Actor
Kenneth Colley
Biography

Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is 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 The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearea ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Dan Hawk Psychic Detective | Thaddeus Moncrief
2013 -- Scar Tissue | Weaver
2012 -- LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out | Admiral Piett (voice)
2007 -- Greetings | Ken
2005 -- Like Father Like Son | Rawsthorne
1999 -- Hold Back the Night | Uncle Bob
1998 -- Shadow Run | Larcombe
1996 -- Brassed Off | Greasley
1996 -- Robert Rylands' Last Journey | Archdale
1995 -- Solomon & Sheba | Nathan
1993 -- Unnatural Causes | Inspector Gerry Reckless
1992 -- The Secret Life of Arnold Bax | John Ireland
1992 -- La Vie de Bohème | Street Sweeper
1991 -- Prisoner of Honor | Capt. Dreyfus
1990 -- The Last Island | Nick
1990 -- I Hired a Contract Killer | The Killer
1990 -- Kremlin Farewell | Sergej
1990 -- The Plot to Kill Hitler | Wilhelm Keitel
1989 -- The Rainbow | Mr. Brunt
1989 -- A Master of the Marionettes | Inspector Tennyson
1988 -- A Summer Story | Jim
1987 -- Casanova | Le Duc
1986 -- The Whistle Blower | Bill Pickett
1985 -- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Adolph Eichmann
1984 -- Return to Waterloo | The Traveller
1983 -- Return of the Jedi | Admiral Piett
1983 -- The Scarlet and the Black | Capt. Hirsch
1982 -- Giro City | Martin
1982 -- Firefox | Colonel Kontarsky
1982 -- I Remember Nelson | Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
1980 -- The Empire Strikes Back | Admiral Piett
1979 -- Life of Brian | Jesus
1979 -- The Danedyke Mystery | The Major
1979 -- Measure for Measure | Duke Vincentio
1978 -- Les Misérables | Police Prefect
1978 -- One Bummer News Day | Frank Benyon
1977 -- Come the Revolution | Bruce Tetley
1977 -- The Testing of Eric Olthwaite | Robber
1977 -- Jabberwocky | 1st Fanatic
1975 -- Lisztomania | Frederic Chopin
1975 -- Flame | Tony Devlin
1974 -- Juggernaut | Detective Brown
1974 -- Mahler | Krenek
1973 -- Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Boldt
1972 -- The Triple Echo | Provo Corporal
1971 -- The Boy Friend | King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
1971 -- The Devils | Legrand
1971 -- The Music Lovers | Modeste Tchaikovsky
1970 -- Performance | Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
1970 -- Dance of the Seven Veils |
1968 -- The Blood Beast Terror | James
1968 -- Who Pays? | Corbett
1967 -- How I Won the War | 2nd Replacement
1967 -- The Jokers | De Winter
1965 -- Three Clear Sundays | Nick
1963 -- Seventy Deadly Pills | Covent Garden porter
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