George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper

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: Acting
Birthday: 1925-03-07
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As: George Alphonsus Cooper

Movies List of George A. Cooper

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Hell Is a City

1960 Movie
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Nightmare

1964 Movie
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The Bouncing Boy

1972 Movie
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Okinawa

1952 Movie
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A Night to Remember

1958 Movie
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Abrasive Wheels

1971 Movie
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The Strange Affair

1968 Movie
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The Bargee

1964 Movie
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The Cracksman

1963 Movie
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Fair Game

1994 Movie
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The Confession

1967 Movie
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The Brain

1962 Movie
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Amy

1984 Movie
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Decorators Limited

1976 Movie
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The Secret Place

1957 Movie
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Awkward Customers

1975 Movie
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In Two Minds

1967 Movie
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Trial by Combat

1976 Movie
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Red Monarch

1983 Movie
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Smashing Time

1967 Movie
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The Light Princess

1978 Movie
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Roll On Four O'Clock

1970 Movie
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The Villa Maroc

1972 Movie
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Fortune Is a Woman

1957 Movie
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Life at the Top

1965 Movie
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The Star Chamber

1983 Movie
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Bless This House

1972 Movie
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Tom Jones

1963 Movie
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In the Doghouse

1962 Movie
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Office Party

1971 Movie
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Violent Playground

1958 Movie
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Customers From Hell

1989 Movie
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Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978 Movie