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 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
all 94
Movies 53
TV Shows 41
self 1
Mum (2017)
Scar Tissue (2013)
Peaky Blinders (2013)
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012)
Vera (2011)
The Queen (2009)
Greetings (2007)
Like Father Like Son (2005)
New Tricks (2004)
The Royal (2003)
Foyle's War (2002)
Relic Hunter (1999)
Hold Back the Night (1999)
The Last Train (1999)
Shadow Run (1998)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Brassed Off (1996)
Robert Rylands' Last Journey (1996)
Solomon & Sheba (1995)
Wycliffe (1994)
Moving Story (1994)
Peak Practice (1993)
Unnatural Causes (1993)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
The Last Island (1990)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Kremlin Farewell (1990)
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
The Rainbow (1989)
A Master of the Marionettes (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
A Summer Story (1988)
Casanova (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
The Whistle Blower (1986)
Casualty (1986)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986)
Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Return to Waterloo (1984)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Giro City (1982)
Firefox (1982)
I Remember Nelson (1982)
The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982)
Peter and Paul (1981)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Minder (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
Measure for Measure (1979)
Les Misérables (1978)
One Bummer News Day (1978)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Pennies from Heaven (1978)
Hazell (1978)
Come the Revolution (1977)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Ripping Yarns (1976)
Lisztomania (1975)
Flame (1975)
The Love School (1975)
The Sweeney (1975)
Juggernaut (1974)
Mahler (1974)
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
The Triple Echo (1972)
Crown Court (1972)
The Protectors (1972)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
The Devils (1971)
The Music Lovers (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
Performance (1970)
Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
Dear Mother...Love Albert (1969)
Judge Dee (1969)
The Expert (1968)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
How I Won the War (1967)
The Jokers (1967)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Three Clear Sundays (1965)
The Wednesday Play (1964)
Seventy Deadly Pills (1963)
The Avengers (1961)
No Hiding Place (1959)
I Remember Nelson
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1937-12-07 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceManchester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsKenneth Cooley, Ken Colley
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