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Kenneth Colley
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Scar Tissue as Weaver | 2013-09-12 |
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out as Admiral Piett (voice) | 2012-09-24 |
Greetings as Ken | 2007-10-23 |
Like Father Like Son as Rawsthorne | 2005-01-24 |
Hold Back the Night as Uncle Bob | 1999-06-10 |
Shadow Run as Larcombe | 1998-01-01 |
Brassed Off as Greasley | 1996-11-01 |
Robert Rylands' Last Journey as Archdale | 1996-10-18 |
Solomon & Sheba as Nathan | 1995-02-26 |
Unnatural Causes as Inspector Gerry Reckless | 1993-01-02 |
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax as John Ireland | 1992-11-22 |
La Vie de Bohème as Street Sweeper | 1992-02-27 |
Prisoner of Honor as Capt. Dreyfus | 1991-11-02 |
The Last Island as Nick | 1990-11-16 |
I Hired a Contract Killer as The Killer | 1990-10-12 |
Kremlin Farewell as Sergej | 1990-04-01 |
The Plot to Kill Hitler as Wilhelm Keitel | 1990-01-30 |
The Rainbow as Mr. Brunt | 1989-05-05 |
A Master of the Marionettes as Inspector Tennyson | 1989-04-18 |
A Summer Story as Jim | 1988-08-11 |
Casanova as Le Duc | 1987-03-01 |
The Whistle Blower as Bill Pickett | 1986-11-21 |
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story as Adolph Eichmann | 1985-04-07 |
Return to Waterloo as The Traveller | 1984-11-01 |
Return of the Jedi as Admiral Piett | 1983-05-25 |
The Scarlet and the Black as Capt. Hirsch | 1983-02-02 |
Giro City as Martin | 1982-11-01 |
Firefox as Colonel Kontarsky | 1982-06-18 |
I Remember Nelson as Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson | 1982-04-14 |
The Empire Strikes Back as Admiral Piett | 1980-05-20 |
Life of Brian as Jesus | 1979-08-17 |
The Danedyke Mystery as The Major | 1979-06-03 |
Measure for Measure as Duke Vincentio | 1979-02-18 |
Les Misérables as Police Prefect | 1978-12-27 |
One Bummer News Day as Frank Benyon | 1978-12-12 |
Come the Revolution as Bruce Tetley | 1977-10-25 |
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite as Robber | 1977-09-22 |
Jabberwocky as 1st Fanatic | 1977-03-28 |
Lisztomania as Frederic Chopin | 1975-10-10 |
Flame as Tony Devlin | 1975-02-13 |
Juggernaut as Detective Brown | 1974-09-25 |
Mahler as Krenek | 1974-04-04 |
Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Boldt | 1973-04-19 |
The Triple Echo as Provo Corporal | 1972-11-16 |
The Boy Friend as King in fantasy sequence (uncredited) | 1971-12-16 |
The Devils as Legrand | 1971-07-16 |
The Music Lovers as Modeste Tchaikovsky | 1971-02-12 |
Performance as Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley) | 1970-08-03 |
Dance of the Seven Veils | 1970-02-15 |
The Blood Beast Terror as James | 1968-02-01 |
Who Pays? as Corbett | 1968-01-19 |
How I Won the War as 2nd Replacement | 1967-10-18 |
The Jokers as De Winter | 1967-05-15 |
Three Clear Sundays as Nick | 1965-04-07 |
Seventy Deadly Pills as Covent Garden porter | 1963-01-01 |