George Cole, the actor best known for his role as Arthur Daley in the television series Minder, has died aged 90.
Agent Derek Webster said Cole passed away at the Royal Berkshire hospital after a short illness, surrounded by his family.
Rip ! a true acting legend !
shareEnd of an era. All the way from those wartime 'cockney urchin' roles as a child actor; then playing roles such as the young Ebenezer Scrooge; Flash Harry the spiv; then the comic affable young twit parts (almost interchangeable with the type of roles played by Ian Carmichael) which came his way in the mid-fifties; then the jobbing character actor years; and then of course screen immortality as Arthur "What is occuring, Terence?" Daley.
An absolute legend. If there's any justice they'll run a season of his work in tribute. Unfortunately televsion is now run by philistines with little sense of history.
God Bless George Cole. A versatile actor who made Arthur Daley a career defining role. Fantastic
stuff my son ! RIP .
Sad news.
Can not believe the amount of people saying "thought he dies years ago?".... by most accounts was still pretty active and had just finished filming a movie, with something else in the pipeline.
Only recently got back into Minder due to reruns on ITV4, but will be dusting down the DVD collection over the few few days.
RIP Arthur!
Very sad, but we'll always have his performances to remember him by.
The world is your lobster.
How very true. A lovely man and a truly brilliant actor.
He was a true great and he will Never be forgotten. He will always be Remembered by those of us will always perpetuate his great sayings as
Arthur. Arthur was A great character that only he could have could have created. I will always in my mind associate him with cheering me up when I felt down and cheering me up,
God bless George and Arthur.
i was very sad when i herd that george was a great actor
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