George Cole

[GM-MarkB]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33803144

Absolutely gutted...Minder was in my top 5 TV shows of all time.

Arfur will be wheeling and dealing with the Gods now......R.I.P you scoundrel 

[Sammy Chung was King]

''Honest your Honour i dragged young Terence out of the gutter, and any inferance that i had anything to do with those crimes is pure fabrication, Stand on me''!

[GM-MarkB]

There are so many one liners from those shows that will live in the memory, all delivered by the man himself.  Quality writing delivered with aplomb

[Donnywolf]

... and 'er indoors is still used by lots of people !

[tommy toes]

I was a big fan of George.
Bought his autobiography  when it came out.Fouund it very dry and dsappointing.  He just basically described all the things he'd  been in etc.
only person he seemed not to like was Rula Lenska.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Can't blame him. She were a bitch to me.

[The Red Baron]

Apparently George Cole disliked the character of Arthur Daley and couldn't understand why Arthur was so popular. Rather like Warren Mitchell and Alf Garnett, or Harry Enfield and Loadsamoney, I suppose.

He didn't like Rula Lenska because she persuaded Dennis Waterman to leave Minder.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Arfur Daley
A little dodgy maybe
But underneath.
He's actually not very well.