Acting · Tooting, South London, England, UK · Born April 22, 1925
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.
MovieWalt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite (archive footage)
MovieThe Dinner Party
2007
as George
That's What I Call Television
2007
as Self
MovieA Class Apart
2007
as George - Candy's grandad
TVA Class Apart
2007
as George
TVDiamond Geezer
2005
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Laurence Raeburn
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Sir Edward Chambers
TVBodily Harm
2002
as Sidney Greenfield
Station Jim
2001
as Stationmaster Pope
MovieThe Sleeper
2000
as George
MovieThe Ghost of Greville Lodge
2000
as Great Uncle
TVDad
1997
as Brian Hook
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Lionel Hicks
MovieMary Reilly
1996
as Mr. Poole
An Independent Man
1995
as Freddie Patterson
Good Friends
1995
Root Into Europe
1992
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Albert Hallows
MovieLife After Life
1990
as Eric Burt
MovieGinger
1990
as Ginger
MovieNatural Causes
1988
as Vincent
Day To Remember
1986
as Wally
MovieBlott on the Landscape
1985
TVBlott on the Landscape
1985
as Sir Giles Lynchwood
TVComrade Dad
1984
TVThe Bounder
1982
as Trevor Mountjoy
MovieThe Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
1982
as narrorator
TVMinder
1979
as Arthur Daley
Getting in on Concorde
1979
as Willie
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Fred
TVDon't Forget to Write!
1977
as Gordon Maple
MovieThe Blue Bird
1976
as Tylo
TVQuiller
1975
as Mays
Lloyd George Knew My Father
1975
as Hubert Boothroyd MP
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Dennis Longfield
TVAffairs of the Heart
1974
as Mr Prodmore
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Pearce
MovieTake Me High
1973
as Bert Jackson
Away from It All
1973
as Leonard
MovieFright
1971
as Jim
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Peter
MovieKilling Time
1970
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Mr. Newbold
MovieThe Vampire Lovers
1970
as Roger Morton
Menace
1970
as Douglas Willet
TVUFO
1970
as Paul Roper
MovieA Room in Town
1970
as Edwin
TVShadows of Fear
1970
as Gordon
MovieThe Right Prospectus
1970
as Mr. Newbold
The Comic
1969
as Tod
MovieThe Last Lonely Man
1969
as James Hale
The Sex Game
1968
as Frank Healey
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Syd Swope
Never Mind How We Got Here, Where Are We?
1968
as Max Osborne
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1968
as Max Osborne
Sally Go Round the Moon
1968
as Max Osborne
A Man of our Times
1968
as Max Osborne
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as David Carter
MovieThe Gentleman Caller
1967
as Mr. Hicks
TVHalf Hour Story
1967
as Mr. Hinks
TVThe Informer
1966
as Baxter
MovieThe Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as 'Flash' Harry
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Paul Bishop
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as James Hale
TVGideon's Way
1965
as Bishop
MovieThe Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965
as William Evans
MovieOne Way Pendulum
1965
as Defence Counsel
TVThe Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1964
as Mr. Mipps
TVTop of the Pops
1964
as Arthur Daley
MovieDr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
MovieCleopatra
1963
as Flavius
Drama 61-67
1961
as Pinedus
MovieThe Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
A Life Of Bliss
1960
MovieDon't Panic Chaps
1959
MovieThe Bridal Path
1959
as Police Sgt. Bruce
MovieToo Many Crooks
1959
as Fingers
MovieBlue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
as "Flash" Harry
MovieThe Green Man
1956
as William Blake
MovieThe Weapon
1956
as Joshua Henry
MovieIt's a Wonderful World
1956
as Ken Miller
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Edwin
MovieThe Anatomist
1956
as Dr. Walter Anderson
MovieA Prize of Gold
1955
as Sgt. Roger Morris
MovieQuentin Durward
1955
as Hayraddin
MovieThe Constant Husband
1955
as Luigi Sopranelli
MovieWhere There's a Will
1955
as Fred Slater
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
MovieThe Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Flash Harry
MovieHappy Ever After
1954
as Terence
MovieAn Inspector Calls
1954
as Tram Conductor
MovieOur Girl Friday
1953
as Jimmy Carrol
MovieThe Clue of the Missing Ape
1953
as Gobo
MovieThe Intruder
1953
as John Summers
MovieWill Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Henry Sterling
MovieFolly to Be Wise
1952
as Soldier in Brains Trust audience
MovieTop Secret
1952
as George Archibald Potts
MovieWho Goes There!
1952
as Arthur Crisp
MovieThe Happy Family
1952
as Cyril
MovieScrooge
1951
as Young Ebenezer Scrooge
MovieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Johnny West
MovieLaughter in Paradise
1951
as Herbert Russell
MovieFlesh and Blood
1951
as John Hannah
MovieGone to Earth
1950
as Cousin Albert
MovieThe Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Junior Assistant Caretaker at Ministry of Education (Uncredited)
MovieMorning Departure
1950
as ERA Marks
MovieThe Spider and the Fly
1949
as Marc, detective
MovieQuartet
1948
as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
MovieMy Brother's Keeper
1948
as Willie Stannard
MovieJourney Together
1945
as Curley, Bomb Aimer, Lancaster Crew
MovieHenry V
1944
as Boy
MovieThe Demi-Paradise
1943
as Percy
Those Kids from Town
1942
as Charlie
MovieCottage to Let
1941
as Ronald
