George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper

Acting 1925-03-07 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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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2008 Cherub (archive footage)
1994 George
1992 Walter Pettigrew
1989 Mr. Wilcox Snr
1986 Albert Collins
1985 Bartender
Amy
1984 Will Johnson
1983 Kaganovitch
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1983 State Senator Walden
1981 Uncle Joe
1979 Mr. Ridge
1979 Uncle Bob
1979 Eric
1978 King
1978 Man
1978 Mr. Griffiths
1978 Mr. Crump
1977 Man
1977 Mr Short
1976 Porter
1976 2nd Leather Jerkin
1976 Burt Brandon
1975 Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
1975 The Pirate King (voice)
1975 Gen. Clewes
1975 Mr. Begley
1975 Higgs
1973
1972 Ashcroft
1972 Lionel
1972 Mr. Wilson
1972 Arthur Coats
1971 Manager
1971 Inspector Beedel
1971 Supt. George Grover
1971 Det. Inspector Shepherd
1971 Inspector Shepherd
1970 Ted Crampton
1970 Frank Palmer
1970 Blacket
1970 Thomas Prentice
1970 Ashcroft
1970 Frank Palmer
1970 Lionel
1968 Village Landlord
1968 Supt. Kingsley
1968 Arnold Bottomley
1967 Albert Verdoni
1967 Mr. Winter
1967 Irishman
1967 Mr. Fawcett
1966 Cherub
1966 Reverend Ackroyd
1965 Mr. Lumsden
1965 Graffham
1965
1965 Alec Payton
1964 John
1964 Official in Office
1964 Arkwright
1964 Governor
1963 Fred
1963 Mr. Fitzpatrick
1963
1962 Thomas Gabler
1962 Examiner (Uncredited)
1962
1962 Harold Laker
1962 Tom Farquhar
1962 Milton Ourley
1961 Burgess
1961 Maxwell Barker
1960 Doug Savage
1960 Earl of Northumberland
1960 Ancient Pistol
1958 Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
1958 Chief Inspector
1958 George Day
1958 Bob Sanders
1958 Mr. Jackson
1958 Inspector Fitchitt
1957 Harry
1957 Hotel Porter
1957 Foreman
1955 Topper Brown
1955 Jackson
1955 Monty Pitman
1952 Yeoman