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George A. Cooper

Actor | * 03/07/1925 († 93, 11/16/2018) | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
George Alphonsus Cooper (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018) was an English actor and voice artist. He died in November 2018 at the age of 93. ()

George Alphonsus Cooper was born in Leeds in 1925. After training as an electrical engineer and architect he was called up for National Service, working for the Royal Artillery in India. During that period he became interested in performing and on his discharge joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Manchester. To avoid confusion with American actor George Cooper he used his middle initial in his stage name. His first appearance on television was in 1946. Over the next fifty years, he was a regular on the screen developing a career out of portraying slightly bumbling authoritarian characters. In 1964, he won a recurring role in ITV's Coronation Street playing businessman Willie Piggott who famously tried to bribe Ken Barlow to give his son Brian a pass on his tech exam. He had regular roles in Z-Cars and Dixon of Dock Green. In 1960, he appeared in the West End play Billy Liar playing the father of the title character, later reprising the role in the 1973 television series. He appeared in comedies such as Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Sykes and Mind Your Language. In 1985, he took on the role of no-nonsense caretaker Eric Griffiths in the incredibly successful children's drama Grange Hill, playing the role for seven years and earning a place in the hearts of a generation of children. His last TV appearance was in a 1995 episode of Casualty. He died in a nursing home in Hampshire on 16th November, 2018.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with George A. Cooper as Actor(30)

as George1994 Fair Game
as Will Johnson1984 Amy
as State Senator Walden1983 The Star Chamber
as Kaganovitch1983 Red Monarch
as King1978 The Light Princess
as 2nd Leather Jerkin1976 Trial by Combat
as The Pirate King (voice)1975 Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as Lionel1972 The Villa Maroc
as Mr Wilson1972 Bless This House
as Frank Palmer1970 I Can't See My Little Willie
as Village Landlord1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Supt. Kingsley1968 The Strange Affair
as Mr. Winter1967 In Two Minds
as Irishman1967 Smashing Time
as Mr. Lumsden1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Graffham1965 Life at the Top
as John1964 Nightmare
as Official in Office1964 The Bargee
as Fred1963 The Cracksman
as Mr. Fitzpatrick1963 Tom Jones
as Thomas Gabler1962 The Brain
as Examiner (Uncredited)1962 In the Doghouse
as Doug Savage1960 Hell Is a City
as Chief Inspector1958 Violent Playground
as Harry1957 The Secret Place
as Hotel Porter1957 Fortune Is a Woman

TV Shows/Series with George A. Cooper as Actor(33)

as Walter Pettigrew1992 Heartbeat
as Mr. Wilcox Snr1989 Nice Work
as Albert Collins1986 Casualty
as Mr. Griffiths1978 Grange Hill
as Burt Brandon1976 The New Avengers
as Gen. Clewes1975 Wonder Woman
as Mr. Begley1975 Two's Company
1971 Barlow
as Inspector Beedel1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Supt. George Grover1971 Justice
as Arnold Bottomley1968 The Expert
as Alec Payton1965 Public Eye
as Harold Laker1962 The Saint
as Milton Ourley1962 The Saint
1962 Z-Cars
as Tom Farquhar1962 Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Burgess1961 The Avengers
as Topper Brown1955 Dixon of Dock Green
as Jackson1955 Dixon of Dock Green
as Monty Pitman1955 Dixon of Dock Green

Full Name: George Cooper
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 03/07 1925 (March) in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 11/16 2018 (November) in Liss (aged: 93)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for George A. Cooper (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"George Alphonsus Cooper"
George A. Cooper frequently works together with these people:
Geoffrey Bayldon (15x, Actor)
Michael Sheard (14x, Actor)
Timothy Bateson (14x, Actor)
Kenneth Watson (14x, Actor)
Julian Glover (13x, Actor)
William Lucas (13x, Actor)
Harry Towb (13x, Actor)
Kenneth Colley (12x, Actor)
Peter Copley (12x, Actor)
Peter Jeffrey (12x, Actor)
John Harvey (12x, Actor)
Patsy Rowlands (4x, Actress)

Other people with this name: George A. Cooper (GB)

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:394151, Added: 08/19/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024