- Born
- Died
- Birth nameColin George Edward Blakely
- Height5′ 6¾″ (1.70 m)
- He briefly worked on the management side of his father's sporting goods firm in Belfast, but,by the mid-fifties, he was in the chorus of an amateur dramatic and operatic society. He had fallen for a girl member and joined the society to get to know her. While he soon got over her, he had become fascinated by acting. He sang in 'Annie Get Your Gun', played Judd in 'Oklahoma', then later joined the local repertory company. In 1959, he moved to London where he quickly made a reputation as a character actor, transitioning from theatre to films.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpouseMargaret Whiting(June 1961 - May 7, 1987) (his death, 3 children)
- Played rugby and football for Northern Ireland.
- As a young man he started work at age 18 in a sporting goods store as a salesman and then management trainee; he later went on to work as a timber-loader on the railways.
- Member of the National Theatre for five years from 1963.
- Starred in 2 movies about Agatha Christie's famous detective "Hercule Poirot", Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Evil Under the Sun (1982).
- Worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the Royal Court among other prestigious companies before making a dent in film and TV.
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