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