George Cole as "Arthur Daley"
in "Minder"
(book cover)

George Cole (born April 22, 1925 in Tooting, London, England) is a British actor. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (576x740, 78 KB) Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who drew the cover or the publisher of the book. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (576x740, 78 KB) Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who drew the cover or the publisher of the book. ... Minder (book cover) Minder on the cover of TV Times magazine. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tooting is a suburb in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...

He began appearing in films in the early 1940s, and his career was only briefly interrupted by service in the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1947. He became familiar to audiences in British comedy films in the 1950s, but later became a respected character actor on television. He attributes his acting career to the great British comedy stage and film actor Alastair Sim (1900-1976) who became his mentor, and with whom Cole appears from his earliest days. George Cole is best known for his roles as "Flash Harry" in the St Trinian's films (two of which star Sim) and as Arthur Daley in the TV series Minder. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The 1950s were the decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959, although some sources say from 1951 through 1960. ... George Cole appears as Flash Harry, a spiv, in the St. ... St Trinians is a fictional girls school created by Ronald Searle, a British cartoonist. ... Arthur Daley was a character in the UK TV series Minder and the name has become synomynous in Britain with a wheeler dealer. ... Minder (book cover) Minder on the cover of TV Times magazine. ...

He also starred as Brian Hook in the BBC Comedy "Dad" in the late 1990s alongside Kevin McNally, who played his son, Alan Hook. There were 13 episodes of the show, spanning two series and a Christmas special. Each episode title punned on the word 'Dad' (eg: Dadmestic; Dadcipline; Habadadery; Dadaholic; Transcendadtal; Dadmocracy; Reprodadtion), although the Christmas special broke with this tradition, taking the title 'Nemesis'. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... DAD may stand for: Danang International Airport, an IATA airport code Duplicate Address Detection, a component of the IPv6 protocol D-A-D is a Danish rock band. ... Kevin McNally (born 27 April 1956 in Bristol, England) is an actor who has worked extensively in both film and television. ...

He is able to hide his London accent when playing upper-class characters, such as Sir Giles Lynchwood in the TV adaptation of Tom Sharpe's novel Blott on the Landscape. Tom Sharpe (born March 30, 1928) is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. ... Blott on the Landscape is a novel written in 1975 by Tom Sharpe. ...

External links

• George Cole at the Internet Movie Database
• www.britmovie.co.uk - George Cole
• Various 'Dad' links on valdefierro.com
• Article about 'Dad' on 'Life in Cartoons'