George Cole

George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English film and television actor with a career which ran from the 1940s to the first decade of the twenty first century.Best known in the role of Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV hit drama show Minder, Coles career began in the role of the young evacuee in the wartime thriller Cottage to Let, alongside long-time friend, Alastair Sim, and went onto to encompass over 40 movies, including the popular St Trinians films, and a host of television roles.

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