Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: September 23, 1930

Death Date: May 7, 1987 — 56 years old

Birth Place: Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Awards

 IMDB

Respected character player who specialized at portraying the hero's best mate in numerous British "angry young man" films of the 1960s. Blakely also played Dr. Watson in Billy Wilder's "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970).

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

Drums Along Balmoral Drive

Actor
George Beesley
Movie
1986

Don Camillo

Actor
Peppone
Movie
1983

King Lear

Actor
Kent
Movie
1983

Red Monarch

Actor
Stalin
Movie
1983

Evil Under the SunStream

Actor
Sir Horace Blatt
Movie
1982
92%

Loophole

Actor
Gardner
Movie
1981

The Day Christ Died

Actor
Caiaphas
Movie
1980

The Dogs of WarStream

Actor
North
Movie
1980
70%

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Actor
Hobbs
Movie
1980

Nijinsky

Actor
Vassili
Movie
1980

Tales of the UnexpectedStream

Actor
Colin Mearns
Series
1979

Encuentros con hombres notables

Actor
Movie
1979

Meetings With Remarkable Men

Actor
Tamil
Movie
1979

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Actor
Siegfried Farnon
Movie
1979

The Shakespeare Plays

Actor
Antony
Show
1978

The Big Sleep

Actor
Harry Jones
Movie
1978

Equus

Actor
Frank Strang
Movie
1977
70%

The Pink Panther Strikes AgainStream

Actor
Drummond
Movie
1976
72%

Love Among the Ruins

Actor
J.F. Devine
Movie
1974

Murder on the Orient ExpressStream

Actor
Mr. Hardman
Movie
1974
89%

GalileoStream

Actor
Priuli
Movie
1973

National Health

Actor
Edward Loach
Movie
1973

Young Winston

Actor
Butcher
Movie
1972

Shattered

Actor
Blagdon
Movie
1972

The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesStream

Actor
Dr.John H. Watson
Movie
1970
86%

Alfred the Great

Actor
Asher
Movie
1969

The ChampionsStream

Guest Star
Interrogator
Series
1968

Charlie Bubbles

Actor
Smokey Pickles
Movie
1968

The Vengeance of She

Actor
George
Movie
1968

Decline and Fall... of a Bird Watcher

Actor
Solomon Philbrick
Movie
1968

Man in a Suitcase

Guest Star
Series
1967

The Day the Fish Came Out

Actor
The Pilot
Movie
1967

The Spy With a Cold Nose

Actor
Russian Premier
Movie
1966

The Long Ships

Actor
Rhykka
Movie
1964

The Informers

Actor
Charlie Ruskin
Movie
1963

The Password Is Courage

Actor
1st German Goon
Movie
1962

Photos

PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Robert Stephens, Genevieve Page, Colin Blakely, 1970PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Colin Blakely, Robert Stephens, 1970PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Robert Stephens, Genevieve Page, Colin Blakely, 1970PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Colin Blakely, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl, 1970PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Colin Blakely, Robert Stephens, 1970