Kenneth Colley
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-12-07 (88 years old)
Deathday
2025-06-30
Place of Birth
Manchester, England, UK
Also known As
Kenneth Cooley
Ken Colley
Kenneth Colley
Biography
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 im...
Acting
1979
as Jesus
1980
as Admiral Piett
1982
as Colonel Kontarsky
1990
as The Killer
1996
as Greasley
1983
as Capt. Hirsch
1978
as Police Prefect
1989
as Inspector Tennyson
1968
as James
1967
as De Winter
1995
as Nathan
1999
as Uncle Bob
1984
as The Traveller
1990
as Sergej
1975
as Frederic Chopin
1989
as Mr. Brunt
1971
as Modeste Tchaikovsky
1996
as Archdale
1993
as Inspector Gerry Reckless
2013
as Weaver
1977
as 1st Fanatic
1990
as Wilhelm Keitel
2012
as Admiral Piett (voice)
1983
as Admiral Piett
1987
as Le Duc
1971
as King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
1988
as Jim
1968
as Corbett
2005
as Rawsthorne
1982
as Martin
1975
as Tony Devlin
1977
as Robber
1979
as The Major
1974
as Detective Brown
1972
as Provo Corporal
1965
as Nick
1986
as Bill Pickett
1970
as Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
1974
as Krenek
1998
as Larcombe
1982
as Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
1971
as Legrand
1992
as Street Sweeper
1973
as Boldt
1967
as 2nd Replacement
2007
as Ken
1963
as Covent Garden porter
1990
as Nick
1991
as Capt. Dreyfus
1979
as Duke Vincentio
1992
as John Ireland
1978
as Frank Benyon
1977
as Bruce Tetley
2024
as Thaddeus Moncrief
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