George Cole

Known for: Acting

Born: 1925-04-22 – 2015-08-05 (aged 90)

From: Tooting, South London, England, UK

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 (114)

MOVIE★ 8.3
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dinner Party
2007
as George
TV
That's What I Call Television
2007
as Self
MOVIE
A Class Apart
2007
as George - Candy's grandad
TV★ 4.0
A Class Apart
2007
as George
TV★ 8.5
Diamond Geezer
2005
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Laurence Raeburn
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
as Sir Edward Chambers
TV★ 5.3
Bodily Harm
2002
as Sidney Greenfield
MOVIE★ 7.5
Station Jim
2001
as Stationmaster Pope
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sleeper
2000
as George
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
as Great Uncle
TV★ 7.0
Dad
1997
as Brian Hook
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Lionel Hicks
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mary Reilly
1996
as Mr. Poole
TV
An Independent Man
1995
as Freddie Patterson
TV
Good Friends
1995
TV★ 6.5
Root Into Europe
1992
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Albert Hallows
MOVIE
Life After Life
1990
as Eric Burt
MOVIE
Ginger
1990
as Ginger
MOVIE★ 8.0
Natural Causes
1988
as Vincent
MOVIE
Day To Remember
1986
as Wally
MOVIE★ 8.4
Blott on the Landscape
1985
TV★ 7.5
Blott on the Landscape
1985
as Sir Giles Lynchwood
TV★ 7.8
Comrade Dad
1984
TV★ 7.0
The Bounder
1982
as Trevor Mountjoy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
1982
as narrorator
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Arthur Daley
MOVIE
Getting in on Concorde
1979
as Willie
TV★ 7.0
Return of the Saint
1978
as Fred
TV★ 6.2
Don't Forget to Write!
1977
as Gordon Maple
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Blue Bird
1976
as Tylo
TV★ 10.0
Quiller
1975
as Mays
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Hubert Boothroyd MP
TV★ 8.0
The Sweeney
1975
as Dennis Longfield
TV★ 7.0
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Mr Prodmore
TV
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Pearce
MOVIE★ 4.8
Take Me High
1973
as Bert Jackson
TV
Away from It All
1973
as Leonard
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fright
1971
as Jim
TV
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Peter
MOVIE
Killing Time
1970
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Mr. Newbold
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Vampire Lovers
1970
as Roger Morton
TV
Menace
1970
as Douglas Willet
TV★ 7.8
UFO
1970
as Paul Roper
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Room in Town
1970
as Edwin
TV★ 6.7
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Gordon
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Right Prospectus
1970
as Mr. Newbold
MOVIE
The Comic
1969
as Tod
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Last Lonely Man
1969
as James Hale
TV
The Sex Game
1968
as Frank Healey
MOVIE
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968
as Max Osborne
MOVIE
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1968
as Max Osborne
MOVIE
Sally Go Round the Moon
1968
as Max Osborne
TV★ 5.0
A Man of our Times
1968
as Max Osborne
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as David Carter
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Gentleman Caller
1967
as Mr. Hicks
TV★ 7.5
Half Hour Story
1967
as Mr. Hinks
TV
The Informer
1966
as Baxter
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as 'Flash' Harry
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Paul Bishop
TV★ 7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965
as James Hale
TV★ 7.0
Gideon's Way
1965
as Bishop
MOVIE
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965
as William Evans
MOVIE★ 6.0
One Way Pendulum
1965
as Defence Counsel
TV
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Mr. Mipps
TV★ 6.7
Top of the Pops
1964
as Arthur Daley
MOVIE★ 6.9
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
MOVIE★ 7.1
Cleopatra
1963
as Flavius
TV
Drama 61-67
1961
as Pinedus
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
TV
A Life Of Bliss
1960
MOVIE★ 5.3
Don't Panic Chaps
1959
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Bridal Path
1959
as Police Sgt. Bruce
MOVIE★ 7.4
Too Many Crooks
1959
as Fingers
MOVIE★ 6.8
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
as "Flash" Harry
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Green Man
1956
as William Blake
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Weapon
1956
as Joshua Henry
MOVIE★ 5.8
It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Ken Miller
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Anatomist
1956
as Dr. Walter Anderson
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Prize of Gold
1955
as Sgt. Roger Morris
MOVIE★ 5.8
Quentin Durward
1955
as Hayraddin
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Constant Husband
1955
as Luigi Sopranelli
MOVIE★ 6.9
Where There's a Will
1955
as Fred Slater
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Flash Harry
MOVIE★ 5.5
Happy Ever After
1954
as Terence
MOVIE★ 7.2
An Inspector Calls
1954
as Tram Conductor
MOVIE★ 5.3
Our Girl Friday
1953
as Jimmy Carrol
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Clue of the Missing Ape
1953
as Gobo
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Intruder
1953
as John Summers
MOVIE★ 6.3
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Henry Sterling
MOVIE★ 6.7
Folly to Be Wise
1952
as Soldier in Brains Trust audience
MOVIE★ 8.0
Top Secret
1952
as George Archibald Potts
MOVIE★ 6.0
Who Goes There!
1952
as Arthur Crisp
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Happy Family
1952
as Cyril
MOVIE★ 7.4
Scrooge
1951
as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
MOVIE★ 5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Johnny West
MOVIE★ 6.5
Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Herbert Russell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Flesh and Blood
1951
as John Hannah
MOVIE★ 6.2
Gone to Earth
1950
as Cousin Albert
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Morning Departure
1950
as ERA Marks
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Spider and the Fly
1949
as Marc, detective
MOVIE★ 6.3
Quartet
1948
as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
MOVIE★ 6.3
My Brother's Keeper
1948
as Willie Stannard
MOVIE★ 6.6
Journey Together
1945
as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
MOVIE★ 6.7
Henry V
1944
as Boy
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Demi-Paradise
1943
as Percy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Those Kids from Town
1942
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cottage to Let
1941
as Ronald