Straw Dogs
1971
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Colin Welland (born Colin Edward Williams; 4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015) was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in Kes (1969) and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Chariots of Fire (1981).
Nov 6, 2015 · “We were married for 23 years.” Colin Welland, who died earlier this week at the age of 81, was a natural storyteller, a quality that won him an Oscar in 1982 for the screenplay of Chariots of ...
- Simon Kelner
Nov 3, 2015 · Colin Welland, who won an Oscar for writing Chariots of Fire and a Bafta for acting in Kes, dies aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. ... "I was going to get married and I thought, if ...
Colin Welland. Actor: Straw Dogs. In a career of over 30 years this Lancashire-born former art teacher has achieved great success in acting, both in television and film and writing, for television, film and stage. His first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Welland started in television in 1962 with his role of ...
- July 4, 1934
- November 2, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 · Colin Williams (Colin Welland), actor and playwright: born Leigh, Lancashire 4 July 1934; married 1962 Patricia Sweeney (three daughters, one son); died 2 November 2015. More about
- Simon Farquhar
Nov 3, 2015 · Colin Welland married, in 1962, Patricia Sweeney; she survives him with their son and three daughters. Colin Welland, born July 4 1934, died November 3 2015. Former television actor who later won ...
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Nov 3, 2015 · Colin Welland, the Academy Award-winning English screenwriter of “Chariots of Fire,” died Nov. 3 at 81. ... in which Gene Hackman played a married man having an affair with a barmaid, played ...
