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Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is 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''. Unlike the other ill-fated officers who appeared alongside him in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', Colley was the only actor to play an Imperial officer in more than one Star Wars film. Colley reprised his role as Piett in the Cartoon Network animated special ''Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out'' in September 2012. Colley was born in Manchester, Lancashire. He played Jesus in ''The Life of Brian'', having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production ''Ripping Yarns'' episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of ''Measure for Measure'' in 1979. Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film ''Firefox'', where he played a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets. Colley went on to play SS-''Standartenführer'' Paul Blobel in the World War II drama ''War and Remembrance''. He directed one film to date, ''Greetings'', a 2007 horror film starring Kirsty Cox, Henry Dunn and Ben Shockley. According to comments which Terry Gilliam (who directed him in ''Jabberwocky'' and acted with him in ''Life of Brian'') made in the DVD audio commentaries for both films, Colley is a terrible stammerer in real life. When he had a role in a film, however, he could recite the lines perfectly. Stuttering is a character trait, however, in his role as the "Accordion Man" in the 1978 BBC television drama, ''Pennies from Heaven''. Colley lives in Hythe, Kent. ==Select filmography== * ''The Jokers'' (1967) ... De Winter * ''How I Won the War'' (1967) ... 2nd Replacement * ''The Blood Beast Terror'' (1968) ... James * ''Performance'' (1970) ... Tony Farrell * ''The Music Lovers'' (1970) ... Modeste Tchaikovsky * ''The Devils'' (1971) ... Legrand * ''The Triple Echo'' (1972) ... Provo Corporal * ''Hitler: The Last Ten Days'' (1973) ... Boldt * ''Fall of Eagles'' (1974) ... Father Gapon * ''Mahler'' (1974) ... Krenek * ''Lord Peter Wimsey'' "The Nine Tailors" episode (1974) ... Potty Peake * ''Juggernaut'' (1974) ... Detective Brown * ''Lisztomania'' (1975) ... Frédéric Chopin * ''Slade in Flame'' (1975) ... Tony Devlin * ''Ripping Yarns'' "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" episode (1977) ... Arthur * ''Jabberwocky'' (1977) ... 1st Fanatic * ''Pennies from Heaven'' (1978) (TV) ... 'The Accordion Man' * ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (1979) ... Jesus * ''Measure For Measure'' (1979) ... 'Duke of Vienna' * ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) ... Admiral Piett * ''Peter and Paul'' (1981) ... Theodotus * ''Giro City'' (1982) ... Martin * ''Firefox'' (1982) ... Colonel Kontarsky * ''The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983) ... Captain Hirsch * ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983) ... Admiral Piett * ''Return to Waterloo'' (1984) ... 'The Traveller' * ''Wallenberg: A Hero's Story'' (1985) (TV) ... Adolf Eichmann * ''Mussolini: The Untold Story'' (1985) (TV) ... King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy * ''Return to Treasure Island'' (1986) (TV) ... Ben Gunn * ''The Whistle Blower'' (1987) ...Bill Pickett * ''A Summer Story'' (1988) ... Jim * ''War and Remembrance'' (1988) (TV) ... SS-''Standartenführer'' Paul Blobel * ''The Rainbow'' (1989) ... Mr. Brunt * ''I Hired a Contract Killer'' (1990) ... 'The Killer' * ''The Plot to Kill Hitler'' (1990) ... Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel * ''Inspector Morse (TV series), episode 16 "Second Time Around" (1991) ... DCI Patrick Dawson * ''Prisoner of Honor'' (1991) (TV) ... Captain Alfred Dreyfus * ''Unnatural Causes'' (1993) (TV) ... Inspector Gerry Reckless * ''Brassed Off'' (1996) ... Greasley * ''Shadow Run'' (1997) ... Larcombe * ''Foyle's War'' (2006) (TV), episode "Bad Blood" ... Brian Jones * ''Casualty 1909'' (2009) (TV) ... Dr. Frederick Smith * ''Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out'' (2012) (TV) ... Admiral Piett * ''Vera'', Series 3, episode 3 "Young Gods" (2013) ... Ronald Devreux * ''Misfits'', Series 5, episode 4 (2013) ... Old Rudy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Colley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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