Colin Welland

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Liverpool, England

Born

7/4/1934

Age

90

Credit(s)

19

Biography

Actor and writer Colin Welland will perhaps be forever remembered for his triumph at the 1982 Academy Awards, when he won the Best Screenplay Oscar for his screenplay for the hit film Chariots of Fire, proclaiming "The British are Coming!" As an actor, his first film appearance is perhaps still his best-loved, the sympathetic Mr Farthing in Kes (19 ...Show More