Henry V
The Demi-Paradise
Those Kids from Town
Cottage to Let