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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Kenneth Colley Biography (1937-)
Born in 1937, in Manchester, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- 1937
- Manchester, England
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
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Seventy Deadly Pills, 1964
- Second replacement, How I Won the War, United Artists, 1967
- De Winter, the chauffeur, The Jokers, Universal, 1967
- James, The Blood Beast Terror (also known as Blood Beast from Hell,
The Deathshead Vampire, and Vampire-Beast Craves Blood), 1967
- (As Ken Colley) Tony Farrell, Performance, Warner Bros., 1970
- Modeste Tchaikovsky, The Music Lovers (also known as Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and the Music Lovers), United Artists, 1971
- Legrand, The Devils (also known as The Devils of Loudon), Warner Bros., 1971
- Boldt, Hitler: The Last Ten Days (also known as Gli ultimi 10 giorni di Hitler), Paramount, 1973
- Detective Brown, Juggernaut, United Artists, 1974
- Krenek, Mahler, Visual Programme Systems, 1974
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Little Malcolm (also known as Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs), Multicetera, 1974
- Tony Devlin, Flame, UPS/Goodtimes, 1974
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Triple Echo, Hemdale, 1975
- Edmund Baluka, Three Days in Szczecin, British Film Institute, 1975
- Frederic Chopin, Lisztomania, Warner Bros., 1976
- First fanatic, Jabberwocky, Cinema V, 1977
- Jesus Christ, Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian), Warner Bros./Orion, 1979
- Admiral Piett, The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
- Colonel Kontarsky, Firefox, Warner Bros., 1982
- Martin Osborne, Giro City (also known as And Nothing but the Truth), Cinegate, 1982
- Admiral Piett, Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI--Return of the Jedi), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- Traveler, Return to Waterloo, New Line Cinema, 1985
- Bill Pickett, The Whistle Blower, Hemdale, 1987
- (As Ken Colley) Jim, A Summer Story, Atlantic, 1988
- Mr. Brunt, The Rainbow, Vestron, 1989
- The killer, I Hired a Contract Killer (also known as Vertrag mit meinem Killer), 1990
- Nick, The Last Island, 1991
- Street sweeper, La vie de boheme (also known as Boheemielamaa,
Bohemian Life, and Vita da boheme), 1992
- Archdale, El ultimo viaje de Robert Rylands (also known as Robert Rylands' Last Journey), 1996
- (As Ken Colley) Greasley, Brassed Off, Miramax, 1996
- Larcombe, Shadow Run, 1998
- Uncle Bob, Hold Back the Night, Wave Pictures, 1999
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Holding On, 1999
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Ken Uttley, Moving Story, 1994
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Movies
- Police prefect, Les miserables, CBS, 1978
- Captain Hirsch, The Scarlet and the Black (also known as Scarlatto e nero and The Vatican Pimpernel), CBS, 1983
- Le Duc, Casanova (also known as Il veneziano, vita e amori di Giacomo Casanova), ABC, 1987
- Field Marshall Keitel, The Plot to Kill Hitler, CBS, 1990
- Sergej, The Kremlin, Farewell, 1990
- Captain Dreyfus, Prisoner of Honor, 1991
- John Ireland, Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax, 1992
- Nathan, Solomon & Sheba, TNT, 1995
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Miniseries
- The Accordion Man, Pennies from Heaven, BBC, 1978, then PBS, 1979
- Theodotus, Peter and Paul, CBS, 1981
- King Vittorio Emmanuele, Mussolini: The Untold Story, NBC, 1985
- Colonel Adolf Eichmann, Wallenberg: A Hero's Story, NBC, 1985
- Ben Gunn, Return to Treasure Island, 1985
- S.S. Colonel Adolf Paul Blobel, War and Remembrance, ABC, 1988
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
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Specials
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Maupassant, 1974
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Remember Me (also known as Love School: Remember Me), 1975
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Beata Beatrix (also known as Love School: Beata Beatrix), 1975
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The Artisan (also known as Love School: The Artisan), 1975
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The Sweeney, syndicated, 1976
- Duke Vincentio, Measure for Measure (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Measure for Measure), BBC, 1977, then PBS, 1979
- Inspector Reckless, Unnatural Causes, CBS, 1994
- Also appeared in The Baron,
Family at War,
Love School,
Fall of Eagles, and The Eleventh Hour.
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Episodic
- George Barratt, "Black Warning," R3, 1965
- Noah Riley, "Trap," The Sweeney, 1975
- Jessal, "Blow Out," Target, 1977
- Robber, "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite," Ripping Yarns, 1977
- "Kremlin Farewell," Screen Two, BBC2, 1990
- Title role, "Napoleon's Last Battle," Timewatch, BBC2, 1990
- Detective Chief Inspector Patrick Dawson, "Second Time Around," Inspector Morse, 1991
- Patrick Houghton, "Who Cares?," The Bill, 1995
- Acting Superintendent Shannon, "Boiling Point," The Bill, 1996
- Stan Jordan, Peak Practice, 1997
- Bill Hunter, "The Lost Boy," Dangerfield, 1998
- (As Ken Colley) Mr. Baker, "Slinging Mud," The Bill, 1999
- Clifford Watkins, "A Turn of the Scrooge," Casualty, 2000
- Also appeared in Z Cars and The Avengers.
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Stage Appearances
- Wick, Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, GarrickTheatre, London, 1966
- Cleet, Cromwell, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1973
- Peter Alphon, Hanratty in Hell, Open Space Theatre, London, 1976
- Howard, Golden Leaf Strut, Bush Theatre, London, 1981
- Tom, Seachange, Riverside Studios, London, 1984
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