Colin Welland

ActorWriter 1956–1997 (41 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Sweeney

1975 · as Tober

7.9

The Hallelujah Handshake

1970 · Writer

7.5

Kes

1970 · as Mr. Farthing

7.4

Known For

Film

Straw Dogs

Rev. Barney Hood

Film

Chariots of Fire

Writer

Film

Kes

Mr. Farthing

Film

War of the Buttons

Writer

Film

A Dry White Season

Screenplay

Film

Yanks

Screenplay

Film

Villain

Tom Binney

Film

Sweeney!

Frank Chadwick

Filmography

Acting (25)

Movies (19)

The Fix

1997

as Harry Catterick

2.8

Femme Fatale

1993

as Martin Harty

The Return of the Green Man

1990

as Narrator

Dancin' Thru the Dark

1990

as Manager

6.6

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

1990

as Reuters editor

4.3

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

1987

as Klarsfeld

United Kingdom

1981

as Chief Constable James McBride

After Dark

1979

Blue Remembered Hills

1979

as Willie

6.5

Watch That Space

1978

as Self

Sweeney!

1977

as Frank Chadwick

6.7

Machinegunner

1976

as Bone

A Passage to England

1975

as Onslow

Leeds United!

Straw Dogs

as Rev. Barney Hood

Villain

as Tom Binney

Kes

as Mr. Farthing

Roll On Four O'Clock

as Lennie Brown

Say Goodnight to Your Grandma

1970

as Tony

Television (6)

Bramwell

1995

as Mr. Barclay

3.6

For the Greater Good

1991

as Sir David Whites

Cowboys

as Geyser

The Sweeney

as Tober

Play for Today

as Willie

Z-Cars

as PC David Graham

Crew (19)

Movies (15)

Bambino Mio

1994

Writer

War of the Buttons

Writer

A Dry White Season

Screenplay

Twice in a Lifetime

Writer

Chariots of Fire

Writer

Yanks

Screenplay

Yanks

Story

Your Man from Six Counties

1976

Writer

Leeds United!

1974

Writer

Kisses at Fifty

1973

Writer

1.0

Jack Point

1973

Writer

Bank Holiday

1972

Writer

The Hallelujah Handshake

Writer

Roll On Four O'Clock

Writer

Say Goodnight to Your Grandma

1970

Writer

Television (4)

The Ten Commandments

1971

Writer

Play for Today

1970

Writer

6.3

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Writer

Armchair Theatre

Writer