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Kenneth Colley
Actor, Director, Producer
Born December 7, 1937 (84 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2013 | Scar Tissue · as Weaver |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders (TV Series) · as Vicente Changretta |
| 2012 | Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out · as Admiral Piett (voice) |
| 2011 | Vera (TV Series) · as Ronald Devreux |
| 2009 | Misfits (TV Series) · as Old Rudy 2 |
| 2009 | The Queen (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Greetings · as Ken |
| 2007 | Holby Blue (TV Series) · as John Snr |
| 2005 | Like Father Like Son · as Rawsthorne |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | The Royal (TV Series) · as Bernard Hussey |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Frank Tyler |
| 1999 | Hold Back the Night · as Uncle Bob |
| 1999 | Always And Everyone (TV Series) · as Joseph |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Don Lawson |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Professor Lamenza |
| 1998 | Shadow Run · as Larcombe |
| 1998 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Archie Burlington |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Brassed Off · as Greasley |
| 1996 | El último viaje de Robert Rylands · as Archdale |
| 1995 | Solomon & Sheba · as Nathan |
| 1995 | Dangerfield (TV Series) · as Bill Hunter |
| 1993 | Unnatural Causes · as Inspector Gerry Reckless |
| 1993 | Peak Practice (TV Series) · as Stan Jordan |
| 1993 | Wycliffe (TV Series) · as Sam Peploe |
| 1992 | The Bohemian Life · as Street Sweeper |
| 1992 | Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Clive Harris |
| 1992 | Between The Lines (TV Series) · as Chief Supt. Tattersall |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor · as Capt. Dreyfus |
| 1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer · as The Killer |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Wilhelm Keitel |
| 1990 | The Last Island · as Nick |
| 1989 | The Rainbow · as Mr. Brunt |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mathew Davenheim |
| 1988 | A Summer Story · as Jim |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as SS Col. Paul Blobel |
| 1988 | The Play on One (TV Series) · as Inspector Tennyson |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower · as Bill Pickett |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Clifford Watkins |
| 1986 | Return to Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Ben Gunn |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story · as Adolph Eichmann |
| 1985 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sergej |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as King Vittorio Emmanuele |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Brian |
| 1984 | Return to Waterloo · as The Traveller |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Acting Supt. Shannon |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · as Admiral Piett |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black · as Capt. Hirsch |
| 1982 | Firefox · as Colonel Kontarsky |
| 1982 | Giro City · as Martin |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson (TV Series) · as Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul · as Theodotus |
| 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · as Admiral Piett |
| 1979 | Life of Brian · as Jesus |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure · as Duke Vincentio |
| 1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Ron |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Police Prefect |
| 1978 | Hazell (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky · as 1st Fanatic |
| 1977 | Target (TV Series) · as Jessal |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Slade in Flame · as Tony Devlin |
| 1975 | Lisztomania · as Frederic Chopin |
| 1974 | Juggernaut · as Detective Brown |
| 1974 | Mahler · as Krenek |
| 1974 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Noah Riley |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles (TV Series) · as Father Gapon |
| 1974 | The Nine Tailors (TV Series) · as Potty Peake |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days · as Boldt |
| 1973 | Black and Blue (TV Series) · as Schultz |
| 1973 | Jack the Ripper (TV Series) · as Police Cionstable |
| 1972 | The Triple Echo · as Provo Corporal |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Devlin |
| 1971 | The Devils · as Legrand |
| 1971 | The Music Lovers · as Modeste Tchaikovsky |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Farrish |
| 1970 | Performance · as Tony Farrell |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | A Family At War (TV Series) · as Sergeant Jago |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War · as Irish Soldier |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Oliver |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror · as James |
| 1967 | The Jokers · as De Winter |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Dinny Brand |
| 1966 | Macbeth · as Macbeth's servant |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Yolinichev |
| 1964 | Seventy Deadly Pills · as Covent Garden porter |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Bethold Florenberg |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Wren |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Fenton |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda (TV Series) · as Dead Body |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Lionel |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Arthur Pastor |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Jimmy |