Was George Cole adopted?

George Cole was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years.

Cole was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show Minder and Flash Harry in the early St Trinian’s films.

At the age of 15, Cole was cast in the film Cottage to Let (1941) opposite Scottish actor Alastair Sim. Sim liked Cole, and agreed with his family to take in Cole and his adoptive mother to their home.

Acting as his mentor, Sim helped Cole lose his Cockney accent and Cole stayed with the Sim family until he was 27.

Cole later attributed his career success to Sim, with whom he appeared in a total of 11 films, ending with a filmed version for television of The Anatomist (1956), from the play by James Bridie.

Cole also acted opposite Laurence Olivier in The Demi-Paradise (1943) and Olivier’s film version of Henry V (1944), of which he was the last surviving cast member.

Cole’s career was interrupted by his national service in the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1947, where he was temporarily a radio operator.

Was George Cole adopted?

George Cole was adopted.

George Cole was born in Tooting, London and he was given up for adoption at ten days of age and adopted by George and Florence Cole, a Tooting council employee and charwoman (cleaner) respectively.