George Cole
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 22, 1925
- Died
- Aug 5, 2015 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Tooting, South London, England, UK
- Credits
- 118
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
2008Movie
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
The Dinner Party
2007Movie
George
That's What I Call Television
2007TV
Self
A Class Apart
2007Movie
George - Candy's grandad
A Class Apart
2007TV
George
Diamond Geezer
2005TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Laurence Raeburn
New Tricks
2004TV
Sir Edward Chambers
Bodily Harm
2002TV
Sidney Greenfield
Station Jim
2001Movie
Stationmaster Pope
The Sleeper
2000Movie
George
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000Movie
Great Uncle
Dad
1997TV
Brian Hook
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Lionel Hicks
Mary Reilly
1996Movie
Mr. Poole
An Independent Man
1995TV
Freddie Patterson
My Good Friend
1995TV
Root Into Europe
1992TV
Heartbeat
1992TV
Albert Hallows
Life After Life
1990Movie
Eric Burt
Ginger
1990Movie
Ginger
Single Voices
1990TV
Ginger
Natural Causes
1988Movie
Vincent
Day To Remember
1986Movie
Wally
Blott on the Landscape
1985Movie
Blott on the Landscape
1985TV
Sir Giles Lynchwood
Comrade Dad
1984TV
The Bounder
1982TV
Trevor Mountjoy
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
1982Movie
narrorator
Minder
1979TV
Arthur Daley
Getting in on Concorde
1979Movie
Willie
Return of the Saint
1978TV
Fred
Don't Forget to Write!
1977TV
Gordon Maple
The Blue Bird
1976Movie
Tylo
Quiller
1975TV
Mays
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975Movie
Hubert Boothroyd MP
The Sweeney
1975TV
Dennis Longfield
Affairs of the Heart
1974TV
Mr Prodmore
Village Hall
1974TV
Ernest Grove
Dial M for Murder
1974TV
Pearce
Take Me High
1973Movie
Bert Jackson
Away from It All
1973TV
Leonard
Fright
1971Movie
Jim
The Ten Commandments
1971TV
Peter
Killing Time
1970Movie
Play for Today
1970TV
Mr. Newbold
The Vampire Lovers
1970Movie
Roger Morton
Menace
1970TV
Douglas Willet
UFO
1970TV
Paul Roper
A Room in Town
1970Movie
Edwin
Shadows of Fear
1970TV
Gordon
The Right Prospectus
1970Movie
Mr. Newbold
The Comic
1969Movie
Tod
The Last Lonely Man
1969Movie
James Hale
The Sex Game
1968TV
Frank Healey
The Root of All Evil?
1968TV
Syd Swope, Gordon Maple
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968Movie
Max Osborne
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1968Movie
Max Osborne
Sally Go Round the Moon
1968Movie
Max Osborne
A Man of our Times
1968TV
Max Osborne
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
David Carter, Willie
The Gentleman Caller
1967Movie
Mr. Hicks
Half Hour Story
1967TV
Mr. Hinks, Cyril
The Informer
1966TV
Baxter
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966Movie
'Flash' Harry
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Caramel, Paul Bishop
Out of the Unknown
1965TV
James Hale
Blackmail
1965TV
Len Grantham
Gideon's Way
1965TV
Bishop
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965Movie
William Evans
One Way Pendulum
1965Movie
Defence Counsel
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964TV
Mr. Mipps
Top of the Pops
1964TV
Arthur Daley
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963Movie
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
Cleopatra
1963Movie
Flavius
Drama 61-67
1961TV
Pinedus
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960Movie
'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
A Life Of Bliss
1960TV
Don't Panic Chaps
1959Movie
The Bridal Path
1959Movie
Police Sgt. Bruce
Too Many Crooks
1959Movie
Fingers
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957Movie
"Flash" Harry
The Green Man
1956Movie
William Blake
The Weapon
1956Movie
Joshua Henry
It's a Wonderful World
1956Movie
Ken Miller
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Edwin
The Anatomist
1956Movie
Dr. Walter Anderson
A Prize of Gold
1955Movie
Sgt. Roger Morris
Quentin Durward
1955Movie
Hayraddin
The Constant Husband
1955Movie
Luigi Sopranelli
Where There's a Will
1955Movie
Fred Slater
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Mr. Mipps / Hellspite, William Evans
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954Movie
Flash Harry
Happy Ever After
1954Movie
Terence
An Inspector Calls
1954Movie
Tram Conductor
Our Girl Friday
1953Movie
Jimmy Carrol
The Clue of the Missing Ape
1953Movie
Gobo
The Intruder
1953Movie
John Summers
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953Movie
Henry Sterling
Folly to Be Wise
1952Movie
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Top Secret
1952Movie
George Archibald Potts
Who Goes There!
1952Movie
Arthur Crisp
The Happy Family
1952Movie
Cyril
Scrooge
1951Movie
Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951Movie
Johnny West
Laughter in Paradise
1951Movie
Herbert Russell
Flesh and Blood
1951Movie
John Hannah
Gone to Earth
1950Movie
Cousin Albert
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950Movie
Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)
Morning Departure
1950Movie
ERA Marks
The Spider and the Fly
1949Movie
Marc, detective
Quartet
1948Movie
Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
My Brother's Keeper
1948Movie
Willie Stannard
Journey Together
1945Movie
Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
Henry V
1944Movie
Boy
The Demi-Paradise
1943Movie
Percy
Those Kids from Town
1942Movie
Charlie
Cottage to Let
1941Movie
Ronald