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.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | The Fix | Harry Catterick | ★★☆☆☆ |
1995 | Bramwell | Mr. Barclay | ★★☆☆☆ |
1993 | Femme Fatale | Martin Harty | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1990 | La vida secreta de Ian Fleming | Reuters editor | ★★☆☆☆ |
1990 | Dancin' Thru the Dark | Manager | ★★★☆☆ |
1990 | The Return of the Green Man | Narrator | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1987 | The Trial of Klaus Barbie | Klarsfeld | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1981 | United Kingdom | Chief Constable James McBride | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1980 | Cowboys | Geyser | ★★★★☆ |
1979 | Blue Remembered Hills | Willie | ★★★☆☆ |
1979 | After Dark | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1977 | Sweeney! | Frank Chadwick | ★★★☆☆ |
1976 | Machinegunner | Bone | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1975 | A Passage to England | Onslow | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1975 | The Sweeney | Tober | ★★★★☆ |
1974 | Leeds United! | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1971 | Perros de paja | Rev. Barney Hood | ★★★★☆ |
1971 | El gángster | Tom Binney | ★★★☆☆ |
1970 | Kes | Mr. Farthing | ★★★★☆ |
1970 | Say Goodnight to Your Grandma | Tony | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1970 | Roll On Four O'Clock | Lennie Brown | ★★★☆☆ |
1970 | Play for Today | Willie | ★★★☆☆ |
1962 | Z-Cars | PC David Graham | ★★★★☆ |
Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
---|---|---|---|
1994 | La guerra de los botones | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1994 | Bambino Mio | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1989 | Una árida estación blanca | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1985 | La vida puede continuar (AKA Dos veces en una vida) | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1981 | Carros de fuego | Novel | ★★★☆☆ |
1981 | Carros de fuego | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1979 | Yanquis | Screenplay | ★★★☆☆ |
1979 | Yanquis | Story | ★★★☆☆ |
1976 | Your Man from Six Counties | Author | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1974 | Leeds United! | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1973 | Kisses at Fifty | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1973 | Jack Point | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1972 | Bank Holiday | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1970 | Roll On Four O'Clock | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1970 | The Hallelujah Handshake | Writer | ★★★★☆ |
1970 | Say Goodnight to Your Grandma | Writer | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1970 | Play for Today | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | Armchair Theatre | Writer | ★★★☆☆ |
Año | Título | Personaje | Calificación |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | Watch That Space | Self | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Películas destacadas de Colin Welland
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
Steve Coogan
Colin Welland y Steve Coogan han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 04 de enero de 1997) en las películas: The Fix.
Tony Pitts
Colin Welland y Tony Pitts han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 04 de enero de 1997) en las películas: The Fix.
Orlando Urdaneta
Colin Welland y Orlando Urdaneta han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 06 de febrero de 1994) en las películas: Bambino Mio.
David Michaels
Colin Welland y David Michaels han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 06 de febrero de 1994) en las películas: Bambino Mio.
Jacob Scipio
Colin Welland y Jacob Scipio han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 06 de febrero de 1994) en las películas: Bambino Mio.
Simon Callow
Colin Welland y Simon Callow han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 07 de febrero de 1993) en las películas: Femme Fatale.
Donald Pleasence
Colin Welland y Donald Pleasence han colaborado 1 veces (la última el 07 de febrero de 1993) en las películas: Femme Fatale.