Colin Welland
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 b...
Known For
Filmography
The Fix
1997
as Harry Catterick
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Mallory
Bramwell
1995
as Mr. Barclay
Femme Fatale
1993
as Martin Harty
For the Greater Good
1991
as Sir David Whites
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Reuters editor
The Return of the Green Man
1990
as Narrator
Dancin' Thru the Dark
1990
as Manager
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
as Klarsfeld
United Kingdom
1981
as Chief Constable James McBride
Cowboys
1980
as Geyser
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Willie
After Dark
1979
Watch That Space
1978
as Self
Sweeney!
1977
as Frank Chadwick
Cottage to Let
1977
as Albert Rodway
Machinegunner
1976
as Bone
A Passage to England
1975
as Onslow
The Sweeney
1975
as Tober
Leeds United!
1974
Straw Dogs
1971
as Rev. Barney Hood
Villain
1971
as Tom Binney
Kes
1970
as Mr. Farthing
Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
1970
as Tony
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Lennie Brown
Play for Today
1970
as Willie
Z-Cars
1962
as PC David Graham
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Tony