Kenneth Colley
Skuespiller, Regissør, Produsent, Manusforfatter
7. desember 1937 — 30. juni 2025 (87 år)
Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was 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 Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier 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 (also 1979).
Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, as a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley portrayed 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 BBC television drama Pennies from Heaven (1978). He has also recently starred in BBC's HolbyBlue as a drunk and violent father, grandfather and father-in-law.
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Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier 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 (also 1979).
Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, as a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley portrayed 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 BBC television drama Pennies from Heaven (1978). He has also recently starred in BBC's HolbyBlue as a drunk and violent father, grandfather and father-in-law.
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Filmography
| 2025 | The Institute · as Gate Guard #5 |
| 2024 | Dan Hawk Psychic Detective · as Thaddeus Moncrief |
| 2013 | Scar Tissue · as Weaver |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders · as Vicente Changretta |
| 2012 | Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out · as Admiral Piett (voice) |
| 2011 | Vera · as Ronald Devreux |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Misfits · as Old Rudy |
| 2007 | Greetings · as Ken |
| 2007 | Holby Blue · as John Snr |
| 2007 | The Secret Life of Brian · as Jesus |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures · as Zarodnix |
| 2005 | Like Father Like Son · as Rawsthorne |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections · as Robber |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Royal · as Bernard HusseyPå Plex |
| 2002 | Foyle's War · as Brian Jones |
| 2000 | Doctors · as Frank Tyler |
| 1999 | Hold Back the Night · as Uncle Bob |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter · as Professor LamenzaPå Plex |
| 1999 | Always And Everyone · as Joseph |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Holby City · as Don Lawson |
| 1998 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries · as Archie Burlington |
| 1998 | Shadow Run · as Larcombe |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders · as Lloyd KirbyPå Plex |
| 1996 | Brassed Off · as Greasley |
| 1996 | El último viaje de Robert Rylands · as Archdale |
| 1995 | Solomon & Sheba · as Nathan |
| 1995 | Dangerfield · as Bill Hunter |
| 1994 | Moving Story · as Ken Uttley |
| 1993 | 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 HarrisPå Plex |
| 1992 | The Bohemian Life · as Street Sweeper |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor · as Capt. DreyfusPå Plex |
| 1990 | The Last Island · as NickPå Plex |
| 1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer · as The Killer |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Wilhelm Keitel |
| 1989 | The Rainbow · as Mr. Brunt |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot · as Mathew Davenheim |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance · as Ss Col. Paul Blobel |
| 1988 | A Summer Story · as Jim |
| 1988 | The Play on One · as Det. Insp. Tennyson |
| 1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World · as Chief Inspector Heat |
| 1987 | MacHeath · as David Garrick |
| 1987 | Casanova · as Le Duc |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse · as Dci Patrick Dawson |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower · as Bill Pickett |
| 1986 | Casualty · as Arthur Cobb |
| 1986 | Return to Treasure Island · as Ben Gunn |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story · as King Vittorio EmmanuelePå Plex |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · as Adolf Eichmann |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · as Adolf Eichmann |
| 1985 | EastEnders · as Brian |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Sergej |
| 1984 | Return to Waterloo · as The Traveller |
| 1984 | The Bill · as Acting Supt. Shannon |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · as Admiral Piett |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Capt. HirschPå Plex |
| 1982 | Giro City · as Martin |
| 1982 | Timewatch · as Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 1982 | Firefox · as Colonel Kontarsky |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson · as Ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul · as Theodotus |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul · as Theodotus |
| 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · as Admiral Piett |
| 1979 | Minder · as Ron |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian · as JesusPå Plex |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure · as Duke Vincentio |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Police PrefectPå Plex |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare · as Duke Vincentio |
| 1978 | Pennies from Heaven · as The Accordion Man |
| 1978 | Hazell · as Porter |
| 1977 | Target · as Jessal |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky · as 1st FanaticPå Plex |
| 1976 | Dickens of London · as Robert Seymour |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns · as Robber |
| 1975 | Lisztomania · as Frederic Chopin |
| 1975 | Slade in 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 | The Nine Tailors · as Potty Peake |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles · as Father Gapon |
| 1973 | Jack the Ripper · as Police Constable |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as Boldt |
| 1972 | Arthur of the Britons · as Erig |
| 1972 | The Triple Echo · as Provo Corporal |
| 1972 | Crown Court · as Stanley Meredith |
| 1972 | The Protectors · as Devlin |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard · as Peter Elliot |
| 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 | Performance · as Tony Farrell |
| 1970 | A Family At War · as Sergeant Jago |
| 1969 | Special Branch · as Oliver |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War · as Irish Soldier |
| 1968 | Cause of Death · as Dr. Emil Justin |
| 1968 | The Expert · as Munt |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror · as JamesPå Plex |
| 1967 | How I Won the War · as 2nd Replacement |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) · as Hitler |
| 1967 | The Jokers · as De Winter |
| 1967 | Look and Read · as Mr. Moon |
| 1966 | The Baron · as Dinny Brand |
| 1966 | Softly Softly · as Robins |
| 1966 | Macbeth · as Macbeth's Servant |
| 1965 | Play of the Month · as Yolinichev |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre · as Paddy |
| 1964 | R3 · as George Barratt |
| 1964 | Redcap (1964) · as Private Bolt |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play · as Bethold Florenberg |
| 1964 | Horizon · as Wren |
| 1964 | Seventy Deadly Pills · as Covent Garden Porter |
| 1963 | The Plane Makers · as Jack Moss |
| 1962 | Z Cars · as Fenton |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda · as Dead Body |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad · as Bank Teller |
| 1961 | The AvengersPå Plex |
| 1960 | Coronation Street · as LionelPå Plex |
| 1959 | |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 · as Arthur Pastor |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Jimmy |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Colin |
| 1981 | The Kenny Everett Television Show · as Self |
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