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Graham Cole

ActorBorn March 16, 1952 (73 years)
Graham Cole OBE (born Graham Coleman-Smith on 16 March 1952) is an English actor. Cole was born in Willesden, Middlesex in 1952 to Victor and Freda Coleman-Smith (née Coleman), the youngest of three children.

He appeared in numerous episodes of Doctor Who in the early 1980s, often in uncredited roles, such as Marshman and then a Cyberman in Earthshock. He has also played Melkur in The Keeper of Traken and finally a Jacondan in The Twin Dilemma. He also made a guest appearance in the final series of Sooty and Co as a detective called Maurice and in Only Fools and Horses as a Spanish customs official. His first film appearance was in the James Bond film The Living Daylights in 1987. Cole then appeared in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as one of Walter Donovan's henchmen, who escort Indiana Jones to their boss's New York apartment.

He is best known as PC Tony Stamp in the ITV police drama The Bill, a role he played initially as a recurring character from 1984, and then as a regular from 1988 until 2009. Cole appeared in more episodes of the programme than any other actor, appearing in 1,202 episodes. He had previously spent 12 years in Repertory Theatre, and musicals.

He presented and narrated the police video programme Police Stop!. He appeared regularly on Noel's House Party in sketches with Andrew Paul. Cole has also made a guest appearance in ITV series Law & Order: UK as a barman in one episode.

Cole in costume after appearing in a pantomime in Lichfield in 2015

In his early career in the late 1970s Cole appeared as the Emperor of China in a season of Aladdin at the Grand Theatre in Swansea. Other pantomime appearances have included the role of "Beast" in Beauty & The Beast at the Woodville Halls in Gravesend, Kent. He played Scrooge at Garrick Theatre, Lichfield in 2012 and Abanazer for Theater Royal, Norwich, 2013–2014. He played General Waverley in Irving Berlin's White Christmas at The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. He later returned to the role at The Dominion Theatre, London.

Cole starred in the gangster-horror film Evil Never Dies in 2014, as DI David Bracken, a film that also starred Katy Manning, P.H. Moriarty and former The Bill colleague Tony Scannell. Cole made appearances in Doctors (2015) and Holby City (2018), before starring in the romantic-drama film 23 Walks in 2020 with Alison Steadman.

Known For

  • The Bill
  • Evil Never Dies
  • 23 Walks

Filmography

2022
Broken Glass · as Tom
2020
23 Walks · as Jimmy
2017
Doctor Who: Shada · as Scientist
2014
2011
2009
Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Terry Wilson
2009
2008
2007
2007
The Dame Edna Treatment (TV Series) · as Tony Stamp
2005
Quail's First Christmas · as First Inn-Keeper
2003
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Callum Jenkins
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Larry O'shea
1996
The Bill: Target · as P.c. Stamp
1993
Sooty & Co. (TV Series)
1992
Doctor Who: Shada · as Krarg
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · as Henchman (uncredited)
1987
Hope and Glory · as Audience Member (uncredited)
1987
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Junior Doctor
1986
Hot Metal (TV Series) · as Crucible Employee
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Tony Stamp
1984
Fresh Fields (TV Series) · as Mr. Winter
1983
Tucker's Luck (TV Series) · as 2nd Policeman
1982
The Young Ones (TV Series) · as Ghost Body
1982
Countdown (TV Series)
1982
Smiley's People (TV Series) · as Agent In Office
1981
Kessler (TV Series) · as Hotel Surveillance Man
1981
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) · as Customs Officer
1980
The Gentle Touch (TV Series) · as Detective
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Party Guest
1978
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) · as Pressman
1978
Blake's 7 (TV Series) · as Federation Trooper
1977
Secret Army (TV Series) · as German Soldier In Café
1977
Citizen Smith (TV Series) · as Cast
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Cyberman

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