Acting

George Cole

Born 1925-04-22 · Tooting, South London, England, UK

Died 2015-08-05

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.

Credits

Newest first

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
2008
The Dinner Party
as George
2007
That's What I Call Television
as Self
2007
A Class Apart
as George - Candy's grandad
2007
A Class Apart
as George
2007
Diamond Geezer
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Laurence Raeburn
2004
New Tricks
as Sir Edward Chambers
2004
Bodily Harm
as Sidney Greenfield
2002
Station Jim
as Stationmaster Pope
2001
The Sleeper
as George
2000
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
as Great Uncle
2000
Dad
as Brian Hook
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Lionel Hicks
1997
Mary Reilly
as Mr. Poole
1996
An Independent Man
as Freddie Patterson
1995
My Good Friend
1995
Root Into Europe
1992
Heartbeat
as Albert Hallows
1992
Life After Life
as Eric Burt
1990
Ginger
as Ginger
1990
Single Voices
as Ginger
1990
Natural Causes
as Vincent
1988
Day To Remember
as Wally
1986
Blott on the Landscape
1985
Blott on the Landscape
as Sir Giles Lynchwood
1985
Comrade Dad
1984
The Bounder
as Trevor Mountjoy
1982
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
as narrorator
1982
Minder
as Arthur Daley
1979
Getting in on Concorde
as Willie
1979
Return of the Saint
as Fred
1978
Don't Forget to Write!
as Gordon Maple
1977
The Blue Bird
as Tylo
1976
Quiller
as Mays
1975
Lloyd George Knew My Father
as Hubert Boothroyd MP
1975
The Sweeney
as Dennis Longfield
1975
Affairs of the Heart
as Mr Prodmore
1974
Village Hall
as Ernest Grove
1974
Dial M for Murder
as Pearce
1974
Take Me High
as Bert Jackson
1973
Away from It All
as Leonard
1973
Fright
as Jim
1971
The Ten Commandments
as Peter
1971
Killing Time
1970
Play for Today
as Mr. Newbold
1970
The Vampire Lovers
as Roger Morton
1970
Menace
as Douglas Willet
1970
UFO
as Paul Roper
1970
A Room in Town
as Edwin
1970
Shadows of Fear
as Gordon
1970
The Right Prospectus
as Mr. Newbold
1970
The Comic
as Tod
1969
The Last Lonely Man
as James Hale
1969
The Sex Game
as Frank Healey
1968
The Root of All Evil?
as Syd Swope
1968
The Root of All Evil?
as Gordon Maple
1968
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
as Max Osborne
1968
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
as Max Osborne
1968
Sally Go Round the Moon
as Max Osborne
1968
A Man of our Times
as Max Osborne
1968
ITV Playhouse
as David Carter
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Willie
1967
The Gentleman Caller
as Mr. Hicks
1967
Half Hour Story
as Mr. Hinks
1967
Half Hour Story
as Cyril
1967
The Informer
as Baxter
1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
as 'Flash' Harry
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Paul Bishop
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Caramel
1965
Out of the Unknown
as James Hale
1965
Blackmail
as Len Grantham
1965
Gideon's Way
as Bishop
1965
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as William Evans
1965
One Way Pendulum
as Defence Counsel
1965
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Mr. Mipps
1964
Top of the Pops
as Arthur Daley
1964
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
1963
Cleopatra
as Flavius
1963
Drama 61-67
as Pinedus
1961