Born on this day – Kenneth Colley:

Kenneth Colley

Actor

Director

Writer

December 7, 1937 – June 30, 2025

Credits:

A Family at War (1972); A for Andromeda (1961); A Nearly Silent Film (2006); A Summer Story (1988); All the World's a Stage (1984); Alligator (2007); Always and Everyone (1999); Armchair Theatre (1966); Arthur of the Britons (1973); BBC Play of the Month (1966–1976); Between the Lines (1993); Black and Blue (1973); Brassed Off (1996); Capital Lives (1994); Casanova (1987); Casualty (1991–2011); Casualty 1909 (2009); Churchill's People (1975); City '68 (1968); Comedy Connections (2008); Coronation Street (1964); Crown Court (1972–1976); Dan Hawk Psychic Detective (2024); Dangerfield (1998); Dear Mother... ...Love Albert (1972); Dickens of London (1976); Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2008); Doctors (2002); EastEnders (2003); El último viaje de Robert Rylands (1996); Emergency-Ward 10 (1964–1966); Fall of Eagles (1974); Firefox (1982); For Schools and Colleges: Drama (1967); Foyle's War (2006); Freedom Day (2010); Function Room (1985); Ghost Squad (1963); Giro City (1982); Greetings (2007); Hazell (1978); Heartbeat (1998); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Hobson's Choice (1967); Holby Blue (2008); Holby City (2005–2016); Hold Back the Night (1999); Holding On (1999); Horizon (1977); House of Donn (2006); How I Won the War (1967); I am Tree (2023); I Hired a Contract Killer (1990); I Remember Nelson (1982); Infernal Creations (2025); Inspector Morse (1991); It's Dark Outside (1964); ITV Play of the Week (1963–1964); Jabberwocky (1977); Jack the Ripper (1973); Judge Dee (1969); Juggernaut (1974); Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012); Les Miserables (1978); Like Father Like Son (2005); Lisztomania (1975); Look and Read (1968); Macbeth (1966); MacHeath (1987); Mahler (1974); Maupassant (1963); Midsomer Murders (2001); Minder (1991); Misfits (2013); Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009); Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979); Moving Story (1994–1995); Mum (2017); Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985); Napoleon's Last Battle: Timewatch (1990); New Scotland Yard (1972); New Tricks (2006); No Hiding Place (1965); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus (1970); Peak Practice (1997); Peaky Blinders (2016); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Performance (1970); Peter and Paul (1981); Play for Today (1977–1978); Poirot (1990); Prisoner of Honor (1991); R3 (1965); Redcap (1964); Relic Hunter (2002); Return to Treasure Island (1986); Return to Waterloo (1984); Ripping Yarns (1977); Scar Tissue (2013); Screen Two (1990); Seventy Deadly Pills (1964); Shadow Run (1998); Slade in Flame (1975); Softly Softly (1966); Solomon & Sheba (1995); Special Branch (1974); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Force of Evil (2015); Target (1977); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The Avengers (1963); The Avenging Spirit (2011); The Baron (1966); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1979); The Bill (1995–1999); The Blood Beast Terror (1968); The Bohemian Life (1992); The Boy Friend (1971); The Danedyke Mystery (1979); The Devils (1971); The Expert (1968–1969); The Good Soldier Schweik (1965); The Government Inspector (1966); The Great Escape (2017); The Informer (1967); The Jokers (1967); The Kenny Everett Television Show (1986); The Last Island (1990); The Last Train (1999); The Love School (1975); The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (2000); The Music Lovers (1971); The Nine Tailors (1974); The Plane Makers (1963); The Play on One (1989); The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990); The Protectors (1973); The Queen (2009); The Rainbow (1989); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); The Royal (2003); The Scarlet and the Black (1983); The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992); The Secret Life of Brian (2007); The Sweeney (1975); The Triple Echo (1972); The Visitors (1972); The Wednesday Play (1965–1969); The Whistle Blower (1986); The White Rabbit (1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967–1970); Thorndyke (1964); Three Days in Szczecin (1976); Timewatch (1990); Unnatural Causes (1993); Vera (2013); Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985); War and Remembrance (1988); When Reason Sleeps (1987); Wycliffe (1996); Z Cars (1964–1974).