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Colin Welland‌

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Birthday

calendar1934-07-04

Popularity

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Colin Welland

Liverpool, England

Colin Welland

Liverpool, England

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1934-07-04

Popularity

star2.5

Biography

Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Born in Liverpool, but raised in Leigh, Welland initially started out as an art teacher before moving into acting and becoming a household name playing the role of PC Graham in the long running BBC police serial Z Cars. Aside from Chariots of Fire, he wrote many other plays and films including the BAFTA winning Kisses at Fifty (later remade for Hollywood with Gene Hackman as Twice in a Lifetime), Leeds United! based on the rag trade strike that his own mother-in-law was active in, Yanks, A Dry White Season and War of the Buttons. As a film and TV actor his credits include Kes, Straw Dogs, Blue Remembered Hills, Cowboys and Sweeney! He died at the age of 81 on November 2, 2015, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for several years.

Movie Credits

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs‌
star7.2
calendar 1971

Villain

Villain‌
star6.2
calendar 1971

Kes

Kes‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Sweeney!

Sweeney!‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming‌
star4.9
calendar 1990

The Fix

The Fix‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

The Trial of Klaus Barbie‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Say Goodnight to Your Grandma

Say Goodnight to Your Grandma‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Blue Remembered Hills

Blue Remembered Hills‌
star6.5
calendar 1979

The Return of the Green Man

The Return of the Green Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Dancin' Thru the Dark‌
star6.6
calendar 1990

Leeds United!

Leeds United!‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

United Kingdom

United Kingdom‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Machinegunner

Machinegunner‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Roll On Four O'Clock

Roll On Four O'Clock‌
star6.0
calendar 1970

A Passage to England

A Passage to England‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

After Dark

After Dark‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Watch That Space

Watch That Space‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Tv Credits

The Sweeney

The Sweeney‌
star7.7
calendar 1975

Bramwell

Bramwell‌
star4.2
calendar 1995

Z-Cars

Z-Cars‌
star7.0
calendar 1962

Cowboys

Cowboys‌
star7.0
calendar 1980

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star6.1
calendar 1970