Talk:George Cole (actor)

Minder / Dad
There seems way too much on the forgotten sitcom Dad, but only a brief mention of his decades spanning success Minder!

This has been bothering me for years. And I don't think it's the sitcom Dad. It's set around Christmas and a one-off play. I think it was on Channel 4 about 1988. George Cole plays a Dad who has lost his memory. He lives with his wife and his son comes to visit and buys him a recording device to help him remember things.... What is the play called?? Jemthepen (talk) 20:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Answer:- DAY TO REMEMBER (1986) Play by Jack Rosenthal. Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his memory during the festive season.

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/183380 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.145.63.67 (talk) 00:18, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Olivier's Henry V
Is he the same George Cole who played the "Boy" in Olivier's Henry V (1944)? Seems about the right age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.192.0.10 (talk) 11:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

A Life of Bliss
The article also fails to mention his radio work as George Bliss in "The Life of Bliss". This was also made into a (fairly short lived) TV series.78.145.4.154 (talk) 00:27, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

He was David Bliss, not "George Bliss" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.19.128.249 (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Comment upon "He is the last surviving member of the large cast of Henry V"
With all due respect to the author(s) of this article: George Cole is not at this time the sole surviving member of the cast of Olivier's Henry V, if this is the meaning of the sentence. Brian Blessed at the very least is (to the best of my knowledge) still alive as of today, the 10th November 2011Pdadme (talk) 22:40, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Correction to "George Cole is the sole surviving member of the cast of Olivier's Henry V"
By way of contrition, Brian Blessed was of course in the Brannagh version of Henry V, so kindly ignore my previous comment. Apologies to all.Pdadme (talk) 22:51, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Comrade Dad
He also starred in a short BBC comedy series, which there is fortunately already a stub about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comrade_Dad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.159.114 (talk) 02:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

RAF Service
"where he was temporarily a radio operator." This is an enigmatic phrase. Does it mean that during his RAF service, he performed many duties, one of them being a radio operator, albeit briefly? Or does it mean that his RAF service interrupted his career, so that instead of being an actor, he was for a time, a radio operator? Was Cole air-crew, or ground staff, when operating radios? Denis Norden was also an RAF radio operator but never took to the air. --2001:8003:22CF:AD00:D994:5ED2:B8B1:8214 (talk) 05:41, 27 November 2021 (UTC)