George Cole

DOB: 1925-04-22

DOD: 2015-08-05

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.

Starred In

1963
Movie

Cleopatra

1970
Movie

The Vampire Lovers

1996
Movie

Mary Reilly

1951
Movie

Scrooge

1971
Movie

Fright

1956
Movie

The Weapon

1950
Movie

Morning Departure

1959
Movie

The Bridal Path

1941
Movie

Cottage to Let

2001
Movie

Station Jim

1955
Movie

Quentin Durward

1956
Movie

The Green Man

1950
Movie

Gone to Earth

1965
Movie

One Way Pendulum

1955
Movie

A Prize of Gold

1952
Movie

Top Secret

1973
Movie

Take Me High

1952
Movie

Folly to Be Wise

2007
Movie

A Class Apart

1959
Movie

Don't Panic Chaps!

1953
Movie

Our Girl Friday

1954
Movie

Happy Ever After

1959
Movie

Too Many Crooks

1953
Movie

The Intruder

1970
Movie

Killing Time

1956
Movie

The Anatomist

1986
Movie

Day To Remember

2007
Movie

The Dinner Party

1969
Movie

The Comic

1952
Movie

Who Goes There!

1944
Movie

Henry V

1988
Movie

Natural Causes

1952
Movie

The Happy Family

1951
Movie

Flesh and Blood

1990
Movie

Life After Life

1948
Movie

Quartet

1943
Movie

The Demi-Paradise

1976
Movie

The Blue Bird

1954
Movie

An Inspector Calls

1970
Movie

A Room in Town

2000
Movie

The Sleeper

1945
Movie

Journey Together

1975
Tv

The Sweeney

1965
Tv

Gideon's Way

1970
Tv

UFO

1992
Tv

Heartbeat

1979
Tv

Minder

1997
Tv

Dad

2004
Tv

New Tricks

1982
Tv

The Bounder

1984
Tv

Comrade Dad

1975
Tv

Quiller

2007
Tv

A Class Apart

1995
Tv

Good Friends

2002
Tv

Bodily Harm

1966
Tv

The Informer