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.

Filmography (117 Appearances)

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

2008

The Dinner Party

2007

That's What I Call Television

2007

A Class Apart

2007

A Class Apart

2007

Diamond Geezer

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

New Tricks

2004

Bodily Harm

2002

Station Jim

2001

The Sleeper

2000

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

2000

Dad

1997

Midsomer Murders

1997

Mary Reilly

1996

An Independent Man

1995

Good Friends

1995

Root Into Europe

1992

Heartbeat

1992

Life After Life

1990

Ginger

1990

Single Voices

1990

Natural Causes

1988

Day To Remember

1986

Blott on the Landscape

1985

Blott on the Landscape

1985

Comrade Dad

1984

The Bounder

1982

The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales

1982

Minder

1979

Getting in on Concorde

1979

Return of the Saint

1978

Don't Forget to Write!

1977

The Blue Bird

1976

Quiller

1975

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975

The Sweeney

1975

Affairs of the Heart

1974

Dial M for Murder

1974

Take Me High

1973

Away from It All

1973

Fright

1971

The Ten Commandments

1971

Killing Time

1970

Play for Today

1970

The Vampire Lovers

1970

Menace

1970

UFO

1970

A Room in Town

1970

Shadows of Fear

1970

The Right Prospectus

1970

The Comic

1969

The Last Lonely Man

1969

The Sex Game

1968

The Root of All Evil?

1968

Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?

1968

Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?

1968

Sally Go Round the Moon

1968

A Man of our Times

1968

ITV Playhouse

1967

The Gentleman Caller

1967

Half Hour Story

1967

The Informer

1966

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Out of the Unknown

1965

Blackmail

1965

Gideon's Way

1965

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965

One Way Pendulum

1965

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1964

Top of the Pops

1964

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963

Cleopatra

1963

Drama 61-67

1961

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

A Life Of Bliss

1960

Don't Panic Chaps

1959

The Bridal Path

1959

Too Many Crooks

1959

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

1957

The Green Man

1956

The Weapon

1956

It's a Wonderful World

1956

Armchair Theatre

1956

The Anatomist

1956

A Prize of Gold

1955

Quentin Durward

1955

The Constant Husband

1955

Where There's a Will

1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

Happy Ever After

1954

An Inspector Calls

1954

Our Girl Friday

1953

The Clue of the Missing Ape

1953

The Intruder

1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953

Folly to Be Wise

1952

Top Secret

1952

Who Goes There!

1952

The Happy Family

1952

Scrooge

1951

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

Laughter in Paradise

1951

Flesh and Blood

1951

Gone to Earth

1950

The Happiest Days of Your Life

1950

Morning Departure

1950

The Spider and the Fly

1949

Quartet

1948

My Brother's Keeper

1948

Journey Together

1945

Henry V

1944

The Demi-Paradise

1943

Those Kids from Town

1942

Cottage to Let

1941 Debut
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