Kenneth Colley
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Vicente Changretta
- 2013 · Scar Tissue as Weaver
- 2012 · LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out as Admiral Piett (voice)
- 2011 · Vera as Ronald Devreux
- 2009 · The Queen as
- 2009 · Misfits as Old Rudy
- 2007 · Greetings as Ken
- 2005 · Like Father Like Son as Rawsthorne
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · The Royal as Bernard Hussey
- 2002 · Foyle's War as
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Professor Lamenza
- 1999 · Hold Back the Night as Uncle Bob
- 1999 · The Last Train as
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Archie Burlington
- 1998 · Shadow Run as Larcombe
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Lloyd Kirby
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Greasley
- 1996 · Robert Rylands' Last Journey as Archdale
- 1995 · Solomon & Sheba as Nathan
- 1994 · Wycliffe as Sam Peploe
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Stan Jordan
- 1993 · Unnatural Causes as Inspector Gerry Reckless
- 1992 · The Secret Life of Arnold Bax as John Ireland
- 1992 · Between the Lines as Chief Supt. Tattersall
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Clive Harris
- 1992 · La Vie de Bohème as Street Sweeper
- 1991 · Prisoner of Honor as Capt. Dreyfus
- 1990 · The Last Island as Nick
- 1990 · I Hired a Contract Killer as The Killer
- 1990 · Kremlin Farewell as Sergej
- 1990 · The Plot to Kill Hitler as Wilhelm Keitel
- 1989 · The Rainbow as Mr. Brunt
- 1989 · A Master of the Marionettes as Inspector Tennyson
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mathew Davenheim
- 1988 · A Summer Story as Jim
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Chief Inspector Heat
- 1987 · Casanova as Le Duc
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as DCI Patrick Dawson
- 1986 · The Whistle Blower as Bill Pickett
- 1986 · Casualty as Paddy
- 1986 · Casualty as Clifford Watkins
- 1986 · Casualty as Arthur Cobb
- 1986 · John Silver's Return to Treasure Island as Ben Gunn
- 1985 · Mussolini: The Untold Story as King Vittorio Emmanuele
- 1985 · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Adolf Eichmann
- 1985 · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Adolph Eichmann
- 1984 · Return to Waterloo as The Traveller
- 1983 · Return of the Jedi as Admiral Piett
- 1983 · The Scarlet and the Black as Capt. Hirsch
- 1982 · Giro City as Martin
- 1982 · Firefox as Colonel Kontarsky
- 1982 · I Remember Nelson as Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
- 1982 · I Remember Nelson as ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Theodotus
- 1980 · The Empire Strikes Back as Admiral Piett
- 1979 · Minder as Ron
- 1979 · Life of Brian as Jesus
- 1979 · The Danedyke Mystery as The Major
- 1979 · Measure for Measure as Duke Vincentio
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Police Prefect
- 1978 · One Bummer News Day as Frank Benyon
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Pennies from Heaven as The Accordion Man
- 1978 · Hazell as
- 1977 · Come the Revolution as Bruce Tetley
- 1977 · The Testing of Eric Olthwaite as Robber
- 1977 · Jabberwocky as 1st Fanatic
- 1976 · Ripping Yarns as Robber
- 1975 · Lisztomania as Frederic Chopin
- 1975 · Flame as Tony Devlin
- 1975 · The Love School as Edward Burne-Jones
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Noah Riley
- 1974 · Juggernaut as Detective Brown
- 1974 · Mahler as Krenek
- 1974 · Fall of Eagles as Father Gapon
- 1973 · High Kampf as Schultz
- 1973 · Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Boldt
- 1972 · The Triple Echo as Provo Corporal
- 1972 · Crown Court as Stanley Meredith
- 1972 · The Protectors as Devlin
- 1971 · The Boy Friend as King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
- 1971 · The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Farrish
- 1971 · The Devils as Legrand
- 1971 · The Music Lovers as Modeste Tchaikovsky
- 1970 · Play for Today as Bruce Tetley
- 1970 · Play for Today as Frank Benyon
- 1970 · Performance as Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
- 1970 · Dance of the Seven Veils as
- 1969 · Dear Mother... ...Love Albert as
- 1969 · Judge Dee as
- 1968 · The Expert as Foreman
- 1968 · The Expert as Munt
- 1968 · The Blood Beast Terror as James
- 1968 · Who Pays? as Corbett
- 1967 · How I Won the War as 2nd Replacement
- 1967 · The Jokers as De Winter
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as
- 1965 · Three Clear Sundays as Nick
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Bethold Florenberg
- 1963 · Seventy Deadly Pills as Covent Garden porter
- 1961 · A for Andromeda as Dead Body (uncredited)
- 1961 · The Avengers as
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as