George A. Cooper
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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
Credits
A Night to Remember (1958)
as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
The Star Chamber (1983)
as State Senator Walden
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
as Village Landlord
Tom Jones (1963)
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
Fair Game (1994)
as George
The Brain (1962)
as Thomas Gabler
The Bargee (1964)
as Official in Office
Red Monarch (1983)
as Kaganovitch
Okinawa (1952)
as Yeoman
Bless This House (1972)
as Mr. Wilson
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
as Dr. Duval
Hell Is a City (1960)
as Doug Savage
Smashing Time (1967)
as Irishman
Trial by Combat (1976)
as 2nd Leather Jerkin
Nightmare (1964)
as John
Life at the Top (1965)
as Graffham
Amy (1984)
as Will Johnson
The Cracksman (1963)
as Fred
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
as Blacket
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978)
as Mr. Twitchell
The Strange Affair (1968)
as Supt. Kingsley
Lifting Safely (1972)
Actor
Violent Playground (1958)
as Chief Inspector
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as Cherub (archive footage)
Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)
as Mr. Lumsden
Miracle in Soho (1957)
as Foreman
In Two Minds (1967)
as Mr. Winter
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
as Trouncer
Customers From Hell (1989)
Actor
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
as Hotel Porter
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975)
as The Pirate King (voice)
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (1978)
as Man
The Light Princess (1978)
as King
Roll On Four O'Clock (1970)
as Ted Crampton
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle (1984)
as Alf
In the Doghouse (1962)
as Examiner (Uncredited)
The Confession (1967)
as Albert Verdoni
The Bouncing Boy (1972)
as Ashcroft
Reunion at Fairborough (1985)
as Bartender
The Villa Maroc (1972)
as Lionel
Office Party (1971)
as Manager
The Secret Place (1957)
as Harry
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It (1970)
as Mr. Tundish
Awkward Customers (1975)
as Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
I Can't See My Little Willie (1970)
as Frank Palmer
Doctor Who: The Smugglers (1966)
as Cherub
Somewhere More Central (1981)
as Uncle Joe
Decorators Limited (1976)
as Porter