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