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George Cole

George Cole

Born: 1925-04-22 • Tooting, South London, England, UK

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