George Cole
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.
Movies
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
The Dinner Party
George
A Class Apart
George - Candy's grandad
Station Jim
Stationmaster Pope
The Sleeper
George
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Mary Reilly
Mr. Poole
Life After Life
Eric Burt
Ginger
Ginger
Natural Causes
Vincent
Day To Remember
Wally
Blott on the Landscape
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
narrorator
Getting in on Concorde
Willie
The Blue Bird
Tylo
Lloyd George Knew My Father
Hubert Boothroyd MP
Take Me High
Bert Jackson
Fright
Jim
Killing Time
The Vampire Lovers
Roger Morton
A Room in Town
Edwin
The Right Prospectus
Mr. Newbold
The Comic
Tod
The Last Lonely Man
James Hale
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
Max Osborne
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
Max Osborne
Sally Go Round the Moon
Max Osborne
The Gentleman Caller
Mr. Hicks
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
'Flash' Harry
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
William Evans
One Way Pendulum
Defence Counsel
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
Cleopatra
Flavius
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
The Bridal Path
Police Sgt. Bruce
Too Many Crooks
Fingers
Don't Panic Chaps!
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
"Flash" Harry
The Green Man
William Blake
The Weapon
Joshua Henry
It's a Wonderful World
Ken Miller
The Anatomist
Dr. Walter Anderson
A Prize of Gold
Sgt. Roger Morris
Quentin Durward
Hayraddin
The Constant Husband
Luigi Sopranelli
Where There's a Will
Fred Slater
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Flash Harry
Happy Ever After
Terence
An Inspector Calls
Tram Conductor
Our Girl Friday
Jimmy Carrol
The Clue of the Missing Ape
Gobo
The Intruder
John Summers
Will Any Gentleman...?
Henry Sterling
Folly to Be Wise
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Top Secret
George Archibald Potts
Who Goes There!
Arthur Crisp
The Happy Family
Cyril
Scrooge
Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Johnny West
Laughter in Paradise
Herbert Russell
Flesh and Blood
John Hannah
Gone to Earth
Cousin Albert
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)
Morning Departure
ERA Marks
The Spider and the Fly
Marc, detective
Quartet
Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
My Brother's Keeper
Willie Stannard
Journey Together
Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
Henry V
Boy
The Demi-Paradise
Percy
Those Kids from Town
Charlie
Cottage to Let
Ronald
TV Series
A Class Apart
George
1 Episode
Diamond Geezer
3 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Marple
Laurence Raeburn
1 Episode
New Tricks
Sir Edward Chambers
1 Episode
Bodily Harm
Sidney Greenfield
2 Episodes
Dad
Brian Hook
13 Episodes
Midsomer Murders
Lionel Hicks
1 Episode
An Independent Man
7 Episodes
Good Friends
14 Episodes
Root Into Europe
5 Episodes
Heartbeat
Albert Hallows
2 Episodes
Blott on the Landscape
Sir Giles Lynchwood
6 Episodes
Comrade Dad
8 Episodes
The Bounder
Trevor Mountjoy
14 Episodes
Minder
Arthur Daley
108 Episodes
Return of the Saint
Fred
1 Episode
Don't Forget To Write!
Gordon Maple
12 Episodes
Quiller
Mays
1 Episode
The Sweeney
Dennis Longfield
1 Episode
The Ten Commandments
Peter
1 Episode
Play for Today
Mr. Newbold
1 Episode
UFO
Paul Roper
1 Episode
Shadows of Fear
Gordon
1 Episode
A Man of our Times
13 Episodes
The Informer
Baxter
1 Episode
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Paul Bishop
1 Episode
Gideon's Way
Bishop
1 Episode
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Mr. Mipps
3 Episodes
Top of the Pops
Arthur Daley
1 Episode
A Life Of Bliss
20 Episodes
Armchair Theatre
Edwin
1 Episode
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
3 Episodes