George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2018) was an English actor and voice artist. He played the role of Mr. Short in Mind Your Language. He also appeared in Doctor Who, Billy Liar, and several other films and TV series.

Cooper trained as an electrical engineer, enlisted in the Royal Artillery, and worked as a draughtsman before joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. He married Anne Shirley Jones in 1955; they had a son named Adam and remained married until her death in 2000.