Kenneth Colley
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1937
Died: June 30, 2025
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 Jesus (very briefly indeed) in Life of Brian (1979), having also appeared in the earlier Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shak…
Known for
Return to Waterloo
1984
I Remember Nelson
1982
Measure for Measure
1979
A Master of the Marionettes
1989
Kremlin Farewell
1990
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
1996
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012
Who Pays?
1968
Three Days in Szczecin
1976
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
Unnatural Causes
1993
Giro City
1982
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970
The Danedyke Mystery
1979
Solomon & Sheba
1995
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
A Summer Story
1988
Shadow Run
1998
The Last Island
1990
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992
Cause of Death
1968
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
The Music Lovers
1971
One Bummer News Day
1978
Macbeth
1966
Firefox
1982
Hold Back the Night
1999
Scar Tissue
2013
Like Father Like Son
2005
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
The Triple Echo
1972
Greetings
2007
Seventy Deadly Pills
1963
Prisoner of Honor
1991
Flame
1975
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
The Whistle Blower
1986
Life of Brian
1979
Come the Revolution
1977
The Rainbow
1989
Casanova
1987
Jabberwocky
1977
Performance.
1970
Mahler
1974
Brassed Off
1996
The Devils
1971
Return of the Jedi
1983
Juggernaut
1974
How I Won the War
1967
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
Lisztomania
1975
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
La Vie de Bohème
1992
The Jokers
1967
Three Clear Sundays
1965
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
The Boy Friend
1971
Les Misérables
1978
Midsomer Murders
1997
Wycliffe
1994
The Last Train
1999
The Avengers
1961
The Sweeney
1975
Heartbeat
1992
Relic Hunter
1999
Inspector Morse
1987
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
No Hiding Place
1959
New Tricks
2004
Play for Today
1970
Pennies from Heaven
1978
Fall of Eagles
1974
The Expert
1968
Judge Dee
1969
Crown Court
1972
Foyle's War
2002
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
1986
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
Peak Practice
1993
The Royal
2003
Minder
1979
Casualty
1986
Ripping Yarns
1976
Vera
2011
The Queen
2009
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
The Wednesday Play
1964
I Remember Nelson
1982
Peter and Paul
1981
Between the Lines
1992
Misfits
2009
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Peaky Blinders
2013
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
1985
The Protectors
1972
Omnibus
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Always and Everyone
1999
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Dickens of London
1976
Target
1977
The Love School
1975
Black and Blue
1973
The Institute
2025
It's Dark Outside
1964
The Informer
1966
Churchill's People
1974
Redcap
1964
Armchair Theatre
1956
War and Remembrance
1988
The Play on One
1988
New Scotland Yard
1972
Screen Two
1985
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
City '68
1967