
George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century.
Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show 'Minder', Cole's career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller 'Cottage to Let', alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinian's films, and a host of television roles.

Cleopatra
1963 · as Flavius

The Vampire Lovers
1970 · as Roger Morton

Scrooge
1951 · as Young Ebenezer Scrooge

Mary Reilly
1996 · as Mr. Poole

Fright
1971 · as Jim

The Blue Bird
1976 · as Tylo

Natural Causes
1988 · as Vincent

Henry V
1944 · as Boy

An Inspector Calls
1954 · as Tram Conductor

The Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · as Flash Harry

Station Jim
2001 · as Stationmaster Pope

Cottage to Let
1941 · as Ronald

Flesh and Blood
1951 · as John Hannah

Top Secret
1952 · as George Archibald Potts

Quentin Durward
1955 · as Hayraddin

The Sleeper
2000 · as George

A Class Apart
2007 · as George - Candy's grandad

The Intruder
1953 · as John Summers