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Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Actor · Died May 7, 1987, aged 56 · Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Colin George Blakely  (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish character actor. He was considered an actor of great range. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 23, 1930
Died
May 7, 1987 (aged 56)
From
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Colin Blakely's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Self
23%
Power
16%
Bonds
16%
Society
9%
Ideas
7%
Survival
1%
Purpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 3 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 8 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 7 of 16 analyzed roles.

Ally
7 of 16
Shadow
4 of 16
Trickster
2 of 16
Mentor
2 of 16
Shapeshifter
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
7
Absurd
5
Warm
4
Other
15

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Colin Blakely's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Colin Blakely's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Birthday Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Shamus McCann

  • Paradise Postponed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 14 episodes · as Dr. Salter

  • Drums Along Balmoral Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as George Beesley

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as George Beesley

  • Paradise Postponed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Dr Salter

  • Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as McCann · as The Captain

  • The Dumb Waiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Ben

  • Operation Julie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Det. Insp. Dick Lee

  • The Beiderbecke Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 4 episodes · as CS Forrest

  • The World of Don Camillo(1984)

    as Peppone

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Red Monarch(1983)

    as Stalin

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Kent

  • Landscape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Duff

  • Legend of the Champions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Interrogator

  • Trail of the Pink Panther(1982)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Evil Under the Sun(1982)

    as Horace Blatt

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Sir Horace Blatt

  • Psy-Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Northey

  • Loophole(1981)

    as Gardner

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Nailed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Elder Protestant

  • Antony & Cleopatra(1981)

    as Antony

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Dogs of War(1980)

    as North

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy(1980)

    as Silas Hobbs

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Day Christ Died(1980)

    as Caiaphas

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Nijinsky(1980)

    as Vassili

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Donkeys' Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Christopher Headingley

  • Meetings with Remarkable Men(1979)

    as Tamil

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Tales of the Unexpected(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Colin Mearns · as Dr David Rankin

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Big Sleep(1978)

    as Harry Jones

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Equus(1977)

    as Frank Strang

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Siegfried Farnon

  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)

    as Drummond

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Love Among the Ruins(1975)

    as J.F. Devine

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Hanged Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lewis Burnett

  • Galileo(1975)

    as Priuli

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Churchill's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Murder on the Orient Express(1974)

    as Mr. Cyrus Hardman

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Something to Hide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Blagdon

  • The National Health (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Edward Loach

  • Song at Twilight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Eddie Ritchie

  • You're Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Rick Taylor

  • Man Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Robinson Crusoe

  • The Breaking of Colonel Keyser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Keyser

  • Peer Gynt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Peer Gynt

  • Young Winston(1972)

    as Butcher

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Stage 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Peer Gynt

  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970)

    as Dr. John Watson

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Alfred the Great(1969)

    as Asher

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Son of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Jesus Christ

  • The Way We Live Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 5 episodes · as Augustus Melmotte

  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Grieg

  • Game, Set and Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Sgt. Turner, CID

  • Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher(1968)

    as Solomon Philbrick

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Champions(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Interrogator

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Vengeance of She(1968)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Charlie Bubbles(1968)

    as Smokey

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Man in a Suitcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Day the Fish Came Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as The Pilot

  • Shelter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Man

  • Half Hour Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as The man

  • The Spy with a Cold Nose(1966)

    as Russian Prime Minister

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • A Man for All Seasons(1966)

    as Matthew

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as John de Stogumber · as Roberts

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Morgan · as Rick Taylor · as Sgt. Taylor, C.I.D.

  • The Legend of Young Dick Turpin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as 1st Gatekeeper

  • The Wednesday Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Jesus

  • Theatre 625 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as George Bowling · as Harry

  • Never Put It in Writing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Long Ships(1964)

    as Rhykka

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Informers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Charlie Ruskin

  • This Sporting Life(1963)

    as Maurice Braithwaite

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Hard Knock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Pat Greevey

  • The Password Is Courage(1962)

    as 1st German Goon

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Hellions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Matthew Billings

  • The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Mickle

  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning(1960)

    as Loudmouth

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Lena, O My Lena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Ted

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Ben · as Keyser · as Pat Greevey · as Sgt.Dickie · as Ted · as Walter Edge · as William Pierce

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles from 1956 to 1987; peak year 1981.

Biggest box office

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

$34M worldwide

Highest rated

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19561987

Peak 1981 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting79 of 79: 79 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s31 · acting1970s21 · acting1980s26 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 16 roles
607080

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Colin Blakely's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

The Day Christ Died (1980)

77th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Colin Blakely's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles15–64 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles7–50 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles23–42 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles13–58 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Colin Blakely work with?

People who share at least 2 of Colin Blakely's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Albert Finney shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles