Colin Welland
Actor | Writer | Story | Screenplay | Novel
Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Born in Liverpool, but raised in Leigh, Welland initially started out as an art teacher before moving into acting and b...
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Date of Birth: Jul 4, 1934
Date of Death: Nov 2, 2015
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