George A. Cooper
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.
Fotos
Filmes (48)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Cherub (archive footage)
Fair Game
1994 · George
Customers From Hell
1989
Reunion at Fairborough
1985 · Bartender
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984 · Alf
Amy
1984 · Will Johnson
The Star Chamber
1983 · State Senator Walden
Red Monarch
1983 · Kaganovitch
Somewhere More Central
1981 · Uncle Joe
The Light Princess
1978 · King
Mr. and Ms. Bureaucrat
1978 · Man
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978 · Mr. Twitchell
Trial by Combat
1976 · 2nd Leather Jerkin
Decorators Limited
1976 · Porter
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975 · The Pirate King (voice)
Awkward Customers
1975 · Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
The Bouncing Boy
1972 · Ashcroft
Bless This House
1972 · Mr. Wilson
What Became of Jack and Jill?
1972 · Trouncer
The Villa Maroc
1972 · Lionel
Lifting Safely
1972
Office Party
1971 · Manager
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 · Ted Crampton
I Can't See My Little Willie
1970 · Frank Palmer
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Blacket
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970 · Mr. Tundish
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970 · Dr. Duval
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968 · Village Landlord
The Strange Affair
1968 · Supt. Kingsley
Smashing Time
1967 · Irishman
The Confession
1967 · Albert Verdoni
In Two Minds
1967 · Mr. Winter
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966 · Cherub
Life at the Top
1965 · Graffham
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965 · Mr. Lumsden
The Bargee
1964 · Official in Office
Nightmare
1964 · John
Tom Jones
1963 · Mr. Fitzpatrick
The Cracksman
1963 · Fred
The Brain
1962 · Thomas Gabler
In the Doghouse
1962 · Examiner (Uncredited)
Hell Is a City
1960 · Doug Savage
A Night to Remember
1958 · Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
Violent Playground
1958 · Chief Inspector
Miracle in Soho
1957 · Foreman
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Hotel Porter
The Secret Place
1957 · Harry
Okinawa
1952 · Yeoman
Séries (52)
Heartbeat
1992 · Walter Pettigrew
Nice Work
1989 · Mr. Wilcox Snr
Casualty
1986 · Albert Collins
Q.E.D.
1982 · Lord Eastleigh
Terry and June
1979 · Mr. Ridge, Uncle Bob, Eric
Turning Year Tales
1979 · Alan
The Upchat Connection
1978 · Mr Hutcheson
Grange Hill
1978 · Mr. Griffiths
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Mr. Crump
Mind Your Language
1977 · Mr Short
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Man
The New Avengers
1976 · Burt Brandon
Wonder Woman
1975 · Gen. Clewes
Two's Company
1975 · Mr. Begley
Shadows
1975 · Higgs
Dawson's Weekly
1975
Billy Liar
1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973 · Bradshaw
Crown Court
1972
Sykes
1972 · Arthur Coats
Justice
1971 · Supt. George Grover
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Inspector Beedel
Budgie
1971 · Det. Inspector Shepherd, Inspector Shepherd
Play for Today
1970 · Ashcroft, Frank Palmer, Lionel
Doomwatch
1970 · Thomas Prentice
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Ted Crampton, Bert Clarke
The Expert
1968 · Arnold Bottomley
The First Lady
1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968 · Badger
Man in a Suitcase
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Albert Verdoni, Mr. Tundish, Grimston
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Mr. Fawcett
King of the River
1966 · Reverend Ackroyd
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Eddy Schofield, Stuart Mackinley, George Ward
Public Eye
1965 · Alec Payton
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Mr. Winter
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Theatre 625
1964 · Arkwright, Governor
Espionage
1963 · Leo Winters
Sergeant Cork
1963 · Mr. Bellamy
The Saint
1962 · Harold Laker, Milton Ourley
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Tom Farquhar
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Uncle Arthur
Z-Cars
1962
The Avengers
1961 · Burgess, Maxwell Barker
Danger Man
1960 · Blatta
An Age of Kings
1960 · Earl of Northumberland, Ancient Pistol
No Hiding Place
1959
Saturday Playhouse
1958 · George Day, Bob Sanders, Mr. Jackson, Inspector Fitchitt
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Vincenzo Galassi, Dennis Fleming, Manager
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Dr. Quince
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Topper Brown, Jackson, Monty Pitman