George Cole
George Cole was born in Tooting, England, United Kingdom on April 22nd, 1925 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 90, George Cole biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 – 5 August 2015), an English actor whose career spanned more than 70 years.
In early St Trinian's films, he was best known for his role in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show Minder and Flash Harry.
Early life
Cole was born in Tooting, London. At ten days of age and adopted by George and Florence Cole, a Tooting council employee and charwoman respectively, he was up for adoption at ten days' age and adopted by him. He attended secondary school in Morden, near Morden. He left school at 14 to be a butcher's apprentice with the Merchant Navy, but instead landed in a touring musical and chose acting as a profession. He recalled being in Dublin on the day of Britain's entry into World War II when he saw an effigy of Neville Chamberlain being publicly burned without interference from the local police.
Personal life
Cole was married twice, first to actress Eileen Moore (1932) from 1954 to 1962 (when they separated), and then to actress Penny Morrell (1967–2015, his death). Cole had four children, two of whom were from each marriage. Cris Cole, his son from his first marriage, is a screenwriter for film and television.
In 1992, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He lived in Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, for more than 70 years. In 2013, his autobiography The World Was My Lobster, a term taken from an episode of Minder that made George smile, was published.
Career
Cole, aged 15, was cast in the film Cottage to Let (1941) opposite Scottish actor Alastair Sime. Sim loved Cole and his adoptive mother to their house, and he and his family decided to bring Cole and his adoptive mother to their house. Cole was helped Cole lose his Cockney accent by his mentor, Sim; Cole remained with the Sim family until he was 27 years old. Sim, with whom he appeared in a total of 11 films, was later credited to his fame as a performer in The Anatomist (1956), which was the play by James Bridie. Cole appeared in The Demi-Paradise (1943) and Olivier's film adaptation of Henry V (1944), in which he was the last surviving cast member. His career was interrupted by his national service in the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1947, where he was briefly a radio operator.
He became familiar with audiences in British comedy films in the 1950s when returning to his acting career. Cole appeared in Scrooge (as the young Scrooge) in 1951, including a scene with fellow actor Patrick Macnee, who appeared as the young Jacob Marley. His best known film role was as "Flash Harry" in the St Trinian's films (two of which also appeared in Sim) and in the comedy Too Many Crooks (1959). Cliff Richard and Deborah Watling appeared in the film Taking Me High (1973). Cole was also known for his lead role in the radio comedy A Life of Bliss (1953-69), in which he portrayed an amiable but bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss (initially played by David Tomlinson), for six seasons and 118 episodes. In 1960, it became a TV show, with two series in the works, but no recordings of the TV episodes have been found to survive.
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963) is a three-part serial that appeared in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color TV series. It was shot on location in England and stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Syn, with Cole as Mipps.
Cole appeared in the episode "Firebug" in the ITV series Gideons Way in 1964. Angery was developing in Cole. Max Osborne appeared in the television series A Man of Our Times in 1968.
Cole appeared in the Gerry Anderson-produced television series "Flight Path" (1971), and on the BBC children's program Jackanory, narrating in six episodes between 1969 and 1971. In a 1978 episode of the sitcom The Good Life, Mr Downs, a bank manager, appeared in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, he made a guest appearance.
Arthur Daley, the crooked used-car dealer in the well-remembered Thames Television series Minder, which he appeared on television from 1979 to 1994, his best-remembered television role was as the crooked used-car dealer Arthur Daley, who appeared on the show from 1979 to 1994. He had appeared as a struggling writer in the BBC sitcom Don't Forget To Write earlier this year. (1977–79) Although he is most associated with Arthur Daley's character, it was one that sparked mixed emotions in him, indicating both his admiration for the character and how much he loathed the character in his autobiography.
In the BBC's adaptation of the Tom Sharpe novel Blott on the Landscape (1985), Cole also played Sir Giles Lynchwood. Cole appeared in a number of comedies, including The Bounder (1982–83), Comrade Dad (1984–86), and My Good Friend (1995–96).
Cole appeared in a New Tricks (BBC), episode 5 "Powerhouse") (2006) and the Midsomer Murders episode Shot at Dawn (2008).