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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Cooper was born in Leeds, the son of William and Eleanor (~~née~~ Dobson) Cooper. His father worked on the railways as a train guard.<ref name="Coveney" /> The younger Cooper began to train as an electrical engineer, but enlisted in the [[Royal Artillery]] during the Second World War, acting with the Royal Artillery Depot Players in India.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/george-a-cooper-obituary-wr7gw3vnl\|title=George A Cooper obituary\|work=The Times\|date=21 December 2018\|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>		Cooper was born in Leeds, the son of William and Eleanor ({{nee}} Dobson) Cooper. His father worked on the railways as a train guard.<ref name="Coveney" /> The younger Cooper began to train as an electrical engineer, but enlisted in the [[Royal Artillery]] during the Second World War, acting with the Royal Artillery Depot Players in India.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/george-a-cooper-obituary-wr7gw3vnl\|title=George A Cooper obituary\|work=The Times\|date=21 December 2018\|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>

	==Stage career==		==Stage career==

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	\| name = George A. Cooper		\| name = George A. Cooper
	\| image = ~~Actor_George_A~~.~~_Cooper~~.~~jpg~~		\| image = George A. Cooper.webp
	\| caption = Publicity still, 1963		\| caption = Publicity still, 1963
	\| birth_name = George Alphonsus Cooper		\| birth_name = George Alphonsus Cooper
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1925\|3\|7\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1925\|03\|07\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]], [[w:West Riding of Yorkshire\|West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2018\|11\|16\|1925\|3\|7\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2018\|11\|16\|1925\|03\|07\|df=y}}
	\| death_place =[[Liss (England)\|Liss]], [[Hampshire]], England		\| death_place =[[w:Liss (England)\|Liss]], [[w:Hampshire\|Hampshire]], England
	\| occupation = [[Actor]] and voice artist		\| occupation = [[w:Actor\|Actor]] and voice artist
	\| years_active = 1946–1995		\| years_active = 1946–1995
	\| spouse = Anne Shirley Jones~~<br />(m~~. ~~1955–2000; (her death)~~		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|Anne Shirley Jones\|1955\|2000\|end=d.}}
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	'''George Alphonsus Cooper''' (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018)<ref name="Coveney">{{cite news\|last=Coveney\|first=Michael\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/30/george-a-cooper-obituary\|title=George A Cooper obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=30 November 2018\|access-date=21 December 2018}}		'''George Alphonsus Cooper''' (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018)<ref name="Coveney">{{cite news\|last=Coveney\|first=Michael\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/30/george-a-cooper-obituary\|title=George A Cooper obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=30 November 2018\|access-date=21 December 2018}}

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{{Short description|British actor (1925–2018)}}
{{about|the actor|the film director|George A. Cooper (director)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = George A. Cooper
| image = Actor_George_A._Cooper.jpg
| caption = Publicity still, 1963
| birth_name = George Alphonsus Cooper
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|3|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|11|16|1925|3|7|df=y}}
| death_place =[[Liss (England)|Liss]], [[Hampshire]], England
| occupation = [[Actor]] and voice artist
| years_active = 1946–1995
| spouse = Anne Shirley Jones<br />(m. 1955–2000; (her death)
}}
'''George Alphonsus Cooper''' (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018)<ref name="Coveney">{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/30/george-a-cooper-obituary|title=George A Cooper obituary|work=The Guardian|date=30 November 2018|access-date=21 December 2018}}
</ref> was an English actor and voice artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f49a1e7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022606/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f49a1e7|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-04|title=George A. Cooper|work=BFI}}</ref> He died in November 2018 at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/thetimes-uk/190814382|title=George Cooper Obituary (2018) - Petersfield, Hampshire - The Times|website=www.legacy.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
Cooper was born in Leeds, the son of William and Eleanor (née Dobson) Cooper. His father worked on the railways as a train guard.<ref name="Coveney" /> The younger Cooper began to train as an electrical engineer, but enlisted in the [[Royal Artillery]] during the Second World War, acting with the Royal Artillery Depot Players in India.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/george-a-cooper-obituary-wr7gw3vnl|title=George A Cooper obituary|work=The Times|date=21 December 2018|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>

==Stage career==
After a short period as a draughtsman he joined [[Theatre Workshop]], then based in Manchester. [[Joan Littlewood]]'s company, also based in Glasgow for a time, then concentrated on performing its productions on tour. The company's permanent base became London's [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] in 1953, the opening production being ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' with Cooper as Malvolio and [[Harry H. Corbett]] as Sir Andrew Aguecheek.<ref name="Coveney" /> Both men were often cast in antagonist roles in Theatre Workshop productions during the next few years. Cooper left the company in 1955.<ref name="Coveney" /> Cooper played Geoffrey Fisher, the stern father of the eponymous antihero ''[[Billy Liar]]'', in the original [[West End theatre|West End]] [[Billy Liar#Play|stage]] production in 1960. His wife, Shirley Jones (married 1955), who worked as a Theatre Workshop costume assistant, did not like his absences during the evenings, and Cooper himself found eight performances of ''Billy Liar'' a week to be a strain. Increasingly he turned to television for work.<ref name="Timesobit" />

