--- name: "Colin Blakely" canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-blakely" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 September 1930" died: "7 May 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T04:39:38.870340+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Colin Blakely Actor. Born 23 September 1930 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. Died 7 May 1987. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 September 1930, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK - **Died:** 7 May 1987 - **Also known as:** Колин Блекли, Колин Блейкли - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Blakely, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13329 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*A Man for All Seasons*](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Colin Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish stage and screen actor. Born in Bangor, County Down, he attended Sedbergh School in Yorkshire. He worked briefly in his father's sports goods business in Belfast before joining an amateur dramatic society in the mid-1950s. He moved to London in 1959 and began appearing in theatre productions, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Blakely's film roles included Maurice Braithwaite in *This Sporting Life* (1963), Matthew in *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Dr John Watson in *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), and Horace Blatt in *Evil Under the Sun* (1982). He received BAFTA nominations for his performances in *Equus* (1977) and two television productions. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for his stage work in *Just Between Ourselves*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Fi1m 81, as Matthew — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) ## Complete filmography (79) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Birthday Party* (1987), as Shamus McCann - *Paradise Postponed* (1986), series, as Dr. Salter - *Drums Along Balmoral Drive* (1986), as George Beesley - *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as George Beesley - *Paradise Postponed* (1986), as Dr Salter - *Theatre Night* (1985), series, as The Captain, McCann - *The Dumb Waiter* (1985), as Ben - *Operation Julie* (1985), as Det. Insp. Dick Lee - *The Beiderbecke Affair* (1985), series, as CS Forrest - *Don Camillo* (1984), as Peppone - *Red Monarch* (1983), as Stalin - *King Lear* (1983), as Kent - *Landscape* (1983), as Duff - *Legend of the Champions* (1983), as Interrogator - *Trail of the Pink Panther* (1982), Actor - *Evil Under the Sun* (1982), as Horace Blatt - *The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'* (1982), as Sir Horace Blatt - *Psy-Warriors* (1981), as Northey - *Loophole* (1981), as Gardner - *Nailed* (1981), as Elder Protestant - *Antony & Cleopatra* (1981), as Antony - *The Dogs of War* (1980), as North - *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1980), as Silas Hobbs - *The Day Christ Died* (1980), as Caiaphas - *Nijinsky* (1980), as Vassili - *Donkeys' Years* (1980), as Christopher Headingley - *Meetings with Remarkable Men* (1979), as Tamil - *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Colin Mearns, Dr David Rankin - *The Big Sleep* (1978), as Harry Jones - *Equus* (1977), as Frank Strang - *It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet* (1976), as Siegfried Farnon - *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976), as Drummond - *Love Among the Ruins* (1976), as J.F. Devine - *The Hanged Man* (1975), series, as Lewis Burnett - *Galileo* (1975), as Priuli - *Churchill's People* (1974), series, Actor - *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), as Mr. Cyrus Hardman - *Something to Hide* (1973), as Blagdon - *The National Health* (1973), as Edward Loach - *Song at Twilight* (1973), as Eddie Ritchie - *You're Free* (1972), as Rick Taylor - *Man Friday* (1972), as Robinson Crusoe - *The Breaking of Colonel Keyser* (1972), as Keyser - *Peer Gynt* (1972), as Peer Gynt - *Young Winston* (1972), as Butcher - *Stage 2* (1971), series, as Peer Gynt - *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), as Dr. John Watson - *Alfred the Great* (1969), as Asher - *Son of Man* (1969), as Jesus Christ - *The Way We Live Now* (1969), series, as Augustus Melmotte - *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Grieg - *Game, Set and Match* (1968), as Sgt. Turner, CID - *Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher* (1968), as Solomon Philbrick - *The Champions* (1968), series, as Interrogator - *The Vengeance of She* (1968), as George - *Charlie Bubbles* (1968), as Smokey - *The Day the Fish Came Out* (1967), as The Pilot - *Man in a Suitcase* (1967), series, Actor - *Shelter* (1967), as Man - *Half Hour Story* (1967), series, as The man - *The Spy with a Cold Nose* (1966), as Russian Prime Minister - *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), as Matthew — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as John de Stogumber, Roberts - *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Sgt. Taylor, C.I.D., Morgan, Rick Taylor - *The Legend of Young Dick Turpin* (1965), as 1st Gatekeeper - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Jesus - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as George Bowling, Harry - *Never Put It in Writing* (1964), Actor - *Detective* (1964), series, Actor - *The Long Ships* (1964), as Rhykka - *The Informers* (1963), as Charlie Ruskin - *This Sporting Life* (1963), as Maurice Braithwaite - *The Hard Knock* (1962), as Pat Greevey - *The Password Is Courage* (1962), as 1st German Goon - *The Hellions* (1961), as Matthew Billings - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Mickle — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), as Loudmouth - *Lena, O My Lena* (1960), as Ted - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Ted, Sgt.Dickie, William Pierce, Ben, Pat Greevey, Walter Edge, Keyser --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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