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Kenneth Colley‌

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Birthday

calendar1937-12-07

Popularity

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Kenneth Colley

Manchester, England, UK

Kenneth Colley

Manchester, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1937-12-07

Popularity

star3.4

Biography

Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure in 1979. Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood movie Firefox, where he played a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley went on to play SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel in the World War II drama War and Remembrance. His character was charged with hiding the evidence of the Holocaust, and putting dead victims through "Economic Processing". According to comments Terry Gilliam (who directed him in Jabberwocky and co-starred with him in Life of Brian) made in the DVD audio commentaries for both films, Colley is a terrible stutterer in real life. When he had a role in a film, however, he could recite the lines perfectly. Stuttering is a character trait, however, in his role as the "Accordion Man" in the 1978 BBC television drama, Pennies from Heaven. He has also recently starred in BBC's HolbyBlue as a drunk and violent father, grandfather and father-in-law. He currently lives at Hythe in Kent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Colley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Life of Brian

Life of Brian‌
star7.8
calendar 1979

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back‌
star8.4
calendar 1980

Firefox

Firefox‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Brassed Off

Brassed Off‌
star7.0
calendar 1996

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Les Misérables

Les Misérables‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

A Master of the Marionettes

A Master of the Marionettes‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

The Blood Beast Terror

The Blood Beast Terror‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

The Jokers

The Jokers‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

Solomon & Sheba

Solomon & Sheba‌
star8.6
calendar 1995

Hold Back the Night

Hold Back the Night‌
star5.2
calendar 1999

Return to Waterloo

Return to Waterloo‌
star6.7
calendar 1984

Kremlin Farewell

Kremlin Farewell‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Lisztomania

Lisztomania‌
star5.8
calendar 1975

The Music Lovers

The Music Lovers‌
star6.4
calendar 1971

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

Robert Rylands' Last Journey‌
star6.1
calendar 1996

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

The Rainbow

The Rainbow‌
star5.8
calendar 1989

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story‌
star3.0
calendar 1985

Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi‌
star7.9
calendar 1983

Casanova

Casanova‌
star4.4
calendar 1987

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend‌
star6.6
calendar 1971

A Summer Story

A Summer Story‌
star6.2
calendar 1988

High Kampf

High Kampf‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Who Pays?

Who Pays?‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Like Father Like Son

Like Father Like Son‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

Giro City

Giro City‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

Dance of the Seven Veils

Dance of the Seven Veils‌
star8.0
calendar 1970

Flame

Flame‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

The Danedyke Mystery

The Danedyke Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Juggernaut

Juggernaut‌
star6.1
calendar 1974

The Triple Echo

The Triple Echo‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Three Clear Sundays

Three Clear Sundays‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

Performance

Performance‌
star6.7
calendar 1970

Mahler

Mahler‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

Shadow Run

Shadow Run‌
star4.1
calendar 1998

I Remember Nelson

I Remember Nelson‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

The Devils

The Devils‌
star7.5
calendar 1971

Seventy Deadly Pills

Seventy Deadly Pills‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

How I Won the War

How I Won the War‌
star5.5
calendar 1967

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème‌
star7.5
calendar 1992

Greetings

Greetings‌
star1.0
calendar 2007

The Last Island

The Last Island‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

Prisoner of Honor

Prisoner of Honor‌
star6.2
calendar 1991

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

One Bummer News Day

One Bummer News Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Come the Revolution

Come the Revolution‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.6
calendar 1997

Wycliffe

Wycliffe‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

The Last Train

The Last Train‌
star7.3
calendar 1999

The Avengers

The Avengers‌
star7.7
calendar 1961

The Sweeney

The Sweeney‌
star7.7
calendar 1975

Heartbeat

Heartbeat‌
star7.0
calendar 1992

Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter‌
star6.7
calendar 1999

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse‌
star7.8
calendar 1987

Hazell

Hazell‌
star5.3
calendar 1978

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
star3.7
calendar 1959

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

New Tricks

New Tricks‌
star7.4
calendar 2004

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven‌
star7.8
calendar 1978

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

The Expert

The Expert‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

The Expert

The Expert‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

Judge Dee

Judge Dee‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

Crown Court

Crown Court‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Television Shakespeare‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre‌
star3.8
calendar 1965

Foyle's War

Foyle's War‌
star7.8
calendar 2002

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

The Kenny Everett Television Show

The Kenny Everett Television Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

Peak Practice

Peak Practice‌
star5.5
calendar 1993

The Royal

The Royal‌
star7.6
calendar 2003

Minder

Minder‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Casualty

Casualty‌
star5.9
calendar 1986

Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns‌
star7.4
calendar 1976

Vera

Vera‌
star7.4
calendar 2011

Casualty

Casualty‌
star5.9
calendar 1986

Casualty

Casualty‌
star5.9
calendar 1986

The Queen

The Queen‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot‌
star8.1
calendar 1989

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Mussolini: The Untold Story‌
star5.2
calendar 1985

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play‌
star4.5
calendar 1964

The Love School

The Love School‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

I Remember Nelson

I Remember Nelson‌
star4.0
calendar 1982

Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul‌
star6.8
calendar 1981

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

Misfits

Misfits‌
star7.6
calendar 2009

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star5.9
calendar 1970

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries‌
star6.9
calendar 1998

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders‌
star8.5
calendar 2013

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1985

A for Andromeda

A for Andromeda‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

The Protectors

The Protectors‌
star5.6
calendar 1972