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- Welland was born Colin Edward Williams at the Maternity Hospital in Liverpool [a] on 4 July 1934, the son of Norah and John "Jack" Arthur Williams.
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Welland was born Colin Edward Williams at the Maternity Hospital in Liverpool on 4 July 1934, the son of Norah and John "Jack" Arthur Williams. He spent his earliest years in the Kensington district of Liverpool before moving to Newton-le-Willows in 1941.
He has put in occasional acting appearances over the years and was last seen in Our Brave Boys (1998) and Loose Women (1998) in 1998. In 1962 he married Patricia Sweeney, they have 4 children. Genevieve, Catherine, Caroline and Christie. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Graham William.
- July 4, 1934
- November 2, 2015
Nov 4, 2015 · Born Colin Williams in Leigh, Lancashire, to parents Jack and Nora, Welland was raised in Kensington, Liverpool and later Newton-Le-Willows in Lancashire. His fascination with performance...
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 · 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.
- Simon Farquhar
Nov 3, 2015 · 3 November 2015. Watch Colin Welland's acceptance speech after being awarded an Oscar for best original screenplay for Chariots of Fire in 1982. Oscar-winning writer and actor Colin...
Nov 7, 2015 · He was born, Colin Williams (Welland being his stage name) in 1934, living in Liverpool where his father was a crane driver on the docks and his mother worked as a helper in a hospital. He had one sister, Beryl, who was four years older.
