Deadline<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\nKeep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cKen Colley<\/strong> was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years,\u201d the agent said in a statement.<\/p>\n\u201cKen<\/strong> continually worked on stage, film, and television playing a vast array of characters, from Jesus in Monty Python\u2019s Life of Brian<\/em> to evil and eccentric characters in Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna in Shakespeare\u2019s Measure for Measure <\/em>for the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\nHe had originally been admitted to hospital with an injured arm after a fall, but quickly contracted COVID that became pneumonia, via BBC<\/em>\u2018s reporting.<\/p>\nMore recently, Kenneth <\/strong>reprised the role of Admiral Piett in the 2012 animated film Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out<\/em>. He was also in Firefox<\/em>, I Hired a Contract Killer<\/em>, and The Rainbow<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe statement went on: \u201cKen<\/strong>\u2019s favourite part was playing Estragon in the stage production of Beckett\u2019s classic Waiting for Godot<\/em> at the Cockpit Theatre in London in 2014.\u201d<\/p>\nOur thoughts are with Kenneth Colley\u2019s loved ones at this incredibly difficult time. RIP. We have sadly lost all of these stars in 2025.<\/p>\n
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