George A. Cooper
48 movies · 51 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 7, 1925
- Died
- Nov 16, 2018 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- George Alphonsus Cooper
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
George A. Cooper: movies and TV shows
Acting (99)
- 2008 The Ties That Bind Us
as Cherub (archive footage)
- 1994 Fair Game
as George
- 1992
- 1989
- 1989
- 1986
- 1985 Reunion at Fairborough
as Bartender
- 1984
- 1984 Amy
as Will Johnson
- 1983 The Star Chamber
as State Senator Walden
- 1983 Red Monarch
as Kaganovitch
- 1982
- 1981 Somewhere More Central
as Uncle Joe
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 The Light Princess
as King
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Man
- 1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Mr. Twitchell
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Trial by Combat
as 2nd Leather Jerkin
- 1976 Decorators Limited
as Porter
- 1975 Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as The Pirate King (voice)
- 1975 Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972 The Bouncing Boy
as Ashcroft
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Bless This House
as Mr. Wilson
- 1972 What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Trouncer
- 1972 The Villa Maroc
as Lionel
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Office Party
as Manager
- 1971
- 1970 Roll On Four O'Clock
as Ted Crampton
- 1970 I Can't See My Little Willie
as Frank Palmer
- 1970 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Blacket
- 1970
- 1970 Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
as Mr. Tundish
- 1970
- 1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
as Dr. Duval
- 1969
- 1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Village Landlord
- 1968 The Strange Affair
as Supt. Kingsley
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967 Smashing Time
as Irishman
- 1967 The Confession
as Albert Verdoni
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 In Two Minds
as Mr. Winter
- 1967
- 1966 Doctor Who: The Smugglers
as Cherub
- 1966
- 1965 Life at the Top
as Graffham
- 1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Mr. Lumsden
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Bargee
as Official in Office
- 1964 Nightmare
as John
- 1963
- 1963 Tom Jones
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
- 1963
- 1963 The Cracksman
as Fred
- 1962
- 1962 The Brain
as Thomas Gabler
- 1962
- 1962 In the Doghouse
as Examiner (Uncredited)
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Hell Is a City
as Doug Savage
- 1959
- 1958 A Night to Remember
as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
- 1958 Violent Playground
as Chief Inspector
- 1958
- 1957 Miracle in Soho
as Foreman
- 1957 Fortune Is a Woman
as Hotel Porter
- 1957 The Secret Place
as Harry
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1952 Okinawa
as Yeoman