==Television and film career==
He had a recurring role in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as Willie Piggott, a dubious businessman, between 1964 and 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/billy_liar/|title=Billy Liar - ITV Sitcom|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> One of his other regular roles was as the [[Janitor|caretaker]] Mr. Griffiths in the long-running children's TV series ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grangehillevents.co.uk/staff-1978-1990-grange-hill/4578255590|title=Staff 1978-1990 - Grange Hill Cast|website=www.grangehillevents.co.uk}}</ref> from 1985 to 1992. He returned to the role of Geoffrey Fisher in the sitcom version of ''[[Billy Liar (TV series)|Billy Liar]]'' (1973–74).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/billy_liar/about/|title=About Billy Liar - British Comedy Guide|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

Among Cooper's other television credits are ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[No Hiding Place]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (in the serial ''[[The Smugglers]]''), ''[[Angel Pavement (1967 TV series)|Angel Pavement]]'', ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'', ''[[The Troubleshooters]]'', ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'', ''[[A Family at War]]'', ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'', ''[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]'', ''[[Bless This House (UK TV series)|Bless This House]]'', ''[[Sykes (TV series)|Sykes]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'', ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'', ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', ''[[Poor Little Rich Girls (1984 TV series)|Poor Little Rich Girls]]'', ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', ''[[When the Boat Comes In]]'', ''[[Terry and June]]'', ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3584|title=George A. Cooper|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>

Cooper had roles in many films including: ''[[Violent Playground]]'' (1958), ''[[Hell Is a City]]'' (1960), ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963), ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)|Nightmare]]'' (1964), ''[[Dracula Has Risen from the Grave]]'' (1968) with [[Christopher Lee]] and the film version of ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]'' (1972) with [[Sid James]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/george-a-cooper-p85816|title=George A. Cooper movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/george-a-cooper/185477|title=George A. Cooper|work=TV Guide}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Men of Two Worlds]]'' (1946) - Orchestra Conductor
* ''[[Okinawa (film)|Okinawa]]'' (1952) - Yeoman (uncredited)
* ''[[The Passing Stranger]]'' (1954) - Charlie
* ''[[Jumping for Joy]]'' (1956) - Farmer (uncredited)
* ''[[Sailor Beware! (1956 film)|Sailor Beware!]]'' (1956) - Petty Officer (uncredited)
* ''[[The Secret Place (film)|The Secret Place]]'' (1957) - Harry
* ''[[Miracle in Soho]]'' (1957) - Foreman
* ''[[Violent Playground]]'' (1958) - Chief Inspector
* ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958) - Purser Ernest G. F. Brown, SS Carpathia (uncredited)
* ''[[Friends and Neighbours]]'' (1959) - George Wheeler
* ''[[Hell Is a City]]'' (1960) - Doug Savage
* ''[[Follow That Horse!]]'' (1960) - Rudd
* ''[[In the Doghouse (film)|In the Doghouse]]'' (1961) - Veterinary Examiner - (voice overdubbed by Scottish accent)
* ''[[The Brain (1962 film)|The Brain]]'' (1962) - Thomas Gabler
* ''[[The Wild and the Willing]]'' (1962) - 1st Customer
* ''[[The Cracksman]]'' (1963) - Fred
* ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963) - Mr. Fitzpatrick
* ''[[Nightmare (1964 film)|Nightmare]]'' (1964) - John
* ''[[The Bargee]]'' (1964) - Official in Office
* ''[[Ferry Cross the Mersey (film)|Ferry Cross the Mersey]]'' (1964) - Mr. Lumsden
* ''[[Life at the Top (film)|Life at the Top]]'' (1965) - Graffham
* ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967) - Irishman
* ''[[The Strange Affair]]'' (1968) - Supt. Kingley
* ''[[Dracula Has Risen from the Grave]]'' (1968) - Landlord
* ''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]'' (1970) - Dr. Duval
* ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'' (1970) - (scenes deleted)
* ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' (1970) - Blacket
* ''[[What Became of Jack and Jill?]]'' (1972) - Trouncer
* ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]'' (1972) - Mr Wilson
* ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (1973) - (scenes deleted)
* ''[[The Black Windmill]]'' (1974) - Pincus (uncredited)
* ''[[Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done]]'' (1975) - The Pirate King (voice)
* ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]'' (1976) - 2nd Leather Jerkin

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0178058|name=George A. Cooper}}

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[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
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