Kenneth Colley
Acting
Born December 7, 1937 — Died June 30, 2025
From Manchester, England, UK
Also known as Kenneth Cooley, Ken Colley
Biography
Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jes...
Filmography
Dan Hawk Psychic Detective
Thaddeus Moncrief
2025
Scar Tissue
Weaver
20135.2
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Admiral Piett (voice)
20126.5
Greetings
Ken
20071.0
Like Father Like Son
Rawsthorne
20056.4
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Hold Back the Night
Uncle Bob
19995.0
Shadow Run
Larcombe
19984.2
Brassed Off
Greasley
19967.0
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
Archdale
19966.3
Solomon & Sheba
Nathan
19957.0
Unnatural Causes
Inspector Gerry Reckless
19936.8
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
John Ireland
19926.3
La Vie de Bohème
Street Sweeper
19927.5
Prisoner of Honor
Capt. Dreyfus
19916.3
The Last Island
Nick
19905.9
I Hired a Contract Killer
The Killer
19906.9
Kremlin Farewell
Sergej
19908.0
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
19906.2
The Rainbow
Mr. Brunt
19895.6
A Master of the Marionettes
Inspector Tennyson
1989
A Summer Story
Jim
19886.1
Casanova
Le Duc
19874.1
The Whistle Blower
Bill Pickett
19865.9
Return to Waterloo
The Traveller
19846.8
Return of the Jedi
Admiral Piett
19837.9
The Scarlet and the Black
Capt. Hirsch
19837.0
Giro City
Martin
19825.6
Firefox
Colonel Kontarsky
19826.1
I Remember Nelson
Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
1982
The Empire Strikes Back
Admiral Piett
19808.4
Life of Brian
Jesus
19797.8
The Danedyke Mystery
The Major
1979
Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
19795.9
Les Misérables
Police Prefect
19787.1
One Bummer News Day
Frank Benyon
1978
Come the Revolution
Bruce Tetley
197710.0
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Robber
19778.5
Jabberwocky
1st Fanatic
19776.0
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Three Days in Szczecin
Edmund Bałuka
1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
Lisztomania
Frederic Chopin
19755.8
Flame
Tony Devlin
19757.3
Juggernaut
Detective Brown
19746.3
Mahler
Krenek
19746.8
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Boldt
19736.2
The Triple Echo
Provo Corporal
19725.8
The Boy Friend
King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
19716.5
The Devils
Legrand
19717.4
The Music Lovers
Modeste Tchaikovsky
19716.5
Performance.
Tony Farrell
19706.8
Dance of the Seven Veils
19708.3
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Cause of Death
Dr. Emil Justin
1968
The Blood Beast Terror
James
19685.5
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Who Pays?
Corbett
1968
How I Won the War
2nd Replacement
19675.6
The Jokers
De Winter
19676.3
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Macbeth
Macbeth's servant
1966
Three Clear Sundays
Nick
19655.7
Seventy Deadly Pills
Covent Garden porter
19637.5