Colin Blakely (September 23, 1930 - May 7, 1987) was a British character actor. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ...

He was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland and attended Sedbergh School, in Yorkshire. Among his most celebrated film roles were as Maurice Braithwaite in This Sporting Life (1963) and as Dr. Watson to Robert Stephens's Holmes in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970). Other roles include The National Health, A Man for All Seasons, Young Winston, Murder on the Orient Express, Antony and Cleopatra, Loophole and Paradise Postponed. Bangor (in Irish Beannchor) is a town of approximately 80,000 population in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Sedbergh School is a co-educational boarding school in Sedbergh, Cumbria for boys and girls, between the ages of 13 and 18 inclusive. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... This Sporting Life is also a radio program in Australia. ... Dr Watson (left) and Sherlock Holmes, by Sidney Paget. ... Sir Robert Stephens (July 14, 1931 – November 12, 1995) was a leading actor in the early years of Britains Royal National Theatre. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and starring Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes. ... The National Health is a play by Peter Nichols. ... A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolts play of the same name about Sir Thomas More. ... Young Winston is a 1972 film based on the early years of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ... Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 feature film, based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie and featuring Hercule Poirot. ... The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. ... The term loophole could refer to a number of things: See Embrasure; a slit in a castle wall Loophole (1954 movie) Loophole (1981 movie) for other meaning see Loophole at Wikionary Cash Loopholes ...

He also played Kent in the 1984 TV film version of King Lear which starred Laurence Olivier. King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeares greatest tragedies. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ...

He died in England, of leukemia at the age of 56. Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ...

External links

• Colin Blakely at the Internet Movie Database
• Colin Blakely at the TCM Movie Database