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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 7, 1925
Died
November 16, 2018
Place of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- George Alphonsus Cooper
George A. Cooper
0.3 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
0.0
Cherub (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
3.8
George
Fair Game
1994
7.1
Walter Pettigrew
Heartbeat
1992
6.5
Mr. Wilcox Snr
Nice Work
1989
0.0
Customers From Hell
1989
6.1
Albert Collins
Casualty
1986
4.8
Bartender
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
0.0
Alf
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
10.0
Will Johnson
Amy
1984
6.0
State Senator Walden
The Star Chamber
1983
Credits
The Ties That Bind Us
as Cherub (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Fair Game
as George
1994
3.8
Heartbeat
as Walter Pettigrew
1992
7.1
Nice Work
as Mr. Wilcox Snr
1989
6.5
Customers From Hell
1989
0.0
Casualty
as Albert Collins
1986
6.1
Reunion at Fairborough
as Bartender
1985
4.8
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Alf
1984
0.0
Amy
as Will Johnson
1984
10.0
The Star Chamber
as State Senator Walden
1983
6.0
Red Monarch
as Kaganovitch
1983
5.0
Somewhere More Central
as Uncle Joe
1981
0.0
Terry and June
as Mr. Ridge
1979
6.2
Terry and June
as Uncle Bob
1979
6.2
Terry and June
as Eric
1979
6.2
The Light Princess
as King
1978
7.0
Grange Hill
as Mr. Griffiths
1978
6.7
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Man
1978
0.0
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Mr. Twitchell
1978
9.0
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mr. Crump
1978
7.8
Mind Your Language
as Mr Short
1977
8.3
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Man
1977
7.0
The New Avengers
as Burt Brandon
1976
7.0
Trial by Combat
as 2nd Leather Jerkin
1976
7.7
🎬
Decorators Limited
as Porter
1976
0.0
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as The Pirate King (voice)
1975
0.0
Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
1975
0.0
Wonder Woman
as Gen. Clewes
1975
7.0
Two's Company
as Mr. Begley
1975
7.0
Shadows
as Higgs
1975
5.7
Dawson's Weekly
1975
0.0
Billy Liar
1973
5.7
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
7.6
The Bouncing Boy
as Ashcroft
1972
0.0
Crown Court
1972
5.4
Sykes
as Arthur Coats
1972
6.4
Bless This House
as Mr. Wilson
1972
6.3
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Trouncer
1972
4.3
The Villa Maroc
as Lionel
1972
0.0
Lifting Safely
1972
0.0
Justice
as Supt. George Grover
1971
6.0
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Beedel
1971
7.4
Office Party
as Manager
1971
0.0
Budgie
as Det. Inspector Shepherd
1971
7.0
Budgie
as Inspector Shepherd
1971
7.0
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Ted Crampton
1970
6.0
I Can't See My Little Willie
as Frank Palmer
1970
0.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Blacket
1970
5.9
Play for Today
as Ashcroft
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Lionel
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Frank Palmer
1970
6.3
🎬
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
as Mr. Tundish
1970
0.0
Doomwatch
as Thomas Prentice
1970
6.0
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Dr. Duval
1970
5.8
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Village Landlord
1968
6.7
The Strange Affair
as Supt. Kingsley
1968
3.9
The Expert
as Arnold Bottomley
1968
10.0
The First Lady
1968
0.0
🎬
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
as Badger
1968
0.0
Smashing Time
as Irishman
1967
6.2
🎬
The Confession
as Albert Verdoni
1967
0.0
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
In Two Minds
as Mr. Winter
1967
6.3
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Mr. Fawcett
1967
0.0
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
as Cherub
1966
5.7
🎬
King of the River
as Reverend Ackroyd
1966
0.0
Life at the Top
as Graffham
1965
5.8
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Mr. Lumsden
1965
6.1
Public Eye
1965
7.8
Public Eye
as Alec Payton
1965
7.8
Sherlock Holmes
1964
6.6
Theatre 625
as Arkwright
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Governor
1964
7.2
The Bargee
as Official in Office
1964
6.9
Nightmare
as John
1964
6.8
Espionage
1963
0.0
Tom Jones
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
1963
5.9
The Cracksman
as Fred
1963
6.3
The Saint
as Harold Laker
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Milton Ourley
1962
7.4
The Brain
as Thomas Gabler
1962
5.6
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Tom Farquhar
1962
6.0
In the Doghouse
as Examiner (Uncredited)
1962
5.9
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
The Avengers
as Burgess
1961
7.7
The Avengers
as Maxwell Barker
1961
7.7
An Age of Kings
as Earl of Northumberland
1960
4.7
An Age of Kings
as Ancient Pistol
1960
4.7
Hell Is a City
as Doug Savage
1960
6.5
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
A Night to Remember
as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
1958
7.7
Violent Playground
as Chief Inspector
1958
7.0
🎬
Saturday Playhouse
as George Day
1958
0.0
🎬
Saturday Playhouse
as Bob Sanders
1958
0.0
🎬
Saturday Playhouse
as Mr. Jackson
1958
0.0
🎬
Saturday Playhouse
as Inspector Fitchitt
1958
0.0
Miracle in Soho
as Foreman
1957
5.3
Fortune Is a Woman
as Hotel Porter
1957
6.8
The Secret Place
as Harry
1957
6.2
Dixon of Dock Green
as Topper Brown
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Jackson
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Monty Pitman
1955
5.3
Okinawa
as Yeoman
1952
4.8