George A. Cooper

Actor Mar 7 (died age 93) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1952–2008 (56 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

A Night to Remember

Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

Film

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Village Landlord

Film

Tom Jones

Mr. Fitzpatrick

Film

The Star Chamber

State Senator Walden

Film

Nightmare

John

Film

Hell Is a City

Doug Savage

Film

Violent Playground

Chief Inspector

Film

Grange Hill

Mr. Griffiths

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (48)

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as Cherub (archive footage)

Fair Game

1994

as George

3.8

Customers From Hell

1989

Reunion at Fairborough

as Bartender

Amy

as Will Johnson

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984

as Alf

The Star Chamber

1983

as State Senator Walden

6.0

Red Monarch

1983

as Kaganovitch

5.0

Somewhere More Central

1981

as Uncle Joe

The Light Princess

1978

as King

7.0

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978

as Man

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

as Mr. Twitchell

9.0

Trial by Combat

1976

as 2nd Leather Jerkin

7.7

Decorators Limited

1976

as Porter

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

1975

as The Pirate King (voice)

Awkward Customers

1975

as Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog

What Became of Jack and Jill?

1972

as Trouncer

4.3

The Villa Maroc

1972

as Lionel

The Bouncing Boy

1972

as Ashcroft

Bless This House

as Mr. Wilson

Lifting Safely

Office Party

as Manager

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970

as Dr. Duval

5.8

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Blacket

5.9

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

1970

as Mr. Tundish

I Can't See My Little Willie

1970

as Frank Palmer

Roll On Four O'Clock

1970

as Ted Crampton

6.0

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

as Village Landlord

The Strange Affair

as Supt. Kingsley

In Two Minds

as Mr. Winter

Smashing Time

as Irishman

The Confession

as Albert Verdoni

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

as Cherub

Life at the Top

as Graffham

Ferry Cross the Mersey

as Mr. Lumsden

Nightmare

as John

The Bargee

as Official in Office

Tom Jones

as Mr. Fitzpatrick

The Cracksman

as Fred

The Brain

as Thomas Gabler

In the Doghouse

as Examiner (Uncredited)

Hell Is a City

as Doug Savage

A Night to Remember

as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

Violent Playground

as Chief Inspector

The Secret Place

as Harry

Fortune Is a Woman

as Hotel Porter

Miracle in Soho

as Foreman

Okinawa

as Yeoman

Television (40)

Heartbeat

as Walter Pettigrew

Nice Work

as Mr. Wilcox Snr

Casualty

as Albert Collins

Terry and June

as Mr. Ridge

Grange Hill

as Mr. Griffiths

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

as Mr. Crump

7.7

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Man

Mind Your Language

as Mr Short

The New Avengers

as Burt Brandon

Wonder Woman

as Gen. Clewes

Shadows

as Higgs

Two's Company

as Mr. Begley

Dawson's Weekly

Billy Liar

Crown Court

Sykes

as Arthur Coats

Justice

as Supt. George Grover

6.0

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as Inspector Beedel

7.4

Budgie

1971

as Det. Inspector Shepherd

Play for Today

as Frank Palmer

Doomwatch

as Thomas Prentice

The Expert

as Arnold Bottomley

The First Lady

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

1968

as Badger

Man in a Suitcase

1967

7.0

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

as Mr. Fawcett

King of the River

1966

as Reverend Ackroyd

Public Eye

Theatre 625

as Arkwright

Sherlock Holmes

Espionage

Z-Cars

The Saint

as Milton Ourley

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

as Tom Farquhar

The Avengers

as Maxwell Barker

An Age of Kings

as Earl of Northumberland

No Hiding Place

Saturday Playhouse

as George Day

Armchair Theatre

as Vincenzo Galassi

Dixon of Dock Green

as Topper Brown