
George Cole
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)

A Class Apart
2007
as George - Candy's grandad

The Dinner Party
2007
as George
That's What I Call Television
2007
as Self

A Class Apart
2007
as George

Diamond Geezer
2005

New Tricks
2004
as Sir Edward Chambers

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Laurence Raeburn

Bodily Harm
2002
as Sidney Greenfield

Station Jim
2001
as Stationmaster Pope

The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
as Great Uncle

The Sleeper
2000
as George

Dad
1997
as Brian Hook

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Lionel Hicks

Mary Reilly
1996
as Mr. Poole
Good Friends
1995
An Independent Man
1995
as Freddie Patterson
Root Into Europe
1992

Heartbeat
1992
as Albert Hallows

Life After Life
1990
as Eric Burt

Ginger
1990
as Ginger
Single Voices
1990
as Ginger

Natural Causes
1988
as Vincent
Day To Remember
1986
as Wally

Blott on the Landscape
1985

Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Sir Giles Lynchwood

Comrade Dad
1984

The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
1982
as narrorator

The Bounder
1982
as Trevor Mountjoy
Getting in on Concorde
1979
as Willie

Minder
1979
as Arthur Daley

Return of the Saint
1978
as Fred

Don't Forget to Write!
1977
as Gordon Maple

The Blue Bird
1976
as Tylo
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Hubert Boothroyd MP

The Sweeney
1975
as Dennis Longfield

Quiller
1975
as Mays
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Pearce

Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Mr Prodmore

Take Me High
1973
as Bert Jackson
Away from It All
1973
as Leonard

Fright
1971
as Jim
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Peter

The Vampire Lovers
1970
as Roger Morton

The Right Prospectus
1970
as Mr. Newbold

Killing Time
1970

A Room in Town
1970
as Edwin

UFO
1970
as Paul Roper

Shadows of Fear
1970
as Gordon

Play for Today
1970
as Mr. Newbold
Menace
1970
as Douglas Willet

The Last Lonely Man
1969
as James Hale
The Comic
1969
as Tod
Sally Go Round the Moon
1968
as Max Osborne
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1968
as Max Osborne
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968
as Max Osborne
A Man of our Times
1968
as Max Osborne
The Sex Game
1968
as Frank Healey
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Syd Swope
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Gordon Maple

The Gentleman Caller
1967
as Mr. Hicks

ITV Playhouse
1967
as David Carter

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Willie

Half Hour Story
1967
as Mr. Hinks

Half Hour Story
1967
as Cyril

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as 'Flash' Harry

The Informer
1966
as Baxter

One Way Pendulum
1965
as Defence Counsel

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965
as William Evans

Gideon's Way
1965
as Bishop

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Paul Bishop

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Caramel

Out of the Unknown
1965
as James Hale
Blackmail
1965
as Len Grantham

Top of the Pops
1964
as Arthur Daley

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Mr. Mipps

Cleopatra
1963
as Flavius

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
Drama 61-67
1961
as Pinedus

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
A Life Of Bliss
1960

The Bridal Path
1959
as Police Sgt. Bruce

Don't Panic Chaps
1959

Too Many Crooks
1959
as Fingers

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
as "Flash" Harry

The Weapon
1956
as Joshua Henry

The Green Man
1956
as William Blake

It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Ken Miller

The Anatomist
1956
as Dr. Walter Anderson

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Edwin

Armchair Theatre
1956

Quentin Durward
1955
as Hayraddin

The Constant Husband
1955
as Luigi Sopranelli

A Prize of Gold
1955
as Sgt. Roger Morris

Where There's a Will
1955
as Fred Slater

The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Flash Harry

Happy Ever After
1954
as Terence

An Inspector Calls
1954
as Tram Conductor

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as William Evans

Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Henry Sterling

Our Girl Friday
1953
as Jimmy Carrol

The Intruder
1953
as John Summers

The Clue of the Missing Ape
1953
as Gobo

Top Secret
1952
as George Archibald Potts

Folly to Be Wise
1952
as Soldier in Brains Trust audience

Who Goes There!
1952
as Arthur Crisp

The Happy Family
1952
as Cyril

Scrooge
1951
as Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Herbert Russell

Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Johnny West

Flesh and Blood
1951
as John Hannah

Morning Departure
1950
as ERA Marks

Gone to Earth
1950
as Cousin Albert

The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)

The Spider and the Fly
1949
as Marc, detective

My Brother's Keeper
1948
as Willie Stannard

Quartet
1948
as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

Journey Together
1945
as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew

Henry V
1944
as Boy

The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Percy
Those Kids from Town
1942
as Charlie

Cottage to Let
1941
as Ronald