Colin Campbell (actor)
| Colin Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 January 1937 Twickenham |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–2008 |
Colin Campbell (born 17 January 1937, Twickenham) is an English actor.
Life
His best known role was the lead in The Leather Boys in 1964, in which Campbell plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend who he belatedly realises is gay.[1] Campbell also starred in Nuns on the Run (1990) and has made many appearances on British Television, including playing the part of David Ashton, one of the main characters in the popular ITV drama series A Family At War which aired from 1970 to 1972. His photograph appears on the cover of the German release of The Smiths' single Ask[2][3] and, as his Leatherboys character on the cover of The Smiths' single release, William, It Was Really Nothing (only CD version)[4] and with co-star Rita Tushingham in the promotional video for Girlfriend In A Coma. Colin's granddaughter is the 90's pop star Shola Ama.
Selected filmography
- The Lost World (1960)
- The Leather Boys (1964)
- Saturday Night Out (1964)
- The High Bright Sun (1964)
- Bloody Kids (1980)
- Another Time, Another Place (1983)
- Nuns on the Run (1990)
- I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990)
- Saxon (2007)
References
- ↑ Pratt, Douglas (2005). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2. p. 702.
- ↑ ""Ask" [original edition]". PassionsJustLikeMine.
- ↑ "The Smiths – Ask". Discogs.
- ↑ ""William It Was Really Nothing"". PassionsJustLikeMine.