George A. Cooper
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-03-07
Day of death
2018-11-16 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
George A. Cooper
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
Heartbeat
Casualty
The Saint
The Saint
The Avengers
The Avengers
Grange Hill
Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today
Crown Court
Red Monarch
All Creatures Great and Small
Theatre 625
Theatre 625
Fair Game
No Hiding Place
Wonder Woman
BBC2 Play of the Week
Amy
Z-Cars
Public Eye
Public Eye
The Expert
Nightmare
The New Avengers
Justice
Mind Your Language
Decorators Limited
Man in a Suitcase
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
An Age of Kings
An Age of Kings
Somewhere More Central
The Light Princess
Sykes
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Doomwatch
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Two's Company
Budgie
Budgie
Tom Jones
Terry and June
Terry and June
Terry and June
The Bargee
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Office Party
A Night to Remember
The Villa Maroc
Sherlock Holmes
Espionage
King of the River
In the Doghouse
Okinawa
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Shadows
In Two Minds
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Star Chamber
The First Lady
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
Billy Liar
Hell Is a City
Nice Work
Fortune Is a Woman
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Start the Revolution Without Me
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Life at the Top
Trial by Combat
The Brain
The Strange Affair
The Ties That Bind Us
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Dawson's Weekly
Smashing Time
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Violent Playground
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
Miracle in Soho
Customers From Hell
The Secret Place
What Became of Jack and Jill?
The Cracksman
Bless This House
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Ferry Cross the Mersey
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
The Bouncing Boy
Reunion at Fairborough
The Confession
Roll On Four O'Clock
I Can't See My Little Willie
Awkward Customers
Lifting Safely
