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,...
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,...
Known For
Cast Credits
The Fix
as Harry Catterick
Femme Fatale
as Martin Harty
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
as Reuters editor
Dancin' Thru the Dark
as Manager
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Klarsfeld
United Kingdom
as Chief Constable James McBride
Blue Remembered Hills
as Willie
Sweeney!
as Frank Chadwick
Machinegunner
as Bone
A Passage to England
as Onslow
Straw Dogs
as Rev. Barney Hood
Villain
as Tom Binney
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Lennie Brown
Kes
as Mr. Farthing
Crew Credits
War of the Buttons
Writer
Bambino Mio
Writer
A Dry White Season
Screenplay
Twice in a Lifetime
Writer
Chariots of Fire
Writer
Yanks
Screenplay
Leeds United!
Writer
Jack Point
Writer
Kisses at Fifty
Writer
Bank Holiday
Writer
Roll On Four O'Clock
Writer
The Hallelujah Handshake
Writer