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Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish actor. He had roles in the films A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Equus (1977).
Colin Blakely. Actor: A Man for All Seasons. For a while he worked on the management side of his father's sporting goods firm in Belfast, but by the mid fifties he was in the chorus of an amateur dramatic and operatic society. He'd fallen for a girl member so joined the society to get to know her.
May 9, 1987 · Colin Blakely, whose consistently superb performances in mostly supporting roles made him one of Britain's most popular actors, died of leukemia Thursday in London. He was 56 years old.
May 18, 1987 · Colin Blakely, a portly character actor whose portrayals of comic heroes and classical villains brought him widespread recognition in his native Great Britain, is dead of leukemia, it was learned...
Highest Rated: 92% Evil Under the Sun (1982) Lowest Rated: 50% Nijinsky (1980) Birthday: Sep 23, 1930. Birthplace: Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. Respected character...
Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish actor. He had roles in the films A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Equus (1977).
Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish character actor. He was considered an actor of great range. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Known For. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
Mar 19, 2010 · Colin Blakely, professor of photography at Eastern Michigan University, set out to find the beauty and intrigue inherent in the familiar.
Colin Blakely's early death from leukemia robbed British screen of a major character star. His chunky form and rumpled, good-natured features tended to direct him towards hero's-friend roles, like that in This Sporting Life (d. Lindsay Anderson, 1963), or as Dr Watson in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (d.
Mar 5, 1982 · Evil Under the Sun: Directed by Guy Hamilton. With Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay. Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
