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George Cole (1925-2015)

Beloved British star character actor George Cole (young Ebenezer in Scrooge and Roger Morton in The Vampire Lovers, as well as Flash Harry in the earliest St. Trinians films and Arthur Daley in...

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An his last movie's still in post-production. Wow! Farewell to a legend. (Personal fave - the super wimp bank clerk in LAUGHTER IN PARADISE who has to rob his own bank. He's so nervous he forgets to...

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Two versions of THE ANATOMIST, 1949 & 1956, the Burke & Hare story, THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH, FRIGHT 71, THE BLUE BIRD 76, MARY REILLY, THE GHOST OF GREVILLE LODGE.  TV: OUT OF THE...

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I know him best as the young Ebenezer Scrooge from the '51 version (aka The Best Movie Version) of A Christmas Carol. He did a good job. Alastair Sim was a great mentor to him.RIP George Cole

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He did do excellent work there at a very tough job: being a unique fellow actor's "other self."(And well-cast physically, eh?) Standing "O", George. -Craig

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I liked him in Disney's The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh!

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Great admirer of his work! A life well lived! Bravo!!

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"Turn and see yourself in love, Ebenezer Scrooge." I love it in SCROOGE where he is stuttering when he gives the engagement ring back. He did have a problem with that and Sim helped him get over it....

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Aw, crap. I wasn't familiar with his name until recently seeing "Cottage to Let" (1941), his first film at 15, alongside a great cast including Alastair Sim. He steals nearly every scene. This...

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