1925-03-07 ( 100 years old ) in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Movies
Fair Game
1994-06-11
Customers From Hell
1989-01-01
Amy
1984-01-02
The Star Chamber
1983-08-05
Red Monarch
1983-06-16
Somewhere More Central
1981-05-16
The Light Princess
1978-12-24
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978-01-18
Trial by Combat
1976-04-01
Decorators Limited
1976-01-01
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975-12-17
Awkward Customers
1975-11-09
The Bouncing Boy
1972-12-11
Bless This House
1972-09-08
What Became of Jack and Jill?
1972-06-16
The Villa Maroc
1972-02-17
Office Party
1971-08-17
Abrasive Wheels
1971-01-01
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970-12-19
I Can't See My Little Willie
1970-11-19
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970-05-04
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970-02-04
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968-11-07
The Strange Affair
1968-08-22
Smashing Time
1967-12-20
The Confession
1967-12-04
In Two Minds
1967-03-01
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966-10-01
Life at the Top
1965-12-14
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965-02-10
Nightmare
1964-02-28
The Bargee
1964-01-01
Tom Jones
1963-08-24
The Cracksman
1963-01-01
The Brain
1962-09-05
In the Doghouse
1962-05-17
Hell Is a City
1960-04-10
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
Violent Playground
1958-01-14
Fortune Is a Woman
1957-03-13
The Secret Place
1957-02-06
Okinawa
1952-02-28
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