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Colin Welland

Colin Welland

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.

Crew
  • Chariots of Fire

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.8
    987 votes
    Release Date
    May 15, 1981
    45 years ago
  • War of the Buttons

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.0
    111 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 05, 1994
    32 years ago
  • A Dry White Season

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    6.6
    110 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 20, 1989
    37 years ago
  • Yanks

    Department Writing

    Job Story

    Average Rating
    5.9
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Yanks

    Department Writing

    Job Screenplay

    Average Rating
    5.9
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Twice in a Lifetime

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    5.6
    26 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 23, 1985
    41 years ago
  • The Hallelujah Handshake

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    7.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Kisses at Fifty

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    1.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 22, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Roll On Four O'Clock

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 19, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Bambino Mio

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 06, 1994
    32 years ago
  • Leeds United!

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 31, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Jack Point

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Say Goodnight to Your Grandma

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 27, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Bank Holiday

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 02, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Your Man from Six Counties

    Department Writing

    Job Writer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 26, 1976
    50 years ago
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