Kenneth Colley: movies and TV shows
Kenneth Colley has 129 credits in the archive: 62 films and 67 TV series, from 1956 to 2025. Highest rated: The Expert (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2025 · busiest year: 1965 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Institute | Gate Guard #5 | TV | 7.6 | 87 |
| 2025 | Dan Hawk Psychic Detective | Thaddeus Moncrief | Film | — | 87 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Vicente Changretta | TV | 8.5 | 75 |
| 2013 | Scar Tissue | Weaver | Film | 5.2 | 75 |
| 2012 | LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out | Admiral Piett (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2011 | Vera | Ronald Devreux | TV | 7.4 | 73 |
| 2009 | Misfits | Old Rudy | TV | 7.6 | 71 |
| 2009 | The Queen | TV | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 2007 | Greetings | Ken | Film | 1.0 | 69 |
| 2007 | Greetings | Film | 1.0 | 69 | |
| 2007 | Greetings | Film | 1.0 | 69 | |
| 2007 | Greetings | Film | 1.0 | 69 | |
| 2005 | Like Father Like Son | Rawsthorne | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 66 | |
| 2003 | The Royal | Bernard Hussey | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Brian Jones | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter | Professor Lamenza | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1999 | Always and Everyone | Joseph | TV | 9.5 | 61 |
| 1999 | The Last Train | TV | 7.3 | 61 | |
| 1999 | Hold Back the Night | Uncle Bob | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1998 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Archie Burlington | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1998 | Shadow Run | Larcombe | Film | 4.2 | 60 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Lloyd Kirby | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1996 | Brassed Off | Greasley | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1996 | Robert Rylands' Last Journey | Archdale | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1995 | Solomon & Sheba | Nathan | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Sam Peploe | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Stan Jordan | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1993 | Unnatural Causes | Inspector Gerry Reckless | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Clive Harris | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | Chief Supt. Tattersall | TV | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1992 | La Vie de Bohème | Street Sweeper | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1992 | The Secret Life of Arnold Bax | John Ireland | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Capt. Dreyfus | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer | The Killer | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Wilhelm Keitel | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1990 | The Last Island | Nick | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1990 | Kremlin Farewell | Sergej | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mathew Davenheim | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Rainbow | Mr. Brunt | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1989 | A Master of the Marionettes | Inspector Tennyson | Film | — | 51 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | DI Tennyson | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Paul Blobel | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Chief Inspector Heat | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1988 | A Summer Story | Jim | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | DCI Patrick Dawson | TV | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1987 | Casanova | Le Duc | Film | 4.1 | 49 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Paddy | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Clifford Watkins | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Arthur Cobb | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1986 | John Silver's Return to Treasure Island | Ben Gunn | TV | 8.8 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Bill Pickett | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Sergej | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold Story | King Vittorio Emmanuele | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1985 | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | Adolf Eichmann | TV | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1984 | Return to Waterloo | The Traveller | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Admiral Piett | Film | 7.9 | 45 |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | Capt. Hirsch | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Self | TV | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1982 | Firefox | Colonel Kontarsky | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson | ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson | TV | 4.6 | 44 |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson | Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson | Film | — | 44 |
| 1982 | Giro City | Martin | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1981 | Peter and Paul | Theodotus | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Admiral Piett | Film | 8.4 | 42 |
| 1979 | Minder | Ron | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1979 | Life of Brian | Jesus | Film | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1979 | The Danedyke Mystery | The Major | Film | — | 41 |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure | Duke Vincentio | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Duke Vincentio | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1978 | Pennies from Heaven | The Accordion Man | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Police Prefect | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1978 | One Bummer News Day | Frank Benyon | Film | — | 40 |
| 1977 | Target | Jessal | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | 1st Fanatic | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1977 | The Testing of Eric Olthwaite | Robber | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1977 | Come the Revolution | Bruce Tetley | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1976 | Dickens of London | Robert Seymour | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns | Robber | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1976 | Three Days in Szczecin | Edmund Bałuka | Film | — | 38 |
| 1976 | The Chester Mystery Plays | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Noah Riley | TV | 8.1 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Love School | Edward Burne-Jones | TV | — | 37 |
| 1975 | Lisztomania | Frederic Chopin | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1975 | Flame | Tony Devlin | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Ancient Beau | TV | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Father Gapon | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Detective Brown | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1974 | Mahler | Krenek | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1973 | Black and Blue | Schultz | TV | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Boldt | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Stanley Meredith | TV | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Devlin | TV | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Peter Elliot | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1972 | The Triple Echo | Provo Corporal | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Farrish | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | The Devils | Legrand | Film | 7.4 | 33 |
| 1971 | The Boy Friend | King in fantasy sequence (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1971 | The Music Lovers | Modeste Tchaikovsky | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Bruce Tetley | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Frank Benyon | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1970 | Performance. | Tony Farrell | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1970 | Dance of the Seven Veils | Film | 8.3 | 32 | |
| 1969 | Dear Mother... ...Love Albert | TV | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1969 | Judge Dee | TV | 5.0 | 31 | |
| 1968 | The Expert | Foreman | TV | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1968 | The Expert | Munt | TV | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror | James | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1968 | Cause of Death | Dr. Emil Justin | Film | — | 30 |
| 1968 | Who Pays? | Corbett | Film | — | 30 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Hitler | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1967 | City '68 | Corbett | TV | — | 29 |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | 2nd Replacement | Film | 5.6 | 29 |
| 1967 | The Jokers | De Winter | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1966 | The Informer | Slater | TV | — | 28 |
| 1966 | Macbeth | Macbeth's servant | Film | — | 28 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Yolinichev | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Paddy | TV | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Dr. Emil Justin | TV | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Adolf Hitler | TV | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Charles I | TV | 4.2 | 27 |
| 1965 | Three Clear Sundays | Nick | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Bethold Florenberg | TV | 5.2 | 26 |
| 1964 | Redcap | Private Bolt | TV | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1964 | It's Dark Outside | Hammond | TV | — | 26 |
| 1963 | Seventy Deadly Pills | Covent Garden porter | Film | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | TV | 7.8 | 23 | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 21 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Jimmy | TV | 6.0 | 18 |