Colin Welland

Colin Welland

Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Born in Liverpool, but raised in Leigh, Welland initially started out as an art teacher before moving into acting and becoming a household name playing the role of PC Graham in the long running BBC police serial Z Cars. Aside from Chariots of Fire, he wrote many other plays and films including the BAFTA winning Kisses at Fifty (later remade for Hollywood with Gene Hackman as Twice in a Lifetime), Leeds United! based on the rag trade strike that his own mother-in-law was active in, Yanks, A Dry White Season and War of the Buttons. As a film and TV actor his credits include Kes, Straw Dogs, Blue Remembered Hills, Cowboys and Sweeney! He died at the age of 81 on November 2, 2015, having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for several years.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Liverpool, England
    Birthday
    7/4/1934
Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs
7.1
Villain
Villain
6.2
Kes
Kes
7.5
Sweeney!
Sweeney!
6.8
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
4.9
The Fix
The Fix
4.5
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
0
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
0
Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
0
Blue Remembered Hills
Blue Remembered Hills
6.5
The Return of the Green Man
The Return of the Green Man
0
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Dancin' Thru the Dark
6.6
Leeds United!
Leeds United!
0
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
0
Machinegunner
Machinegunner
0
Roll On Four O'Clock
Roll On Four O'Clock
6
A Passage to England
A Passage to England
0
After Dark
After Dark
0
Watch That Space
Watch That Space
0

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