Kenneth Colley
Born in Manchester, England, UK — Dec 07 1937• Died Jun 30 2025
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Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor, he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Tel…
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Peaky Blinders
Vicente Changretta
Midsomer Murders
Lloyd Kirby
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mathew Davenheim
Casualty
Paddy
Vera
Ronald Devreux
Minder
Ron
The Avengers
Play for Today
Bruce Tetley
Heartbeat
Clive Harris
Crown Court
Stanley Meredith
Peak Practice
Stan Jordan
BBC Play of the Month
Yolinichev
New Tricks
Foyle's War
Brian Jones
Wycliffe
Sam Peploe
The Sweeney
Noah Riley
Relic Hunter
Professor Lamenza
Omnibus
Hitler
Misfits
Old Rudy
No Hiding Place
Inspector Morse
DCI Patrick Dawson
The Wednesday Play
Bethold Florenberg
The Expert
Foreman
Churchill's People
Ancient Beau
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Paddy
The Empire Strikes Back
Admiral Piett
The Protectors
Devlin
Target
Jessal
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Farrish
The Institute
Gate Guard #5
Between the Lines
Chief Supt. Tattersall
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Chief Inspector Heat
Redcap
Private Bolt
Fall of Eagles
Father Gapon
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self
Return of the Jedi
Admiral Piett
The Informer
Slater
Life of Brian
Jesus
Dickens of London
Robert Seymour
Always and Everyone
Joseph
Ripping Yarns
Robber
Black and Blue
Schultz
The Queen
Firefox
Colonel Kontarsky
Peter and Paul
Theodotus
It's Dark Outside
Hammond
The Devils
Legrand
Mussolini: The Untold Story
King Vittorio Emmanuele
Pennies from Heaven
The Accordion Man
The Love School
Edward Burne-Jones
The Last Train
The Scarlet and the Black
Capt. Hirsch
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Archie Burlington
Brassed Off
Greasley
Juggernaut
Detective Brown
Lisztomania
Frederic Chopin
Les Misérables
Police Prefect
Judge Dee
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
The Jokers
De Winter
Armchair Theatre
Jimmy
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Boldt
Jabberwocky
1st Fanatic
Performance
Tony Farrell
The Royal
Bernard Hussey
Mahler
Krenek
The Whistle Blower
Bill Pickett
The Rainbow
Mr. Brunt
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Adolf Eichmann
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Ben Gunn
Casanova
Le Duc
The Triple Echo
Provo Corporal
The Boy Friend
King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
Flame
Tony Devlin
A Summer Story
Jim
How I Won the War
2nd Replacement
Shadow Run
Larcombe
La Vie de Bohème
Street Sweeper
The Blood Beast Terror
James
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
The Last Island
Nick
I Hired a Contract Killer
The Killer
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Admiral Piett (voice)
Solomon & Sheba
Nathan
I Remember Nelson
ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
The Music Lovers
Modeste Tchaikovsky
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
Archdale
Prisoner of Honor
Capt. Dreyfus
Giro City
Martin
Scar Tissue
Weaver
Kremlin Farewell
Sergej
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Robber
The Danedyke Mystery
The Major
Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
Like Father Like Son
Rawsthorne
Dance of the Seven Veils
I Remember Nelson
Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
Unnatural Causes
Inspector Gerry Reckless
Three Clear Sundays
Nick
Hold Back the Night
Uncle Bob
A Master of the Marionettes
Inspector Tennyson
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
John Ireland
Who Pays?
Corbett
Seventy Deadly Pills
Covent Garden porter
Return to Waterloo
The Traveller
Come the Revolution
Bruce Tetley
Three Days in Szczecin
Edmund Bałuka
One Bummer News Day
Frank Benyon
Greetings
Ken
Cause of Death
Dr. Emil Justin
The Chester Mystery Plays