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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代表作

The Expert

1968 · Arnold Bottomley

Amy

1984 · Will Johnson

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1961 · Maxwell Barker

Trial by Combat

1976 · 2nd Leather Jerkin

冰海沉船

1958 · Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973

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全部作品

The Ties That Bind Us

2008 •Cherub (archive footage)

Fair Game

1994 •George

Heartbeat

1992 •Walter Pettigrew

Customers From Hell

1989

Nice Work

1989 •Mr. Wilcox Snr

急诊室的故事

1986 •Albert Collins

往日情怀

1985 •Bartender

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984 •Alf

Amy

1984 •Will Johnson

Red Monarch

1983 •Kaganovitch

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地下审判团

1983 •State Senator Walden

Somewhere More Central

1981 •Uncle Joe

Terry and June

1979 •Mr. Ridge

Terry and June

1979 •Uncle Bob

Terry and June

1979 •Eric

The Light Princess

1978 •King

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978 •Mr. Twitchell

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978 •Man

Grange Hill

1978 •Mr. Griffiths

万物生灵

1978 •Mr. Crump

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 •Man

请讲普通话

1977 •Mr Short

Decorators Limited

1976 •Porter

Trial by Combat

1976 •2nd Leather Jerkin

三个侦探

1976 •Burt Brandon

Awkward Customers

1975 •Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

1975 •The Pirate King (voice)

Dawson's Weekly

1975

神奇女侠

1975 •Gen. Clewes

Two's Company

1975 •Mr. Begley

Shadows

1975 •Higgs

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973

Billy Liar

1973

What Became of Jack and Jill?

1972 •Trouncer

The Bouncing Boy

1972 •Ashcroft

The Villa Maroc

1972 •Lionel

Bless This House

1972 •Mr. Wilson

Lifting Safely

1972

Crown Court

1972

Sykes

1972 •Arthur Coats

Office Party

1971 •Manager

福尔摩斯的对手们

1971 •Inspector Beedel

Justice

1971 •Supt. George Grover

Budgie

1971 •Det. Inspector Shepherd

Budgie

1971 •Inspector Shepherd

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

1970 •Mr. Tundish

Roll On Four O'Clock

1970 •Ted Crampton

I Can't See My Little Willie

1970 •Frank Palmer

往上爬

1970 •Blacket

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970 •Dr. Duval

Doomwatch

1970 •Thomas Prentice

今日剧

1970 •Ashcroft

今日剧

1970 •Frank Palmer

今日剧

1970 •Lionel

血溅坟场

1968 •Village Landlord

The Strange Affair

1968 •Supt. Kingsley

The First Lady

1968

The Expert

1968 •Arnold Bottomley

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

1968 •Badger

The Confession

1967 •Albert Verdoni

In Two Minds

1967 •Mr. Winter

迷你时光

1967 •Irishman

手提箱里的男人

1967

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967 •Mr. Fawcett

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

1966 •Cherub

King of the River

1966 •Reverend Ackroyd

Ferry Cross the Mersey

1965 •Mr. Lumsden

金屋藏娇

1965 •Graffham

Public Eye

1965

Public Eye

1965 •Alec Payton

恶梦

1964 •John

The Bargee

1964 •Official in Office

Sherlock Holmes

1964

Theatre 625

1964 •Arkwright

Theatre 625

1964 •Governor

The Cracksman

1963 •Fred

汤姆·琼斯

1963 •Mr. Fitzpatrick

Espionage

1963

仗义报仇

1962 •Thomas Gabler

In the Doghouse

1962 •Examiner (Uncredited)

Z-Cars

1962

侠探西蒙

1962 •Harold Laker

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962 •Tom Farquhar

侠探西蒙

1962 •Milton Ourley

复仇者

1961 •Burgess

复仇者

1961 •Maxwell Barker

地狱是一座城市

1960 •Doug Savage

An Age of Kings

1960 •Earl of Northumberland

An Age of Kings

1960 •Ancient Pistol

No Hiding Place

1959

冰海沉船

1958 •Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

暴徒地带

1958 •Chief Inspector

Saturday Playhouse

1958 •George Day

Saturday Playhouse

1958 •Bob Sanders

Saturday Playhouse

1958 •Mr. Jackson

Saturday Playhouse

1958 •Inspector Fitchitt

The Secret Place

1957 •Harry

玩火的女人

1957 •Hotel Porter

Miracle in Soho

1957 •Foreman

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 •Topper Brown

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 •Jackson

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 •Monty Pitman

Okinawa

1952 •Yeoman