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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).
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.
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- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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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.
- 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...
- Simon Farquhar
Colin Welland was a British actor, writer and Oscar-winning screenwriter for Chariots of Fire (1981). He also wrote Yanks (1979) and A Dry White Season (1989), and starred in Z Cars (1962-1978).
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Nov 4, 2015 · Colin Welland, a Liverpudlian screenwriter who won an Oscar for “Chariots of Fire” (1981), the dramatic tale of two Olympian runners who defied both the odds and the British establishment in...
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.
