Kenneth Colley
Birthday
1937/12/07 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Also know as
Kenneth Cooley, Ken Colley
Biography
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is 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 The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearea...Read more
Acting
(1979) Life of Brian
as Jesus
(1980) The Empire Strikes Back
as Admiral Piett
(1982) Firefox
as Colonel Kontarsky
(1990) I Hired a Contract Killer
as The Killer
(1996) Brassed Off
as Greasley
(1983) The Scarlet and the Black
as Capt. Hirsch
(1978) Les Misérables
as Police Prefect
(1989) A Master of the Marionettes
as Inspector Tennyson
(1968) The Blood Beast Terror
as James
(1967) The Jokers
as De Winter
(1995) Solomon & Sheba
as Nathan
(1984) Return to Waterloo
as The Traveller
(1999) Hold Back the Night
as Uncle Bob
(1990) Kremlin Farewell
as Sergej
(1975) Lisztomania
as Frederic Chopin
(1971) The Music Lovers
as Modeste Tchaikovsky
(1996) Robert Rylands' Last Journey
as Archdale
(1993) Unnatural Causes
as Inspector Gerry Reckless
(1989) The Rainbow
as Mr. Brunt
(2013) Scar Tissue
as Weaver
(1977) Jabberwocky
as 1st Fanatic
(1990) The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Wilhelm Keitel
(2012) LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
as Admiral Piett (voice)
(1983) Return of the Jedi
as Admiral Piett
(1987) Casanova
as Le Duc
(1971) The Boy Friend
as King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
(1988) A Summer Story
as Jim
(1968) Who Pays?
as Corbett
(2005) Like Father Like Son
as Rawsthorne
(1982) Giro City
as Martin
(1970) Dance of the Seven Veils
as ---
(1975) Flame
as Tony Devlin
(1977) The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Robber
(1979) The Danedyke Mystery
as The Major
(1974) Juggernaut
as Detective Brown
(1972) The Triple Echo
as Provo Corporal
(1965) Three Clear Sundays
as Nick
(1986) The Whistle Blower
as Bill Pickett
(1970) Performance
as Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
(1974) Mahler
as Krenek
(1998) Shadow Run
as Larcombe
(1982) I Remember Nelson
as Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
(1971) The Devils
as Legrand
(1973) Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Boldt
(2007) Greetings
as Ken
(1967) How I Won the War
as 2nd Replacement
(1963) Seventy Deadly Pills
as Covent Garden porter
(1992) La Vie de Bohème
as Street Sweeper
(1990) The Last Island
as Nick
(1991) Prisoner of Honor
as Capt. Dreyfus
(1979) Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio
(1992) The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
as John Ireland
(1978) One Bummer News Day
as Frank Benyon
(1977) Come the Revolution
as Bruce Tetley
(2024) Dan Hawk Psychic Detective
as Thaddeus Moncrief
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Lloyd Kirby
(1994) Wycliffe
as Sam Peploe
(1999) The Last Train
as ---
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1975) The Sweeney
as Noah Riley
(1992) Heartbeat
as Clive Harris
(1999) Relic Hunter
as Professor Lamenza
(1987) Inspector Morse
as DCI Patrick Dawson
(1978) Hazell
as ---
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Farrish
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1970) Play for Today
as Bruce Tetley
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(1978) Pennies from Heaven
as The Accordion Man
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Father Gapon
(1968) The Expert
as Foreman
(1968) The Expert
as Munt
(1969) Judge Dee
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as Stanley Meredith
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(2002) Foyle's War
as ---
(1969) Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
as ---
(1986) John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
as Ben Gunn
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
(1993) Peak Practice
as Stan Jordan
(2003) The Royal
as Bernard Hussey
(1979) Minder
as Ron
(1986) Casualty
as Paddy
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Robber
(2011) Vera
as Ronald Devreux
(1986) Casualty
as Clifford Watkins
(1986) Casualty
as Arthur Cobb
(2009) The Queen
as ---
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mathew Davenheim
(1985) Mussolini: The Untold Story
as King Vittorio Emmanuele
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Bethold Florenberg
(1975) The Love School
as Edward Burne-Jones
(1982) I Remember Nelson
as ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
(1981) Peter and Paul
as Theodotus
(1992) Between the Lines
as Chief Supt. Tattersall
(2009) Misfits
as Old Rudy
(1970) Play for Today
as Frank Benyon
(1998) The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Archie Burlington
(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Chief Inspector Heat
(2013) Peaky Blinders
as Vicente Changretta
(1985) Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
as Adolf Eichmann
(1961) A for Andromeda
as Dead Body (uncredited)
(1972) The Protectors
as Devlin
(1967) Omnibus
as Hitler
(1965) Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Paddy