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.
Birth Place: Tooting, South London, England, UK on 1925-04-22
Known For: Acting
TOP FIVE ROLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Top Secret
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying…
Release Date: 1952-11-10
Role: George Archibald Potts
Will Any Gentleman…?
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk’s life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world’s greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.
Release Date: 1953-08-25
Role: Henry Sterling
It’s a Wonderful World
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of the charts, they find themselves having to produce the “real” composer.
Release Date: 1956-08-28
Role: Ken Miller
Life After Life
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
Release Date: 1990-12-30
Role: Eric Burt
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s
A dubious child psychiatrist is put in charge of the St. Trinian’s school after it burns down. The sixth form are sent to Arabia to become harem girls. The Ministry of Education, Police and army go to rescue them, but it is the notorious St. Trinian’s forth form who are going to make the real difference.
Release Date: 1960-12-22
Role: ‘Flash’ Harry Cuthbert Edwards