# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-welland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:36:15.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-welland"
name: "Colin Welland"
slug: "colin-welland"
description: "Colin Welland was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in Kes (1969) and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Chariots of Fire (1981)."
tagline: "British actor (1934–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Colin_Welland_resize.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-07-04"
deathDate: "2015-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919815/"
    handle:    "nm0919815"
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    title: "كولين ويلاند"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Colin Welland"
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    title: "Colin Welland"
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    title: "Colin Welland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump