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A gentleman'. Tony Hall, director general of the BBC, said: 'George Cole was a wonderful actor and he has a very special place in the public's affection. He will be greatly missed. Cole became a household name for his portrayal of the dodgy second-hand car dealer in the hit show Minder which ran for 15 years, with over episode across 10 seasons. His catchphrases on the show, such as ''er indoors' and 'nice little earner', became part of popular British culture. Mrs Morrell and Waterman both said goodbye to Cole who died aged 90 earlier this month.

He played the leading character, Daley, throughout with audiences peaking at over 16 million. His career has spanned more than 70 years and before his death he had urged a director to 'get a move on,' because he wanted to make one more film. Spencer Hawken told how he had spoken to the veteran star last year to tell him the movie, Road Rage, had been delayed.

Born in Cole, who was adopted as a baby and grew up in Morden, south London, began his career in musical theatre when he left school, before getting his break in films in the s. As a year-old he was taken in by comedy star Alastair Sim and his wife Naomi, who became a second mother to him, and Cole went on to star in a series of films and theatre shows with the Scottish star. Patrick Malahide centre attends the funeral of George Cole accompanies by scores of the popular actor best known for his portrayal of Arthur Daley.

Married couple Simon Williams and Lucy Fleming are pictured preparing for his funeral of their friend George Cole who passed away at the age of His role as the spiv 'Flash Harry' in four of the St Trinian's films in the s proved an early prototype for his Arthur Daley character, and he played the character Flavius in the epic Cleopatra, opposite Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Rex Harrison.

During the s Mr Cole became a sought after actor and regularly appeared on both the big and small screen. He first appeared with his Minder co-star Dennis Waterman in the film Freight. Just eight years later they were cast together in the hit ITV show, Minder. Cole's character, an ambitious but feckless small-time crook, spent each episode dreaming up another get-rich-quick scheme while avoiding the attentions of the police - in the form of Patrick Malahide's Mr Chisholm - and the never seen but often mentioned 'er indoors.

It was one of the most popular programmes of the decade, garnering around A mourner comforted another woman outside the funeral service left while Patrick Malahide, who did a nine-year stint as Detective Sergeant Albert 'Cheerful Charlie' Chisholm in the popular TV series Minder, arrived at the crematorium right.

Friends and family arrive at the funeral to say their final farewells to the popular actor who died on August 5. Waterman eventually left the show, with Gary Webster stepping into the role for the last two series. Minder came to an end after 15 years and episodes because Cole wanted to spend more time with his own 'Er Indoors - his wife Penny. Mr Cole, who was awarded an O. E by the Queen for services to drama in , was twice married. He continued working in later life, taking guest roles in shows such as Midsomer Murders, New Tricks - which also starred Waterman - and Heartbeat.

In January last year Mrs Cole told how her husband had become 'deeply depressed' after becoming embroiled in a dispute with a neighbour. He was said to have become sick with worry about a saw mill being built next to him home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

It has made us both unwell,' Mrs Cole said. This is shaking what he values. The Minder star was just 10 days old when he was put up for adoption and went to live with the Cole family.

He grew up in a council flat in Morden, south London, and started performing music hall routines on stage as a child with his parents who were both amateur musicians. Arthur finds a potential darts champion playing for peanuts in a local pub, and enters him in a local competition, but his man is nobbled, but Arthur has seen enough to organize his own tournament.

Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore. When Arthur finds an artist who can turn out work as good as the originals, he thinks that he can make money, until a crooked art dealer tries to cut in on him. Terry house sits for a rock star who has gone on tour, but it turns out that the star is broke and the bailiffs turn up to take the furniture away.

You Need Hands. Terry Gives Des a hand collecting a dept but gets his hand broken in a fight just when Arthur has a special job lined up so he has to hire another minder but unknown to Arthur the job involves drugs So Terry and Des come to the rescue. Willesden Suite. Arthur gets in on a deal to provide a hotel with provisions. Terry helps out a young girl from Liverpool who wants to be a model but is ripped off by the photographer.

Fatal Impression. An Irish fence dies owing Arthur money. The Bengal Tiger. Terry minds a newspaper shop, from a group of Indians bent on revenge, over the shop owner's daughter and an arranged marriage. Gunfight At the OK Launderette. Terry is caught inside a launderette, while it is being robbed.

