George Cole Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the British Royal Air Force for three years during World War II
• Was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1992
• As a child, he performed in musical routines on stage with his parents, who were both amateur musicians
• Was a protégé of the Scottish actor Alastair Sim, whom he met in a theater production when he was a teenager and later lived with as an unofficial evacuee from London during the Blitz
• Best known for playing Arthur Daley in "Minder" and Flash Harry in the "St Trinian's" film series