Acting • AGE 87
Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 — 30 June 2025) was 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 Stri...


The Institute
Gate Guard #5
2025

Scar Tissue
Weaver
2013

Peaky Blinders
Vicente Changretta
2013

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Admiral Piett (voice)
2012

Vera
Ronald Devreux
2011

The Queen
2009

Misfits
Old Rudy
2009

Greetings
Ken
2007

Like Father Like Son
Rawsthorne
2005

New Tricks
2004

The Royal
Bernard Hussey
2003

Foyle's War
Brian Jones
2002

Relic Hunter
Professor Lamenza
1999

Always and Everyone
Joseph
1999

The Last Train
1999

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Archie Burlington
1998

Shadow Run
Larcombe
1998

Midsomer Murders
Lloyd Kirby
1997

Brassed Off
Greasley
1996

Robert Rylands' Last Journey
Archdale
1996

Solomon & Sheba
Nathan
1995

Wycliffe
Sam Peploe
1994

Peak Practice
Stan Jordan
1993

Unnatural Causes
Inspector Gerry Reckless
1993

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
John Ireland
1992

Between the Lines
Chief Supt. Tattersall
1992

Heartbeat
Clive Harris
1992

La Vie de Bohème
Street Sweeper
1992

Prisoner of Honor
Capt. Dreyfus
1991

The Last Island
Nick
1990

I Hired a Contract Killer
The Killer
1990

Kremlin Farewell
Sergej
1990

The Plot to Kill Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
1990

The Rainbow
Mr. Brunt
1989

A Master of the Marionettes
Inspector Tennyson
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mathew Davenheim
1989

War and Remembrance
Paul Blobel
1988

A Summer Story
Jim
1988

The Play on One
DI Tennyson
1988

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Chief Inspector Heat
1988

Casanova
Le Duc
1987

Inspector Morse
DCI Patrick Dawson
1987

The Whistle Blower
Bill Pickett
1986

Casualty
Paddy
1986

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Ben Gunn
1986

Mussolini: The Untold Story
King Vittorio Emmanuele
1985

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Adolf Eichmann
1985

Screen Two
Sergej
1985

Return to Waterloo
The Traveller
1984

Return of the Jedi
Admiral Piett
1983

The Scarlet and the Black
Capt. Hirsch
1983

Giro City
Martin
1982

Firefox
Colonel Kontarsky
1982

I Remember Nelson
Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
1982

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self
1982

Peter and Paul
Theodotus
1981

The Empire Strikes Back
Admiral Piett
1980

Minder
Ron
1979

Life of Brian
Jesus
1979

The Danedyke Mystery
The Major
1979

Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
1979

Les Misérables
Police Prefect
1978

One Bummer News Day
Frank Benyon
1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Duke Vincentio
1978

Pennies from Heaven
The Accordion Man
1978

Come the Revolution
Bruce Tetley
1977

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Robber
1977

Target
Jessal
1977

Jabberwocky
1st Fanatic
1977

Dickens of London
Robert Seymour
1976

The Chester Mystery Plays
1976

Ripping Yarns
Robber
1976

Lisztomania
Frederic Chopin
1975

Flame
Tony Devlin
1975

The Love School
Edward Burne-Jones
1975

The Sweeney
Noah Riley
1975

Churchill's People
Ancient Beau
1974

Juggernaut
Detective Brown
1974

Mahler
Krenek
1974

Fall of Eagles
Father Gapon
1974

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Boldt
1973

The Triple Echo
Provo Corporal
1972

Crown Court
Stanley Meredith
1972

The Protectors
Devlin
1972

New Scotland Yard
Peter Elliot
1972

The Boy Friend
King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Farrish
1971

The Devils
Legrand
1971

The Music Lovers
Modeste Tchaikovsky
1971

Play for Today
Bruce Tetley
1970

Performance.
Tony Farrell
1970

Dance of the Seven Veils
1970

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969

Judge Dee
1969

The Expert
Foreman
1968

The Blood Beast Terror
James
1968

How I Won the War
2nd Replacement
1967

Omnibus
Hitler
1967

The Jokers
De Winter
1967

The Informer
Slater
1966

BBC Play of the Month
Yolinichev
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Paddy
1965

Three Clear Sundays
Nick
1965

Redcap
Private Bolt
1964

The Wednesday Play
Bethold Florenberg
1964

It's Dark Outside
Hammond
1964

Seventy Deadly Pills
Covent Garden porter
1963

The Avengers
1961

No Hiding Place
1959

Armchair Theatre
Jimmy
1956