George Cole
Acting • Born 1925-04-22 – Died 2015-08-05
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.
Filmography
110 credits
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Movie • 1960
'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Movie • 1954
Flash Harry
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Flavius
The Vampire Lovers
Movie • 1970
Roger Morton
Mary Reilly
Movie • 1996
Mr. Poole
Scrooge
Movie • 1951
Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Fright
Movie • 1971
Jim
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie • 1966
'Flash' Harry
The Weapon
Movie • 1956
Joshua Henry
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Movie • 1963
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Movie • 1957
"Flash" Harry
Morning Departure
Movie • 1950
ERA Marks
Laughter in Paradise
Movie • 1951
Herbert Russell
The Bridal Path
Movie • 1959
Police Sgt. Bruce
Cottage to Let
Movie • 1941
Ronald
Station Jim
Movie • 2001
Stationmaster Pope
My Brother's Keeper
Movie • 1948
Willie Stannard
Quentin Durward
Movie • 1955
Hayraddin
The Constant Husband
Movie • 1955
Luigi Sopranelli
The Green Man
Movie • 1956
William Blake
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Movie • 2008
Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
Gone to Earth
Movie • 1950
Cousin Albert
One Way Pendulum
Movie • 1965
Defence Counsel
A Prize of Gold
Movie • 1955
Sgt. Roger Morris
Top Secret
Movie • 1952
George Archibald Potts
Take Me High
Movie • 1973
Bert Jackson
Will Any Gentleman...?
Movie • 1953
Henry Sterling
Folly to Be Wise
Movie • 1952
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
The Spider and the Fly
Movie • 1949
Marc, detective
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1956
Ken Miller
A Class Apart
Movie • 2007
George - Candy's grandad
Don't Panic Chaps
Movie • 1959
Our Girl Friday
Movie • 1953
Jimmy Carrol
Happy Ever After
Movie • 1954
Terence
The Right Prospectus
Movie • 1970
Mr. Newbold
Too Many Crooks
Movie • 1959
Fingers
Blott on the Landscape
Movie • 1985
The Intruder
Movie • 1953
John Summers
Killing Time
Movie • 1970
Where There's a Will
Movie • 1955
Fred Slater
The Anatomist
Movie • 1956
Dr. Walter Anderson
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie • 1951
Johnny West
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
Movie • 2000
Great Uncle
Day To Remember
Movie • 1986
Wally
Getting in on Concorde
Movie • 1979
Willie
The Dinner Party
Movie • 2007
George
The Last Lonely Man
Movie • 1969
James Hale
The Gentleman Caller
Movie • 1967
Mr. Hicks
Sally Go Round the Moon
Movie • 1968
Max Osborne
The Comic
Movie • 1969
Tod
Who Goes There!
Movie • 1952
Arthur Crisp
The Clue of the Missing Ape
Movie • 1953
Gobo
Henry V
Movie • 1944
Boy
Natural Causes
Movie • 1988
Vincent
The Happy Family
Movie • 1952
Cyril
Flesh and Blood
Movie • 1951
John Hannah
Life After Life
Movie • 1990
Eric Burt
Quartet
Movie • 1948
Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Lloyd George Knew My Father
Movie • 1975
Hubert Boothroyd MP
The Demi-Paradise
Movie • 1943
Percy
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1976
Tylo
An Inspector Calls
Movie • 1954
Tram Conductor
A Room in Town
Movie • 1970
Edwin
The Sleeper
Movie • 2000
George
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
Movie • 1982
narrorator
Journey Together
Movie • 1945
Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie • 1950
Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Movie • 1965
William Evans
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
Movie • 1968
Max Osborne
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
Movie • 1968
Max Osborne
Those Kids from Town
Movie • 1942
Charlie
Ginger
Movie • 1990
Ginger
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Dennis Longfield
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Bishop
Root Into Europe
TV • 1992
UFO
TV • 1970
Paul Roper
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Albert Hallows
Minder
TV • 1979
Arthur Daley
Shadows of Fear
TV • 1970
Gordon
Diamond Geezer
TV • 2005
Dad
TV • 1997
Brian Hook
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Sir Edward Chambers
The Bounder
TV • 1982
Trevor Mountjoy
Comrade Dad
TV • 1984
A Life Of Bliss
TV • 1960
Quiller
TV • 1975
Mays
That's What I Call Television
TV • 2007
Self
A Class Apart
TV • 2007
George
Good Friends
TV • 1995
A Man of our Times
TV • 1968
Blott on the Landscape
TV • 1985
Sir Giles Lynchwood
An Independent Man
TV • 1995
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Fred
Bodily Harm
TV • 2002
Sidney Greenfield
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Lionel Hicks
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
Don't Forget To Write!
TV • 1977
Gordon Maple
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Laurence Raeburn
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Mr. Newbold
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Paul Bishop
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Arthur Daley
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Caramel
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
William Evans
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Edwin
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
TV • 1964
Mr. Mipps
The Ten Commandments
TV • 1971
Peter
The Informer
TV • 1966
Baxter
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Pinedus
Out of the Unknown
TV • 1965
James Hale