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Film & TV
Liverpool, England
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,…
Known for
- The Fix — Harry Catterick1997
- Trial & Retribution — Mallory1997
- Bramwell — Mr. Barclay1995
- Femme Fatale — Martin Harty1993
- For the Greater Good — Sir David Whites1991
- The Secret Life of Ian Fleming — Reuters editor1990
- The Return of the Green Man — Narrator1990
- Dancin' Thru the Dark — Manager1990
- The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Klarsfeld1987
- United Kingdom — Chief Constable James McBride1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film production
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- date of birth
- 1934-00-00
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- date of death
- 2015-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Colin Edward Williams
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