Colin Welland

Biography

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.

Filmografi

Straw Dogs1971 · Rev. Barney HoodFemme Fatale1993 · Martin HartyKes1970 · Mr. FarthingMachinegunner1976 · BoneUnited Kingdom1981 · Chief Constable James McBrideAfter Dark1979 · Sweeney!1977 · Frank ChadwickBlue Remembered Hills1979 · WillieWatch That Space1978 · SelfVillain1971 · Tom BinneyThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming1990 · Reuters editorDancin' Thru the Dark1990 · ManagerThe Return of the Green Man1990 · NarratorRoll On Four O'Clock1970 · Lennie BrownA Passage to England1975 · OnslowThe Trial of Klaus Barbie1987 · KlarsfeldThe Fix1997 · Harry CatterickSay Goodnight to Your Grandma1970 · TonyLeeds United!1974 ·