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George Cole
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Biography
George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century. Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show 'Minder', Cole's career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller 'Cottage to Let', alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinian's films, and a host of television roles.
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The University of British Cinema
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...
8 films
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
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The Vampire Lovers
1970 · Roger Morton
Too Many Crooks
1959 · Fingers
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957 · "Flash" Harry
The Green Man
1956 · William Blake
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · Flash Harry
An Inspector Calls
1954 · Tram Conductor
Scrooge
1951 · Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Henry V
1944 · Boy
Cottage to Let
1941 · Ronald