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.
Colley was born in Manchester. He played Jesus (very briefly indeed) in The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olt...
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Life of Brian
As Jesus
The Empire Strikes Back
As Admiral Piett
Firefox
As Colonel Kontarsky
I Hired a Contract Killer
As The Killer
Brassed Off
As Greasley
The Scarlet and the Black
As Capt. Hirsch
Les Misérables
As Police Prefect
A Master of the Marionettes
As Inspector Tennyson
The Blood Beast Terror
As James
The Jokers
As De Winter
Solomon & Sheba
As Nathan
Hold Back the Night
As Uncle Bob
Return to Waterloo
As The Traveller
Kremlin Farewell
As Sergej
Lisztomania
As Frederic Chopin
The Rainbow
As Mr. Brunt
The Music Lovers
As Modeste Tchaikovsky
Robert Rylands' Last Journey
As Archdale
Unnatural Causes
As Inspector Gerry Reckless
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
As Adolph Eichmann
Scar Tissue
As Weaver
Jabberwocky
As 1st Fanatic
The Plot to Kill Hitler
As Wilhelm Keitel
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
As Admiral Piett (voice)
Return of the Jedi
As Admiral Piett
Casanova
As Le Duc
The Boy Friend
As King in fantasy sequence (uncredited)
A Summer Story
As Jim
Who Pays?
As Corbett
Like Father Like Son
As Rawsthorne
Giro City
As Martin
Dance of the Seven Veils
Flame
As Tony Devlin
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
As Robber
The Danedyke Mystery
As The Major
Juggernaut
As Detective Brown
The Triple Echo
As Provo Corporal
Three Clear Sundays
As Nick
The Whistle Blower
As Bill Pickett
Performance
As Tony Farrell (as Ken Colley)
Mahler
As Krenek
Shadow Run
As Larcombe
I Remember Nelson
As Vice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
The Devils
As Legrand
La Vie de Bohème
As Street Sweeper
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
As Boldt
How I Won the War
As 2nd Replacement
Greetings
As Ken
Seventy Deadly Pills
As Covent Garden porter
The Last Island
As Nick
Prisoner of Honor
As Capt. Dreyfus
Measure for Measure
As Duke Vincentio
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
As John Ireland
One Bummer News Day
As Frank Benyon
Come the Revolution
As Bruce Tetley
Midsomer Murders
As Lloyd Kirby
Wycliffe
As Sam Peploe
The Last Train
The Avengers
The Sweeney
As Noah Riley
Heartbeat
As Clive Harris
Relic Hunter
As Professor Lamenza
Inspector Morse
As DCI Patrick Dawson
Hazell
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As Farrish
No Hiding Place
Play for Today
As Bruce Tetley
New Tricks
Pennies from Heaven
As The Accordion Man
Fall of Eagles
As Father Gapon
The Expert
As Foreman
Judge Dee
Crown Court
As Stanley Meredith
BBC Television Shakespeare
Foyle's War
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
As Ben Gunn
The Kenny Everett Television Show
As Self
Peak Practice
As Stan Jordan
The Royal
As Bernard Hussey
Minder
As Ron
Casualty
As Paddy
Ripping Yarns
As Robber
Vera
As Ronald Devreux
The Queen
Agatha Christie's Poirot
As Mathew Davenheim
Mussolini: The Untold Story
As King Vittorio Emmanuele
The Wednesday Play
As Bethold Florenberg
The Love School
As Edward Burne-Jones
I Remember Nelson
As ice-Adm. Horatio Viscount Nelson
Peter and Paul
As Theodotus
Between the Lines
As Chief Supt. Tattersall
Misfits
As Old Rudy
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
As Archie Burlington
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
As Chief Inspector Heat
Peaky Blinders
As Vicente Changretta
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
As Adolf Eichmann
A for Andromeda
As Dead Body (uncredited)
The Protectors
As Devlin
Omnibus
As Hitler