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.
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The Star Chamber
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Tom Jones
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Start the Revolution Without Me
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Nightmare
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Hell Is a City
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In the Doghouse
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Red Monarch
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Life at the Top
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Fortune Is a Woman
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Bless This House
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Doctor Who: The Smugglers
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Violent Playground
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
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The Bargee
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The Cracksman
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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
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The Secret Place
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In Two Minds
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The Brain
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Fair Game
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Okinawa
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Ferry Cross the Mersey
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Smashing Time
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The Strange Affair
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Trial by Combat
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The Villa Maroc
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The Light Princess
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Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
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The Bouncing Boy
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Roll On Four O'Clock
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
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Awkward Customers
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Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
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Office Party
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Somewhere More Central
as Uncle JoeA TV play by Beryl Bainbridge. Formby. As the family gathers for Grandma's funeral, it seems to...
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I Can't See My Little Willie
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Customers From Hell
as uncreditedJohn Cleese training video on customers.
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The Avengers
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The Saint
as Harold LakerSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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The Saint
as Milton OurleySimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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Casualty
as Albert CollinsDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Crown Court
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Grange Hill
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Heartbeat
as Walter PettigrewSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Play for Today
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Play for Today
as Frank PalmerPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
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All Creatures Great and Small
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Wonder Woman
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No Hiding Place
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The New Avengers
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Z-Cars
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Public Eye
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Public Eye
as Alec PaytonPublic Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...
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Justice
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The Expert
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Man in a Suitcase
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
as uncreditedMeet Frank Spencer, an eager young man trying to find his way in the world. He's enthusiastic,...
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Dixon of Dock Green
as Topper BrownCreated by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...
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Dixon of Dock Green
as JacksonCreated by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...
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Dixon of Dock Green
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector BeedelAdaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Doomwatch
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Tom FarquharDr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971....
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Sherlock Holmes
as uncreditedSherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television...
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Terry and June
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Terry and June
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Terry and June
as EricTerry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...
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Sykes
as Arthur CoatsClassic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to...
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Two's Company
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An Age of Kings
as Earl of NorthumberlandA linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over...
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Billy Liar
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Espionage
as uncreditedEspionage is a 1963 Associated Television series, distributed outside the UK by ITC...
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Nice Work
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