As the police gather outside, Arthur tries to make some money by selling Terry's life story th the press. All Mod Cons. Arthur tries to sell Terry's flat out from under him. Meanwhile guest star Toyah Wilcox plays an unscrupulous landlady who is trying to evict a young couple from a house so she can sell it to a developer.

A Lot of Bull, and a Pat on the Back. Terry and Arthur are hired to move a bull from it's field to the owners new farm. Later they discover that they have stolen the bull, so they decide to find the men who hired them and get the bull returned to the rightful owner.

Terry is also hired by his stripper girl friend to discourage a stalker. National Pelmet. Arthur gets Terry to guard a racehorse before he runs in a big race, but the owner and trainer are out to con the bookies and leave Arthur and Terry out in the cold. All About Scoring, Innit. A young footballer Danny Varrow wants to sell his story to the press, so Terry to minds him until Arthur can arrange a deal.

Unfortunately Varrow is in debt to the local bookie, and the father of his latest conquest is also looking for him to talk about the little matter of sleeping with his daughter. Not a Bad Lad, Dad.

An old friend of Terry's has left her son at Terry's house, while she sorts her life out. Terry gets attached to the lad, but when his stepfather starts to cause trouble, Terry has to fight to save the two of them. A Nice Little Wine. Arthur gets into the wine business, but Clive his supplier gets robbed of Arthur's wine money, so it is up to Terry and Arthur to track down the thieves.

Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Enemy. While working for a gangsters wife,Rose Mellors the car Terry is driving is stolen along with a bag of diamonds which are hidden in the car, then follows a race to recover the diamonds before the police can trace the car.

The Old School Tie. An old friend of Terry's George Palmer has escaped from prison comes to see him to get help in overturning his sentence. With the help of a newspaper reporter Terry tracks down the real culprits and George gets compensation and a pardon.

The Beer Hunter. Arthur meets his old army mate Yorkie. After a night on the town, Terry is to drive them home, but after taking him to his hotel, he goes missing. After a long search it turns out that Yorkie went to a local Hooker and somehow has lost his trousers. With his wife on her way down to London, the hunt is on for a replacement pair. Caught in the Act, Fact.

Terry help's out Des into delivering a car that that has been used in a robbery. The police pick up Terry when they find his fingerprints on the car but Arthur provides an alibi and he is released. Terry also minds a magistrate who is a shoplifter. Whose Wife is it Anyway. When an old friend of Arthur's gets injured in a so-called "hit and run accident" Terry gets involved in minding the villain's antique shop. All Things Brighton Beautiful. He had paid a skinhead to murder him after learning that he had terminal cancer, but when the diagnosis was proved false, he has tried to keep clear of the potential murderer.

The Immaculate Contraption. One Flew Over the Parents' Nest. Another Case of Van Blank. To take advantage of new rules concerning duty-free alcohol, Arthur, Ray and Dave take a van to Calais, planning to stock up on cheap booze. The Long Good Thursday. He demands to see Rosie, his wife, whom he suspects of having an affair with Luigi. Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley. Violent bank robber Charlie Knowles, a life prisoner, has decided to get even with his former partners who all received lighter sentences.

Arthur, who sold him the getaway car that broke down and allowed police to arrest them, is set up on dangerous driving charges and cops a sentence of hours community service. Phelan is arrested, but Knowles dies in prison. The Great Depression of Arthur seeks advice from a successful businessman who suffers similarly but has managed to live with it.

Meanwhile, he sells a car to a punter, a retired Detective Inspector, who also suffers from depression since being dismissed for corruption. The man returns to the Winchester, on which site the house he was born in once stood, locks himself in the toilet and refuses to come out. On the Autofront. Arthur attempts to increase business by radio advertising, but can only afford to use amateur announcers on a local pirate radio station.

Grant Gedley, a thrusting young executive determined to prove himself to his father, tries to sabotage Arthur by setting him up with police on hit-and-run charges.

Anxious to keep the peace and equally anxious to keep his son out of trouble, Don proposes that Arthur pleads guilty to all charges, in return for paying his fine. All Quiet on the West End Front. Arthur takes over a booth at a Business Expo, and sets up as a provider of services to busy executives — West End theatre visits, casinos, hard-to-get tickets for booked out shows etc.

The initial attempt is a disaster, but another one goes fairly well with satisfied customers. Ray is drawn into a fight with a hyperactive casino owner and also tries unsuccessfully to romance the Expo manageress.

