George A. Cooper
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
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
Casualty
Heartbeat
Play for Today
Play for Today
Play for Today
The Saint
The Saint
The Avengers
Crown Court
Grange Hill
No Hiding Place
Z-Cars
All Creatures Great and Small
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Public Eye
Public Eye
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
The New Avengers
Sykes
Wonder Woman
The Expert
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Justice
Terry and June
Terry and June
Terry and June
Doomwatch
Man in a Suitcase
Mind Your Language
Budgie
Budgie
Awkward Customers
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Sherlock Holmes
Trial by Combat
King of the River
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
The First Lady
An Age of Kings
An Age of Kings
Tom Jones
Violent Playground
The Star Chamber
The Strange Affair
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Start the Revolution Without Me
The Villa Maroc
The Secret Place
Barlow
The Brain
Smashing Time
The Confession
Espionage
Office Party
Two's Company
Miracle in Soho
Shadows
A Night to Remember
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Ties That Bind Us
Fortune Is a Woman
The Cracksman
Amy
Somewhere More Central
Hell Is a City
Life at the Top
Fair Game
Billy Liar
In the Doghouse
Nice Work
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Red Monarch
Decorators Limited
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
Dawson's Weekly
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse
The Bouncing Boy
In Two Minds
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
The Light Princess
Nightmare
Roll On Four O'Clock
Okinawa
Bless This House
Ferry Cross the Mersey
The Bargee
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Customers From Hell
I Can't See My Little Willie
Lifting Safely
