George Cole

Known for

Acting

Born

April 22, 1925

Birthplace

Tooting, South London, England, UK

Died

August 5, 2015 (aged 90)

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.

Best known work

Cleopatra

1963

Scrooge

1951

Midsomer Murders

1997

Mary Reilly

1996

The Vampire Lovers

1970

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Henry V

1944

An Inspector Calls

1954

Fright

1971

New Tricks

2004

Filmography

2008
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
2007
The Dinner Party
as George
2007
That's What I Call TelevisionTV
as Self (1 episode)
2007
A Class Apart
as George - Candy's grandad
2007
A Class ApartTV
as George (1 episode)
2005
Diamond GeezerTV
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleTV
as Laurence Raeburn (1 episode)
2004
New TricksTV
as Sir Edward Chambers (1 episode)
2002
Bodily HarmTV
as Sidney Greenfield (2 episodes)
2001
Station Jim
as Stationmaster Pope
2000
The Sleeper
as George
2000
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Great Uncle
1997
DadTV
as Brian Hook (13 episodes)
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
as Lionel Hicks (1 episode)
1996
Mary Reilly
as Mr. Poole
1995
An Independent ManTV
as Freddie Patterson (7 episodes)
1995
Good FriendsTV
1992
Root Into EuropeTV
1992
HeartbeatTV
as Albert Hallows (2 episodes)
1990
Life After Life
as Eric Burt
1990
Ginger
as Ginger
1990
Single VoicesTV
as Ginger (1 episode)
1988
Natural Causes
as Vincent
1986
Day To Remember
as Wally
1985
Blott on the Landscape