George Edward Cole, OBE (born 22 April 1925(1925-04-22), Tooting) is an English actor.
In an interview included in the 2007 DVD release of A Christmas Carol he recounts that he was given up for adoption at the age of ten days, and adopted by Mr and Mrs George Cole. He grew up with a strong Cockney accent that hindered his early performing career.
He began appearing in films in the early 1940s, debuting in the 1941 film Cottage to Let. He attribut...
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George Edward Cole, OBE (born 22 April 1925(1925-04-22), Tooting) is an English actor.
In an interview included in the 2007 DVD release of A Christmas Carol he recounts that he was given up for adoption at the age of ten days, and adopted by Mr and Mrs George Cole. He grew up with a strong Cockney accent that hindered his early performing career.
He began appearing in films in the early 1940s, debuting in the 1941 film Cottage to Let. He attributes his career to the British stage and film actor Alastair Sim, who became his mentor. Cole appeared in a total of 11 films with Sim, starting with Cottage to Let, and ending with the somewhat obscure 1961 independent film The Anatomist. He also acted opposite Laurence Olivier in The Demi-Paradise (1943) and Olivier's film version of Henry V (1944), but his career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1947.
He became familiar to audiences in British comedy films in the 1950s. Cole appeared with Sim in Scrooge (as...
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