Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 04, 1934
Died
Nov 02, 2015
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England
Credits
43 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Trial & Retribution
Mallory
The Fix
Harry Catterick
Bramwell
Mr. Barclay
War of the Buttons
Writer
Bambino Mio
Writer
Femme Fatale
Martin Harty
For the Greater Good
Sir David Whites
The Return of the Green Man
Narrator
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Reuters editor
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Manager
A Dry White Season
Screenplay
Screen One
Writer
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Klarsfeld
Twice in a Lifetime
Writer
United Kingdom
Chief Constable James McBride
Chariots of Fire
Writer
Cowboys
Geyser
After Dark
Yanks
Story
Blue Remembered Hills
Willie
Watch That Space
Self
Cottage to Let
Albert Rodway
Sweeney!
Frank Chadwick
Your Man from Six Counties
Writer
Machinegunner
Bone
A Passage to England
Onslow
The Wild West Show
Writer
The Sweeney
Tober
Leeds United!
Jack Point
Writer
Kisses at Fifty
Writer
Bank Holiday
Writer
Straw Dogs
Rev. Barney Hood
Villain
Tom Binney
The Ten Commandments
Writer
Roll On Four O'Clock
Lennie Brown
The Hallelujah Handshake
Writer
Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
Tony
Play for Today
Willie
Kes
Mr. Farthing
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Writer
Z-Cars
PC David Graham
Armchair Theatre
Tony