Cast
George A. Cooper
Acting
Cast
George A. Cooper
Known for
Acting
Born
1925-03-07
From
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
2018-11-16
Also known as George Alphonsus 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.
★7.6
MOVIE1958
A Night to Remember
as Carpathia Purser Hughes (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1994
Fair Game
as George
★5.9
MOVIE1963
Tom Jones
as Mr. Fitzpatrick
★5.6
MOVIE1952
Okinawa
as Yeoman
★6.0
MOVIE1983
The Star Chamber
as State Senator Walden
★7.0
MOVIE1964
The Bargee
as Official in Office
★6.7
MOVIE1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Village Landlord
★7.2
MOVIE1958
Violent Playground
as Chief Inspector
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Dr. Duval
★6.0
MOVIE1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Blacket
★6.8
MOVIE1964
Nightmare
as John
MOVIE2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Cherub (archive footage)
MOVIE1989
Customers From Hell
★5.9
MOVIE1965
Life at the Top
as Graffham
★6.3
MOVIE1967
Smashing Time
as Irishman
★7.0
MOVIE1978
The Light Princess
as King
★5.8
MOVIE1985
Reunion at Fairborough
as Bartender
★6.8
MOVIE1957
Fortune Is a Woman
as Hotel Porter
★5.4
MOVIE1983
Red Monarch
as Kaganovitch
★7.8
MOVIE1976
Trial by Combat
as 2nd Leather Jerkin
MOVIE1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Man
★6.4
MOVIE1972
Bless This House
as Mr. Wilson
★6.6
MOVIE1960
Hell Is a City
as Doug Savage
★5.8
MOVIE1966
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
as Cherub
MOVIE1981
Somewhere More Central
as Uncle Joe
★5.8
MOVIE1962
The Brain
as Thomas Gabler
★5.1
MOVIE1968
The Strange Affair
as Supt. Kingsley
★9.5
MOVIE1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Mr. Twitchell
★6.1
MOVIE1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Mr. Lumsden
★6.6
MOVIE1957
The Secret Place
as Harry
MOVIE1972
The Villa Maroc
as Lionel
★4.8
MOVIE1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Trouncer
★6.6
MOVIE1963
The Cracksman
as Fred
★7.3
MOVIE1967
In Two Minds
as Mr. Winter
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Awkward Customers
as Awkward Customer: Mr. Wart-hog
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
as The Pirate King (voice)
MOVIE1972
Lifting Safely
★5.6
MOVIE1957
Miracle in Soho
as Foreman
★8.3
MOVIE1984
Amy
as Will Johnson
★6.4
MOVIE1962
In the Doghouse
as Examiner (Uncredited)
MOVIE1967
The Confession
as Albert Verdoni
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Ted Crampton
★8.0
MOVIE1970
I Can't See My Little Willie
as Frank Palmer
MOVIE1970
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
as Mr. Tundish
MOVIE1971
Office Party
as Manager
MOVIE1976
Decorators Limited
as Porter
MOVIE1972
The Bouncing Boy
as Ashcroft
MOVIE1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
as Alf