Autographs of Kenneth 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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The most expensive item with a signature of Kenneth Colley (Topps Star Wars Masterwork 3/10 autograph Card Kenneth Colley as ADMIRAL PIETT) was sold in April 2026 for £176.15 while the cheapest item (Kenneth Colley In Person Signed Photo - AG134 - Agatha Christies Poirot) found a new owner for £0.01 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (21) was April 2015 with an average selling price of £2.53 for an autographed item of Kenneth Colley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with £176.15 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.12 was March 2016. In average, an autographed item from Kenneth Colley is worth £4.99.
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Latest News about Kenneth Colley
Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley dies aged 87 after ‘contracting Covid’ (03/07/2025): He has over 150 TV and film credits. 
