Colin Welland
Highest Rated: 100% Kes (1969)
Lowest Rated: 57% Yanks (1979)
Birthday: Jul 4, 1934
Birthplace: Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK
A British actor and screenwriter, Colin Welland wrote and performed in several British TV shows, including "Z Cars," before entering film in 1969 and garnering acclaim for his supporting role in Ken Loach's "Kes." Welland scripted John Schlesinger's "Yanks" (1979) and has since worked consistently as a screenwriter and occasionally as an actor. He appeared in Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" (1971) and won a Best Screenplay Oscar for "Chariots of Fire" (1981), the story of the British 1924 Olympics runners which also won the Academy Award as Best Picture.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fix | Harry Catterick (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trial and Retribution | Mallory (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Reuters editor (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 82% | 76% | A Dry White Season | Screenwriter | $3.3M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trial of Klaus Barbie | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Farmers Arms | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 83% | 80% | Chariots of Fire | Screenwriter | - | 1981 |
| 57% | 62% | Yanks | Screenwriter | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Sweeney! | Chadwick (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 82% | 82% | Straw Dogs | Reverend Barney Hood (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 67% | 49% | Villain | Tom Binney (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 100% | 91% | Kes | Mr. Farthing (Character) | - | 1969 |