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George Cole

George Edward Cole, OBE was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV series Minder and Flash Harry in the early St Trinian's films.

English
Filmography
  • Born In Tooting, London, England, UK
  • Born April 22, 1925
  • Died August 5, 2015
  • Gender Male
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com Wikipedia
  • Created April 5, 2019 by
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  • Modified March 19, 2023 by
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Station Jim

2001
as Stationmaster Pope

The Ghost of Greville Lodge

2000
as Great Uncle

Dad

1997

Mary Reilly

1996
as Der Butler Mr. Poole

An Independent Man

1995
as Freddie Patterson

My Good Friend

1995
as Peter Banks

Root into Europe

1992
as Henry Root

Life After Life

1990
as Eric Burt

Single Voices

1990
as Ginger

Hollow Gate

1988
as Bill

Natural Causes

1988
as Vincent

Blott on the Landscape

1985

Deadline Auto Theft

1983
as Atlee Jackson

The Bounder

1982

Minder

1979
as Arthur Daley

Don't Forget to Write

1977
as Gordon Maple

Double Nickels

1977
as George

The Blue Bird

1976
as Tylo

Lloyd George Knew My Father

1975
as Hubert Boothroyd MP

Gone in 60 Seconds

1974
as Atlee Jackson

Take Me High

1973
as Bert Jackson

Fright

1971
as Jim

The Vampire Lovers

1970
as Roger Morton

The Right Prospectus

1970
as Mr. Newbold

A Room in Town

1970
as Edwin

The Gold Robbers

1969
as Barry Porter

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

1966
as 'Flash' Harry

One Way Pendulum

1965
as Defense Counsel

Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

1963
as Mr. Mipps / Hellspite

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

1963
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite

Cleopatra

1963
as Flavius

A Life of Bliss

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

1960
as 'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards

Don't Panic Chaps!

1959

Too Many Crooks

1959
as Fingers

The Bridal Path

1959
as Police Sgt. Bruce

The Weapon

1957
as Joshua Henry

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

1957
as 'Flash' Harry

The Green Man

1956
as William Blake

The Anatomist

1956
as Dr. Walter Anderson

A Prize of Gold

1955
as Sergeant Roger Morris

Quentin Durward

1955
as Hayraddin

The Constant Husband

1955
as Luigi Sopranelli

An Inspector Calls

1954
as Tram Conductor

The Belles of St. Trinian's

1954
as Flash Harry

Happy Ever After

1954
as Terence

The Clue of the Missing Ape

1953

Our Girl Friday

1953
as Jimmy Carrol

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953
as Henry Sterling

The Intruder

1953
as John Summers

Folly to be Wise

1953
as Soldier in Brains Trust audience

Top Secret

1952
as George Archibald Potts

The Happy Family

1952
as Cyril

Who Goes There!

1952
as Arthur Crisp

Laughter in Paradise

1951
as Herbert Russell

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951
as Johnny West

A Christmas Carol

1951
as Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Morning Departure

1950
as ERA Marks

Gone to Earth

1950
as Cousin Albert

The Spider and the Fly

1949
as Marc, detective

Quartet

1948
as Herbert Sunbury

My Brother's Keeper

1948
as Willie Stannard

Henry V

1944
as Boy

The Demi-Paradise

1943
as Percy

Bombsight Stolen

1941
as Ronald

Guest Star

Episode Agatha Christie's Marple
Nemesis 		2009
Episode Midsomer Murders
Shot at Dawn 		2008
Episode ITV Playhouse
Getting in on Concorde 		1979
Episode The Sweeney
Tomorrow Man 		1976
Episode Affairs of the Heart
Grace 		1974
Episode UFO
Flight Path 		1971
Episode Play for Today
The Right Prospectus 		1970
Episode The Gold Robbers
The Big Spender 		1969
Episode The Root of All Evil?
A Bit of a Holiday 		1969
Episode The Root of All Evil?
Of Course We Trust You Arnold 		1968
Episode Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh Part 2 		1964
Episode Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh Part 3 		1964
Episode Dr Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh Part 1 		1964