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Nov 3, 2015 · Colin Welland, who won an Oscar for writing Chariots of Fire and a Bafta for acting in Kes, dies aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 4, 2015 · Colin Welland, left, accepts an Academy Award for the screenplay of "Chariots of Fire" (1981) from Jerzy Kosinski. ... Colin Edward Williams was born on July 4, 1934, in Leigh, Lancashire, in ...
Nov 3, 2015 · LONDON (AP) — Actor and writer Colin Welland, who famously told Hollywood "the British are coming" when he won an Academy Award for "Chariots of Fire," has died. He was 81. His family said in a statement Tuesday that Welland, who had Alzheimer's disease, died peacefully in his sleep late Monday. Welland's long acting career included TV cop shows "Z-Cars" and "The Sweeney," Sam Peckinpah ...
Colin Welland. A British actor and screenwriter, Welland was equally accomplished in both his chosen fields and won BAFTAs for his writing on Armchair Theatre (1970) and his supporting performance in Ken Loach’s Kes (1969). He received further screenplay nominations for Yanks (1979) and Chariots of Fire (1981), the latter also winning him an ...
Nov 3, 2015 · British actor and writer Colin Welland has died aged 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's.
Nov 2, 2015 · 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 (1969), for which he won a BAFTA. Born in ...
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