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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 20.18 |
| Birthday | 1937-12-07 |
| Place of Birth | Manchester, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Kenneth Cooley, Ken Colley, |
1979
Life of Brian
7.76/4266
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his...
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Life of Brian
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
8.391/16614
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Dar...
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The Empire Strikes Back
1982
Firefox
6.007/532
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are...
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Firefox
1990
I Hired a Contract Killer
6.917/180
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract...
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I Hired a Contract Killer
1996
Brassed Off
7.038/263
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competiti...
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Brassed Off
1983
The Scarlet and the Black
6.964/55
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His...
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The Scarlet and the Black
1989
The Rainbow
5.6/25
Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition....
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The Rainbow
1968
The Blood Beast Terror
5.5/54
A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
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The Blood Beast Terror
1971
The Music Lovers
6.4/44
Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a wonky,...
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The Music Lovers
1996
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
6.1/8
Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses th...
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Robert Rylands' Last Journey
1993
Unnatural Causes
0/0
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous myste...
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Unnatural Causes
1975
Lisztomania
5.8/28
Roger Daltrey of The Who stars as 19th century genius pianist Franz Liszt in this brash, loud and free-wheeling rock 'n' roll fantasia centered around...
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Lisztomania
1995
Solomon & Sheba
8.6/4
In the land of Israel, Solomon (Jimmy Smits) is trying to figure out a way to become the world’s supplier of frankincense. He sends an envoy to the ti...
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Solomon & Sheba
1999
Hold Back the Night
5.2/8
A young woman joins a group of protesters trying to stop the construction of a highway through a forest with the purpose of having sex with their lead...
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Hold Back the Night
1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
3/1
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.
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Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
2013
Scar Tissue
5.5/7
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has...
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Scar Tissue
1977
Jabberwocky
6.017/262
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. T...
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Jabberwocky
2012
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
6.293/94
Luke Skywalker embarks on a mission to destroy an Imperial base, but is relentlessly chased by a group of fanatic girls who think of him as a celebrit...
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LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
1983
Return of the Jedi
7.898/15375
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc...
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Return of the Jedi
1987
Casanova
4.4/7
The life story of an 18th century womanizer who's arrested, not so much for his crimes, but because he's viewed as an undesirable by the husbands and...
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Casanova
1988
A Summer Story
6.1/17
A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.
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A Summer Story
2005
Like Father Like Son
7.4/8
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were ve...
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Like Father Like Son
1982
Giro City
5/4
Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.
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Giro City
1970
Dance of the Seven Veils
6/1
Russell's composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss's music as "bombastic, sham and hollow", and despi...
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Dance of the Seven Veils
1975
Flame
7.2/11
Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set i...
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Flame
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
6/23
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German governm...
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The Plot to Kill Hitler
1974
Juggernaut
6.053/103
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.
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Juggernaut
1972
The Triple Echo
6.3/16
After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself. One day, a wandering soldier named Barton stops...
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The Triple Echo
1965
Three Clear Sundays
5/2
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
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Three Clear Sundays
1984
Return to Waterloo
6.7/23
A man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy memories and morbid fantasies.
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Return to Waterloo
1986
The Whistle Blower
5.8/36
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold...
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The Whistle Blower
1970
Performance
6.7/173
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When...
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Performance
1974
Mahler
6.7/34
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
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Mahler
1998
Shadow Run
4.1/10
Haskell is assigned a job by his boss, the aristocratic Landon-Higgins, to highjack a high security van in broad daylight while it's in the shadow run...
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Shadow Run
1982
I Remember Nelson
0/0
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story...
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I Remember Nelson
1971
The Devils
7.5/356
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occu...
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The Devils
1992
La Vie de Bohème
7.527/129
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with n...
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La Vie de Bohème
2007
Greetings
1/1
It's Cathy's party, but she's not having a good time. The boys have found an Ouija board and are out for some harmless fun. When strange things start...
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Greetings
1967
How I Won the War
5.6/34
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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How I Won the War
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
6.091/33
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provide...
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1963
Seventy Deadly Pills
6/1
A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into t...
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Seventy Deadly Pills
1990
The Last Island
5.7/3
In a brilliant, modern version of the classic shipwreck tale, director Marleen Gorris manages to capture both a gay male’s and feminist perspective. A...
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The Last Island
1991
Prisoner of Honor
6.154/13
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment...
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Prisoner of Honor
1979
Measure for Measure
6/5
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sente...
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Measure for Measure
1992
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
4/1
A biopic about the eminent composer Sir Arnold Bax.
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The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1978
One Bummer News Day
0/0
What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?
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One Bummer News Day
1977
Come the Revolution
0/0
Comedy about a pub theatre group seen as dramatic revolutionaries by an actress with more than her share of imagination.
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Come the Revolution
1967
The Jokers
6/15
Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famou...
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The Jokers
1990
Kremlin Farewell
0/0
A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'. He retain...
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Kremlin Farewell
1978
Les Misérables
6.8/22
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
1989
A Master of the Marionettes
0/0
Teddy Rose's passion is security - selling alarm systems to prosperous yet fearful suburban homes, one of which he and his family inhabit with conspic...
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A Master of the Marionettes
1971
The Boy Friend
6.6/31
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illus...
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The Boy Friend
1973
High Kampf
0/0
As wealthy Johann Schultz lies close to death in an Irish monastery, his heirs gather round.
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High Kampf
1968
Who Pays?
0/0
After a scout troupe is tragically mowed down by a truck, responsibility passes around the driver,the poorly sited roadworks and the scout master for...
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