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Colin Welland Biography (1934-)

Born Colin Williams, July 4, 1934, in Liverpool, England; son of John Arthurand Norah Williams; married Patricia Sweeney, 1962; children: one son, threedaughters. Addresses: AGENT--Anthony Jones, A.D. Peters Ltd., 10 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6BU, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 4, 1934

Liverpool, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Tony Weston, Say Goodnight to Grandma, Manchester Forum Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1972, then St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1973.
• Also appeared with the Manchester Library Theatre, Manchester, U.K., 1962-64; in Waiting for Godot, National Theatre, London, 1988; and in The Churchill Play, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1989.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Mr. Farthing, Kes, United Artists, 1970.
• Reverend Hood, Straw Dogs, Cinerama, 1971.
• Tom Binney, Villain, EMI/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971.
• Chadwick, Sweeney, EMI, 1977.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--Defendant, The Verdict Is Yours.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Z Cars. Also appeared in Blue Remembered Hills, United Kingdom, and The Trial of Klaus Barbie.
• Writings;STAGE
• Say Goodnight to Grandma, Manchester Forum Theatre, 1972, then St.
• Martin's Theatre, 1973.
• Roll on Four O'Clock, Palace Theatre, London, 1981.
• Writings;FILM
• (With Walter Bernstein) Yanks, Universal, 1979.
• Chariots of Fire, Warner Brothers, 1981.
• Twice in a Lifetime, Yorkin, 1987.
• Writings;TELEVISION; SERIES
• The Wild West Show, 1975.
• Writings;PLAYS
• Bangelstein's Boys, 1968.
• Slattery's Mounted Foot, 1970.
• (with William Gaunt and Janet Key) The Catherine Wheel, 1970.
• The Hallelujah Handshake, 1970.
• Say Goodnight to Your Grandma, 1970.
• A Roomful of Holes, 1971, published by Davis-Poynter, 1971.
• Roll on Four O'Clock, 1971.
• Jack Point, 1973.
• Kisses at Fifty, 1973, published in The Television Play, 1976.
• Leeds--United!, 1974.
• Your Man from Six Counties, 1976.
• Bank Holiday, 1977.