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Kenneth Colley

Cast & creator

Kenneth Colley

1937-12-07 (died at 87) Manchester, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Peaky Blinders

Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor, he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure (also 1979). Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, as a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley portrayed SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel in the World War II drama War and Remembrance. His character was charged with hiding the evidence of the Holocaust, and putting dead victims through "Economic Processing". According to comments Terry Gilliam (who directed him in Jabberwocky and co-starred with him in Life of Brian) made in the DVD audio commentaries for both films, Colley is a terrible stutterer in real life. When he had a role in a film, however, he could recite the lines perfectly. Stuttering is a character trait, however, in his role as the "Accordion Man" in the BBC television drama Pennies from Heaven (1978). He has also recently starred in BBC's HolbyBlue as a drunk and violent father, grandfather and father-in-law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Colley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as: Kenneth Cooley, Ken Colley

Movies

61

film credits

Series

69

television credits

Career

127

1956–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lloyd Kirby · 1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mathew Davenheim · 1989

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

Vicente Changretta · 2013

Casualty

Casualty

Paddy · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Clifford Watkins · 1986

Across film & television

Filmography (130)

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lloyd Kirby

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mathew Davenheim

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

Vicente Changretta

Casualty

Casualty

Paddy

Casualty

Casualty

Clifford Watkins

Casualty

Casualty

Arthur Cobb

Play for Today

Play for Today

Bruce Tetley

Play for Today

Play for Today

Frank Benyon

Vera

Vera

Ronald Devreux

The Avengers

The Avengers

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Bethold Florenberg

Crown Court

Crown Court

Stanley Meredith

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Stan Jordan

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Clive Harris

Minder

Minder

Ron

Screen Two

Screen Two

Sergej

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Yolinichev

New Tricks

New Tricks

Omnibus

Omnibus

Hitler

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Paddy

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Dr. Emil Justin

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Adolf Hitler

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Charles I

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Brian Jones

Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter

Professor Lamenza

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

DCI Patrick Dawson

Misfits

Misfits

Old Rudy

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

Noah Riley

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

Sam Peploe

New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

Peter Elliot

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Duke Vincentio

The Expert

The Expert

Foreman

The Expert

The Expert

Munt

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

Admiral Piett

Churchill's People

Churchill's People

Ancient Beau

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

Admiral Piett

The Play on One

The Play on One

DI Tennyson

The Institute

The Institute

Gate Guard #5

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Chief Supt. Tattersall

The Protectors

The Protectors

Devlin

War and Remembrance

War and Remembrance

Paul Blobel

Life of Brian

Life of Brian

Jesus

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Chief Inspector Heat

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Farrish

Target

Target

Jessal

The Kenny Everett Television Show

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Self

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

Father Gapon

Redcap

Redcap

Private Bolt

The Informer

The Informer

Slater

The Devils

The Devils

Legrand

Always and Everyone

Always and Everyone

Joseph

Firefox

Firefox

Colonel Kontarsky

The Queen

The Queen

Dickens of London

Dickens of London

Robert Seymour

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Mussolini: The Untold Story

King Vittorio Emmanuele

Black and Blue

Schultz

Function Room

Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

Robber

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower

Bill Pickett

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

Archie Burlington

It's Dark Outside

It's Dark Outside

Hammond

Moving Story

Moving Story

Ken Uttley

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Jimmy

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

The Accordion Man

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island

Ben Gunn

Juggernaut

Juggernaut

Detective Brown

Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul

Theodotus

The Love School

The Love School

Edward Burne-Jones

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

1st Fanatic

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert

Judge Dee

Judge Dee

Brassed Off

Brassed Off

Greasley

Mahler

Mahler

Krenek

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Boldt

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Adolf Eichmann

City '68

Corbett

The Last Train

The Last Train

La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème

Street Sweeper

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

Capt. Hirsch

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

Admiral Piett (voice)

The Blood Beast Terror

The Blood Beast Terror

James

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)

How I Won the War

How I Won the War

2nd Replacement

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer

The Killer

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Police Prefect

Performance.

Performance.

Tony Farrell

The Music Lovers

The Music Lovers

Modeste Tchaikovsky

Casanova

Casanova

Le Duc

I Remember Nelson

I Remember Nelson

ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson

Greetings

Greetings

Ken

Greetings

Greetings

Director

Greetings

Greetings

Producer

Greetings

Greetings

Writer

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Wilhelm Keitel

Solomon & Sheba

Solomon & Sheba

Nathan

The Last Island

The Last Island

Nick

Lisztomania

Lisztomania

Frederic Chopin

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

Mr. Brunt

The Chester Mystery Plays

The Chester Mystery Plays

The Royal

The Royal

Bernard Hussey

The Triple Echo

The Triple Echo

Provo Corporal

A Summer Story

A Summer Story

Jim

Like Father Like Son

Like Father Like Son

Rawsthorne

The Jokers

The Jokers

De Winter

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Robber

Shadow Run

Shadow Run

Larcombe

Prisoner of Honor

Prisoner of Honor

Capt. Dreyfus

Three Days in Szczecin

Edmund Bałuka

One Bummer News Day

One Bummer News Day

Frank Benyon

Dance of the Seven Veils

Dance of the Seven Veils

Kremlin Farewell

Kremlin Farewell

Sergej

Hold Back the Night

Uncle Bob

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

Archdale

Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Duke Vincentio

A Master of the Marionettes

A Master of the Marionettes

Inspector Tennyson

Unnatural Causes

Unnatural Causes

Inspector Gerry Reckless

Flame

Flame

Tony Devlin

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

John Ireland

Return to Waterloo

Return to Waterloo

The Traveller

Dan Hawk Psychic Detective

Dan Hawk Psychic Detective

Thaddeus Moncrief

Macbeth

Macbeth's servant

Giro City

Giro City

Martin

Come the Revolution

Come the Revolution

Bruce Tetley

The Danedyke Mystery

The Danedyke Mystery

The Major

Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue

Weaver

Cause of Death

Dr. Emil Justin

Who Pays?

Corbett

Seventy Deadly Pills

Seventy Deadly Pills

Covent Garden porter

Three Clear Sundays

Three Clear Sundays

Nick