This arouses the jealousy of his current girlfriend, a jazz singer. A Fridge Too Far. To sell a consignment of mopeds to The Pizza Man an unseen character , Arthur gets involved in complicated money-juggling. The Greatest Show in Willesden. The act goes down well with the punters - but Tommy Pickford suffers from heart trouble and can't continue the act every night. Then some karaoke gear that Arthur's rented from Mrs Gabadini is stolen from his van.

Although Del Boy in "Only Fools Waterman as Terry is perfectly legit in the role as he sympathetic hardman and the fact that he doesn't get lost under the giant shadow of Cole's tour de force is a testiment to Watermans skills as an actor.

I'd advise anyone who isn't familiar with the show to hunt for the early episodes and enjoy what was a very gritty and real drama, where Terry is clearly the main man whilst, at that point, Arthur is secondary in the writers minds Not that it deminishes his screen presence, just leaves you wanting more. Another important component to its success was its grand array of support players, from Dave the barman at everyones favourite watering hole, the Winchester, to dodgy geezers like Des the mechanic and the hilarious, bumbling Police who could never catch Arthur in the act.

The show did lose some of its hard edge as it veered off towards a comedic element but it always remained true to the characters, and as such the characters became the central theme. I can't say enough good words about this programme. I have every episode on tape and watch them all the time. Details Edit. Release date October 29, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. The Fans of Minder Website. Der Aufpasser. Euston Films.

Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour. Stereo Mono. Related news. Apr 6 ScreenDaily. Feb 1 MovieWeb. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. What is the English language plot outline for Minder ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. The original theme tune was replaced by a rock-style instrumental version, credited to "Kenny" Gerard Kenny. By this stage, the rough and ready elements of the early series had been toned down, concentrating on the comedic aspects of Arthur's dodgy dealings.

Waterman praised Gary Webster for fitting into the series, but was vocal in his comments that the series was no longer about a minder and that the re-vamped version should go under a different title, reflecting its orientation almost solidly around Arthur. Other new characters in this revamped version were Sidney Livingstone as Bert Daley, Arthur's gullible, over-trusting brother and Ray's father , who views Arthur as a successful businessman and not a con-man and entrusts Ray into his care; Bert's wife and Ray's mum, Doreen Lill Roughley ; and Ray's recurring girlfriend Gloria Emma Cunningham , who is frustrated with Ray being torn between her and Arthur's lackey.

Park Stephen Tompkinson in series 8, who in turn, was replaced by D. Field Jonty Stephens in series 9. The end of the final episode of Series 10, "The Long Good Thursday", saw Arthur with Ray and Dave finally being caught and driven away in a police convoy.

In a final monologue over closing credits, Arthur was bemused, citing himself as a hard working, upstanding citizen. The following week, a repeat showing of the first episode, "Gunfight at the O. Laundrette" slightly edited for its pre-watershed start was broadcast. Cole made an opening introduction, saying he had been asked to choose his favourite episode, but all were of such quality that he couldn't.

He closed with "Goodbye In July , it was announced Minder was to resume on Channel 5 after a year break.

The first episode of the six-part series was broadcast on 4 February The makers emphasised that it was a revival rather than a remake. Channel 5 stated in July , that there were no plans for Cole, Waterman or Webster to reprise their roles in the relaunched series. The series was produced by Talkback Thames. In the weeks leading up to the new series, Channel 5 launched a national advertising campaign to promote the show's return.

These featured a series of contemporary adverts on television, as well as billboards. Other promotions included advertisements on taxi receipts, a social networking campaign and branded beer mats, all designed to attract the young male audience Channel 5 was targeting. The Sun reported that Richie banned Waterman from appearing in the series remake, but Richie told fans to ignore this story, saying it would be an honour to be in the company of Waterman and Cole, let alone work with them on television.

On 31 May , UK newspaper The Mirror reported that, due to alleged poor ratings, Channel 5 would not be commissioning a new series of Minder. Main article: List of Minder episodes. In , an annual based on the series was released by Grandreams. It was based upon the early concept of the series being based around Terry, and made no reference to Arthur.

Two further annuals were released by World International Publishing for and The player's aim was to make money by buying and selling goods. The game was written by Don Priestley and published by dK'Tronics with an Java version of the game available to be enjoyed on the minder.

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