Colin Welland

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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.…

  • Acting
  • Born 4 July 1934
  • Died 2 November 2015 (age 81)
  • Liverpool, England
  • 40 credits

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Most-watched Colin Welland films currently: Chariots of Fire (1981), Straw Dogs (1971), A Dry White Season (1989), Sweeney! (1977), Kes (1970).

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Selected TV credits: Play for Today (1970), Z-Cars (1962), The Sweeney (1975), Trial & Retribution (1997), Bramwell (1995).

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