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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1934-07-04
- event Death Date 2015-11-02
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.3
- info Birth Place Liverpool, England
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Colin Welland
7.2
Straw Dogs
1971-11-25
6.2
Villain
1971-05-26
7.5
Kes
1970-04-03
6.8
Sweeney!
1977-01-14
4.9
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990-03-05
4.5
The Fix
1997-01-04
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987-07-15
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Femme Fatale
1993-02-07
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Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
1970-10-27
6.5
Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
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The Return of the Green Man
1990-11-16
6.6
Dancin' Thru the Dark
1990-03-02
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Leeds United!
1974-10-31
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United Kingdom
1981-12-08
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Machinegunner
1976-04-01
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Roll On Four O'Clock
1970-12-19
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A Passage to England
1975-12-09
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After Dark
1979-10-19
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Watch That Space
1978-01-01
7.7
The Sweeney
1975-01-02
4.2
Bramwell
1995-05-01
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Z-Cars
1962-01-02
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Cowboys
1980-09-03
6.1
Play for Today
1970-10-15
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Yanks
1979-09-01
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Yanks
1979-09-01
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A Dry White Season
1989-09-20
6.1
War of the Buttons
1994-09-29
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Bambino Mio
1994-02-06
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Leeds United!
1974-10-31
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Twice in a Lifetime
1985-10-23
6.1
Kisses at Fifty
1973-01-22
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Roll On Four O'Clock
1970-12-19
6.1
Jack Point
1973-11-01
6.1
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970-12-17
6.1
Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
1970-10-27
6.1
Your Man from Six Counties
1976-10-26
6.1
Bank Holiday
1972-03-02
6.1
Chariots of Fire
1981-05-15
6.1
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
6.1
Play for Today
1970-10-15
6.1
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-01-11