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Nov 6, 2015 · 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 Fire. He was also a bluff, straight ...
- Simon Kelner
Nov 3, 2015 · A television storyteller of the premier league, the actor and writer Colin Welland was a vivid, humane presence in the glory days of the single play; despite his bovine appearance and proud ...
- Simon Farquhar
Nov 3, 2015 · LONDON (AP) — Actor and writer Colin Welland, who famously told Hollywood "the British are coming" when he won an Academy Award for "Chariots of Fire," has died. He was 81. His family said in a statement Tuesday that Welland, who had Alzheimer's disease, died peacefully in his sleep late Monday. Welland's long acting career included TV cop shows "Z-Cars" and "The Sweeney," Sam Peckinpah ...
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.
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Nov 3, 2015 · British actor and writer Colin Welland has died aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's.
- Jennifer Ruby
Nov 3, 2015 · Rumbustious, broad-faced, curly haired and heftily moustached, Colin Welland epitomised the indomitable Northern Brit – plain-speaking and pugnacious. The Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and ...
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Nov 3, 2015 · November 3, 20157:56 AM PSTUpdated 9 years ago. LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning writer and actor Colin Welland, who won an Academy Award in 1982 for his screenplay for "Chariots of Fire", has ...
