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George A. Cooper

Known For: Acting
Born: March 7, 1925
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: November 16, 2018

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 play…

Filmography

The Ties That Bind Us

2008 · Cherub (archive footage)

Fair Game

1994 · George

Heartbeat

1992 · Walter Pettigrew

Nice Work

1989 · Mr. Wilcox Snr

Customers From Hell

1989

Casualty

1986 · Albert Collins

Reunion at Fairborough

1985 · Bartender

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

1984 · Alf

Amy

1984 · Will Johnson

The Star Chamber

1983 · State Senator Walden

Red Monarch

1983 · Kaganovitch

Q.E.D.

1982 · Lord Eastleigh

Somewhere More Central

1981 · Uncle Joe

Terry and June

1979 · Mr. Ridge, Uncle Bob, Eric

Turning Year Tales

Turning Year Tales

1979 · Alan

The Light Princess

1978 · King

Grange Hill

1978 · Mr. Griffiths

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978 · Man

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978 · Mr. Twitchell

All Creatures Great and Small

1978 · Mr. Crump

Mind Your Language

1977 · Mr Short

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Man

The New Avengers

1976 · Burt Brandon

Trial by Combat

1976 · 2nd Leather Jerkin

Decorators Limited

Decorators Limited

1976 · Porter

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

1975 · The Pirate King (voice)

Awkward Customers

1975 · Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog

Wonder Woman

1975 · Gen. Clewes

Two's Company

1975 · Mr. Begley

Shadows

1975 · Higgs

Dawson's Weekly

1975

Billy Liar

1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

1973

The Bouncing Boy

1972 · Ashcroft

Crown Court

1972

Sykes

1972 · Arthur Coats

Bless This House

1972 · Mr. Wilson

What Became of Jack and Jill?

1972 · Trouncer

The Villa Maroc

1972 · Lionel

Lifting Safely

1972

Justice

1971 · Supt. George Grover

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 · Inspector Beedel

Office Party

1971 · Manager

Budgie

1971 · Det. Inspector Shepherd

Roll On Four O'Clock

1970 · Ted Crampton

I Can't See My Little Willie

1970 · Frank Palmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970 · Blacket

Play for Today

1970 · Ashcroft, Frank Palmer, Lionel

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It

1970 · Mr. Tundish

Doomwatch

1970 · Thomas Prentice

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970 · Dr. Duval

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · Ted Crampton, Bert Clarke

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1968 · Village Landlord

The Strange Affair

1968 · Supt. Kingsley

The Expert

1968 · Arnold Bottomley

The First Lady

1968

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

1968 · Badger

Smashing Time

1967 · Irishman

The Confession

1967 · Albert Verdoni

Man in a Suitcase

1967

ITV Playhouse

1967 · Albert Verdoni, Mr. Tundish, Grimston

In Two Minds

1967 · Mr. Winter

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967 · Mr. Fawcett

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

1966 · Cherub

King of the River

King of the River

1966 · Reverend Ackroyd

Life at the Top

1965 · Graffham

Ferry Cross the Mersey

1965 · Mr. Lumsden

Public Eye

1965 · , Alec Payton

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Mr. Winter

Sherlock Holmes

1964

Theatre 625

1964 · Arkwright, Governor

The Bargee

1964 · Official in Office

Nightmare

1964 · John

Espionage

1963 · Leo Winters

Tom Jones

1963 · Mr. Fitzpatrick

The Cracksman

1963 · Fred

The Saint

1962 · Harold Laker, Milton Ourley

The Brain

1962 · Thomas Gabler

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962 · Tom Farquhar

In the Doghouse

1962 · Examiner (Uncredited)

Z-Cars

1962

The Avengers

1961 · Burgess, Maxwell Barker

Danger Man

1960 · Blatta

An Age of Kings

1960 · Earl of Northumberland, Ancient Pistol

Hell Is a City

1960 · Doug Savage

No Hiding Place

1959

A Night to Remember

1958 · Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)

Violent Playground

1958 · Chief Inspector

Saturday Playhouse

Saturday Playhouse

1958 · George Day, Bob Sanders, Mr. Jackson, Inspector Fitchitt

Miracle in Soho

1957 · Foreman

Fortune Is a Woman

1957 · Hotel Porter

The Secret Place

1957 · Harry

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Vincenzo Galassi, Dennis Fleming, Manager

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 · Topper Brown, Jackson, Monty Pitman

Okinawa

1952 · Yeoman

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