Autographs of Ken Colley
Kenneth Colley (7 December 1937 – 30 June 2025) was a British film and television actor whose career spanned over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), as well as his roles in the films of Ken Russell and as Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Colley was born on 7 December 1937 in Manchester. One of his early appearances on British television was as Noah Riley in the 1970s police drama The Sweeney, in an episode entitled Trap. He played Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure in 1979. In 1982, he had the lead role of Horatio Nelson in the TV period drama I Remember Nelson.
Colley worked extensively with British director Ken Russell from the early 1970s to the early 1990s as part of a repertory of actors who appeared across Russell's television and film work. He played the role of Modest Tchaikovsky in the film The Music Lovers (1971). He went on to play the role of LeGrand in Russell's The Devils (also 1971); he played the journalist Krenek in the biopic Mahler (1974); the composer Frédéric Chopin in Lisztomania (1975); Mr Brunt in Russell's adaptation of The Rainbow (1989) by D. H. Lawrence. His last roles for Russell were as Captain Dreyfus in the film Prisoner of Honor (1991), which dealt with the Dreyfus affair, and as the composer John Ireland in The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992).
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Current items with a signature of Ken Colley
These are the most current items with a signature of Ken Colley that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 2025 Topps Chrome Star Wars Autograph Purple Refractor #A-KC Ken Colley | £19.73 |  |
| 2025 Topps Chrome Star Wars Autograph Purple Refractor #A-KC Ken Colley | £19.73 | |
Traded items with a signature of Ken Colley
The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Colley (Ken Colley 8x10 Official Pix Star Wars 30th Anniversary Autograph Admiral Piett) was sold in August 2025 for £192.12 while the cheapest item (TEN PENNY START! TV and Movie actor KEN COLLEY signed 8x10 photo) found a new owner for £0.10 in April 2016. The month with the most items sold (14) was October 2015 with an average selling price of £2.49 for an autographed item of Ken Colley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with £149.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.49 was September 2019. In average, an autographed item from Ken Colley is worth £7.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Colley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Decipher Star Wars CCG Admiral Piett Signed Card Ken Colley "IN RANGE" | £53.35 |  |
| Decipher Star Wars CCG Admiral Piett Signed Card Ken Colley "IN RANGE" | £53.35 | |
| Ken Colley -GENUINE Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Autograph | £40.00 | |
| Ken Colley -GENUINE Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Autograph | £40.00 | |
| Ken Colley -GENUINE Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Autograph | £40.00 | |
| Ken Colley -GENUINE Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Autograph | £40.00 | |
| Ken Colley Genuine Signed Photo Life Of Brian. Free Postage Uk Monty Python | £14.99 | |
| Ken Colley Genuine Signed Photo Life Of Brian. Free Postage Uk Monty Python | £14.99 | |
 | Ken Colley Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Photo ESB and ROTJ Good Autograph | £32.02 | |
| Ken Colley Signed Star Wars Admiral Piett 10x8 Photo ESB and ROTJ Good Autograph | £32.02 | |
| Star Wars CCG - Ken Colley † (Captain Piett) - autograph / signed card | £114.93 | |
| Star Wars CCG - Ken Colley † (Captain Piett) - autograph / signed card | £114.93 | |
| Star Wars CCG - Ken Colley † (Captain Piett) - autograph / signed card | £114.60 | |
| Star Wars CCG - Ken Colley † (Captain Piett) - autograph / signed card | £114.60 | |
| Star Wars CCG - Ken Colley † (Captain Piett) - autograph / signed card | £115.04 | |
