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Colin Blakely

Actor

Colin Blakely

Born September 23, 1930 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UKDied May 7, 198758 films

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Colin George Blakely  (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish character actor. He was considered an actor of great range.

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A Man for All Seasons posterFirst watchA Man for All Seasons19667.3as MatthewA depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Murder on the Orient Express poster7.1Murder on the Orient Express1974The Pink Panther Strikes Again poster6.9The Pink Panther Strikes Again1976Evil Under the Sun poster6.9Evil Under the Sun1982Little Lord Fauntleroy poster7.3Little Lord Fauntleroy1980The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes poster6.8The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970Saturday Night and Sunday Morning poster7.0Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960Equus poster7.0Equus1977This Sporting Life poster7.0This Sporting Life1963

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. 1987The Birthday PartyShamus McCann
  2. 1986Drums Along Balmoral DriveGeorge Beesley
  3. 1986Paradise PostponedDr Salter
  4. 1985The Dumb WaiterBen
  5. 1985Operation JulieDet. Insp. Dick Lee
  6. 1984Don CamilloPeppone
  7. 1983Red MonarchStalin
  8. 1983King LearKent
  9. 1983LandscapeDuff
  10. 1983Legend of the ChampionsInterrogator
  11. 1982Trail of the Pink Panther
  12. 1982Evil Under the SunHorace Blatt
  13. 1981Psy-WarriorsNorthey
  14. 1981LoopholeGardner
  15. 1981NailedElder Protestant
  16. 1981Antony & CleopatraAntony
  17. 1980The Dogs of WarNorth
  18. 1980Little Lord FauntleroySilas Hobbs
  19. 1980The Day Christ DiedCaiaphas
  20. 1980NijinskyVassili
  21. 1980Donkeys' YearsChristopher Headingley
  22. 1979Meetings with Remarkable MenTamil
  23. 1978The Big SleepHarry Jones
  24. 1977EquusFrank Strang
  25. 1976It Shouldn't Happen to a VetSiegfried Farnon
  26. 1976The Pink Panther Strikes AgainDrummond
  27. 1976Love Among the RuinsJ.F. Devine
  28. 1975GalileoPriuli
  29. 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressMr. Cyrus Hardman
  30. 1973Something to HideBlagdon
  31. 1973The National HealthEdward Loach
  32. 1973Song at TwilightEddie Ritchie
  33. 1972You're FreeRick Taylor
  34. 1972Man FridayRobinson Crusoe
  35. 1972The Breaking of Colonel KeyserKeyser
  36. 1972Peer GyntPeer Gynt
  37. 1972Young WinstonButcher
  38. 1970The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesDr. John Watson
  39. 1969Alfred the GreatAsher
  40. 1969Son of ManJesus Christ
  41. 1968Game, Set and MatchSgt. Turner, CID
  42. 1968Decline and Fall ...of a BirdwatcherSolomon Philbrick
  43. 1968The Vengeance of SheGeorge
  44. 1968Charlie BubblesSmokey
  45. 1967The Day the Fish Came OutThe Pilot
  46. 1967ShelterMan
  47. 1966The Spy with a Cold NoseRussian Prime Minister
  48. 1966A Man for All SeasonsMatthew
  49. 1965The Legend of Young Dick Turpin1st Gatekeeper
  50. 1964Never Put It in Writing
  51. 1964The Long ShipsRhykka
  52. 1963The InformersCharlie Ruskin
  53. 1963This Sporting LifeMaurice Braithwaite
  54. 1962The Hard KnockPat Greevey
  55. 1962The Password Is Courage1st German Goon
  56. 1961The HellionsMatthew Billings
  57. 1960Saturday Night and Sunday MorningLoudmouth
  58. 1960Lena, O My LenaTed