Portrait of Colin Blakely

Acting

Colin Blakely

Career

Active from 1960 to 1987, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Colin Blakely Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Thought-Provoking 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Intense 2
  • Class Commentary 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Philosophical Exploration 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

26 titles ยท average score 63
Paradise Postponed
Paradise Postponed (1986)

TV show ยท as Dr. Salter

Don Camillo
Don Camillo (1984)
GoodWatch score 59

as Peppone

Red Monarch
Red Monarch (1983)
GoodWatch score 59

as Stalin

Landscape
Landscape (1983)

as Duff

Nailed
Nailed (1981)

as Elder Protestant

Antony & Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)

as Antony

Loophole
Loophole (1981)
GoodWatch score 49

as Gardner

Psy-Warriors
Psy-Warriors (1981)

as Northey

The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War (1980)
GoodWatch score 60

as North

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
GoodWatch score 75

as Silas Hobbs

The Day Christ Died
The Day Christ Died (1980)

as Caiaphas

Donkeys' Years
Donkeys' Years (1980)

as Christopher Headingley

1970s

21 titles ยท average score 66
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tamil

Equus
Equus (1977)
GoodWatch score 71

as Frank Strang

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

as Drummond

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

as Siegfried Farnon

Love Among the Ruins
Love Among the Ruins (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

as J.F. Devine

Galileo
Galileo (1975)
GoodWatch score 57

as Priuli

The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man (1975)

TV show ยท as Lewis Burnett

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mr. Cyrus Hardman

The National Health
The National Health (1973)
GoodWatch score 65

as Edward Loach

Something to Hide
Something to Hide (1973)
GoodWatch score 57

as Blagdon

Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt (1972)

as Peer Gynt

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. John Watson

1960s

31 titles ยท average score 64
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (1969)
GoodWatch score 52

as Asher

Son of Man
Son of Man (1969)

as Jesus Christ

Charlie Bubbles
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

as Smokey

The Vengeance of She
The Vengeance of She (1968)
GoodWatch score 36

as George

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

as Solomon Philbrick

The Champions
The Champions (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Interrogator

Shelter
Shelter (1967)

as Man

The Day the Fish Came Out
The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
GoodWatch score 48

as The Pilot

The Spy with a Cold Nose
The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
GoodWatch score 47

as Russian Prime Minister

The Informers
The Informers (1963)
GoodWatch score 69

as Charlie Ruskin

This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life (1963)
GoodWatch score 86

as Maurice Braithwaite

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Mickle

1950s

1 title ยท average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Pat Greevey / Sgt.Dickie