Colin Blakely
          Actor  
	
	Filmography (All Films)
				 
	  
	        
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) (1956-1974) 
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff, Charles Jarrott, Alan Cooke
Feat. Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Beckinsale… 
- a British television anthology of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its…
 
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…