George A. Cooper
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Fair Game
1994
Heartbeat
1992
Nice Work
1989
Customers From Hell
1989
Casualty
1986
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984
Amy
1984
The Star Chamber
1983
Red Monarch
1983
Somewhere More Central
1981
Terry and June
1979
The Light Princess
1978
Grange Hill
1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Mind Your Language
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The New Avengers
1976
Trial by Combat
1976
Decorators Limited
Decorators Limited
1976
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
1975
Awkward Customers
1975
Wonder Woman
1975
Two's Company
1975
Shadows
1975
Dawson's Weekly
1975
Billy Liar
1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
The Bouncing Boy
1972
Crown Court
1972
Sykes
1972
Bless This House
1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
1972
The Villa Maroc
1972
Lifting Safely
1972
Justice
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Office Party
1971
Budgie
1971
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
I Can't See My Little Willie
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Play for Today
1970
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970
Doomwatch
1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968
The Strange Affair
1968
The Expert
1968
The First Lady
1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968
Smashing Time
1967
The Confession
The Confession
1967
Man in a Suitcase
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
In Two Minds
1967
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966
King of the River
King of the River
1966
Life at the Top
1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
Public Eye
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Theatre 625
1964
The Bargee
1964
Nightmare
1964
Espionage
1963
Tom Jones
1963
The Cracksman
1963
The Saint
1962
The Brain
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
In the Doghouse
1962
Z-Cars
1962
The Avengers
1961