Kenneth Colley

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: Acting
Birthday: 1937-12-07
Place of Birth: Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As: Kenneth Cooley, Ken Colley

Movies List of Kenneth Colley

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Life of Brian

1979 Movie
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Firefox

1982 Movie
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Brassed Off

1996 Movie
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Les Misérables

1978 Movie
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The Jokers

1967 Movie
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Solomon & Sheba

1995 Movie
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Hold Back the Night

1999 Movie
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Return to Waterloo

1984 Movie
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Kremlin Farewell

1990 Movie
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Lisztomania

1975 Movie
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The Music Lovers

1971 Movie
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Unnatural Causes

1993 Movie
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The Rainbow

1989 Movie
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Scar Tissue

2013 Movie
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Jabberwocky

1977 Movie
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Return of the Jedi

1983 Movie
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Casanova

1987 Movie
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The Boy Friend

1971 Movie
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A Summer Story

1988 Movie
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Who Pays?

1968 Movie
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Like Father Like Son

2005 Movie
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Giro City

1982 Movie
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Flame

1975 Movie
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The Danedyke Mystery

1979 Movie
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Juggernaut

1974 Movie
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The Triple Echo

1972 Movie
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Three Clear Sundays

1965 Movie
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The Whistle Blower

1986 Movie
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Performance

1970 Movie
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Mahler

1974 Movie
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Shadow Run

1998 Movie
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I Remember Nelson

1982 Movie
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The Devils

1971 Movie
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Seventy Deadly Pills

1963 Movie
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How I Won the War

1967 Movie
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La Vie de Bohème

1992 Movie
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Greetings

2007 Movie
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The Last Island

1990 Movie
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Prisoner of Honor

1991 Movie
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Measure for Measure

1979 Movie
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One Bummer News Day

1978 Movie
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Come the Revolution

1977 Movie