George Cole

George Cole

b. 1925 — d. 2015 (aged 90) Tooting, South London, England, United Kingdom

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George Edward Cole, OBE (1925-2015) is 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

Laughter in Paradise

Laughter in Paradise

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

Cleopatra

Filmography

The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

A Class Apart

George - Candy's grandad

Bodily Harm

Sidney Greenfield

Station Jim

Stationmaster Pope

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

The Sleeper

Dad

Mary Reilly

My Good Friend

An Independent Man

Freddie Patterson

Root Into Europe

Root Into Europe

The Variety Club Awards for 1990

Life After Life

Life After Life

Natural Causes

Day to Remember

Blott on the Landscape

Blott on the Landscape

Sir Giles Lynchwood

The Variety Club Awards for 1984

Comrade Dad

Perishing Solicitors

Alastair Sim: A Qualified Fool

The Bounder

Heggerty Haggerty

The Royal Variety Performance 1982

Minder

The Voyage of Charles Darwin

The Voyage of Charles Darwin

Josiah Wedgwood

Don't Forget to Write!

Don't Forget to Write!

Lloyd George Knew My Father

Hubert Boothroyd MP

Village Hall

Dial M for Murder

Take Me High

Away from It All

Madigan

Constable Lumpton

Fright

The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

Shadows of Fear

Shadows of Fear

Menace

The Green Shoes

The Root of All Evil?

Half Hour Story

Half Hour Story

A Man of our Times

A Man of our Times

Seven Deadly Virtues

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

One Way Pendulum

One Way Pendulum

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

A World of Comedy

Cleopatra

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Mr. Sexton Mipps

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards

A Life of Bliss

A Life of Bliss

Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

The Bridal Path

The Bridal Path

Police Sgt. Bruce

Don't Panic Chaps

Don't Panic Chaps

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

The Green Man

The Weapon

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

The Anatomist

Dr. Walter Anderson

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

Sgt. Roger Morris

Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will

The Star Without a Name

A Phoenix Too Frequent

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Tonight's the Night

Tonight's the Night

The Intruder

The Adventures of Sadie

The Adventures of Sadie

Will Any Gentleman...?

Will Any Gentleman...?

The Clue of the Missing Ape

The Clue of the Missing Ape

Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow

Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow

Mr. Lord Says No

Mr. Lord Says No

The Passionate Sentry

The Passionate Sentry

Current Release

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Laughter in Paradise

Laughter in Paradise

Herbert Russell

Bikini Baby

Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood

The Wild Heart

Operation Disaster

Operation Disaster

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

Marc - A Detective

The Three Kisses

Rev. Hamish Mavor

Walter Anderson

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

Willie Stannard

Those Kids from Town

Bombsight Stolen

Bombsight Stolen

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