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Colin Blakely
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
Charlie Bubbles (1967)
- Dir. Albert Finney
Feat. Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli… - Albert Finney plays the titular character, an ennui–ridden author whose return to his hometown of Manchester is less than…
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page… - Late period Billy Wilder (THE APARTMENT) applies his ironic sensibility, with less acid than usual, to the mind of Conan Doyle's detecting hero and…
National Health, The (1973)- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron… - Riotous black comedy focusing on the appalling conditions at an under–funded National Health Service hospital, based on the acclaimed 1969 play…
Love Among the Ruins (1975)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Colin Blakely… - Nicely polished period TV–movie, with barrister Olivier defending aging beauty Hepburn, who is being sued by a gigolo for 'abandonment'. Of…
Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975)- Feat. Colin Blakely, Michael Williams
- Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
Equus (1977)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Peter Firth, Richard Burton, Joan Plowright… - Straightforward adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play concerning a disturbed stablehand (Peter Firth) with an equine fixation who has blinded some…
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1978)- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Gregoire Aslan, Martin Benson, Colin Blakely - Peter Brook's adaptation of the writings of inspirational Russian cult leader G.I Gurdjieff, who embarked on a philosophical quest through the far…
Dogs of War, The (1980)- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger - Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…
Evil Under the Sun (1981)- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely… - Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
Antony and Cleopatra (1981)- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Jane Lapotaire, Colin Blakely, Ian Charleson - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986)- Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan…
- Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
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