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Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish character actor. He was considered an actor of great range.
Born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, Blakely attended Sedbergh School in Yorkshire. At 18 he started work in his family's sports goods shop, before going on to work as a timber-loader on the railways. In 1957, after a spell of amateur dramatics with the Bangor Operatic Society, he turned professional with the Group Theatre, Belfast.
In 1957, at the age of 27, Blakely made his stage debut as Dick McCardle in Master of the House. He also appeared in several Ulster Group Theatre productions, including Gerard McLarnon's Bonefire (1958) and Patricia O'Connor's A Sparrow Falls (1959). From 1957 to 1959 he was at the Royal Court Theatre, appearing in Cock-A-Doodle Dandy, Serjeant Musgrave's Dance and, to critical approval, The Taming of Murderers Rock. In 1961, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and from 1963 to 1968 was with the National Theatre at the Old Vic.
OPERATION JULIE - Made for TV English - 1985 - Colin Blakely, Lesley Nightingale, Bruce Payne
The Champions Ep.18 The Interrogation (gs.Colin Blakely)
PINTER'S THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Part 3 of 4
Colin Blakely and Shaun Bruno describing their research projects
The Hanged Man TV Intro - 1975
A haború kutyái (Eredeti Szinkron) 1980 HUN [720p HD] [Teljes film]
Keiner haut wie Don Camillo DEUTSCH
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (1975) Hepburn & Olivier
Charlie Bubbles (1967) - the food fight scene
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes