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2 unusual facts about Colin Welland


Evelyn Aubrey Montague

His son, after reading screenwriter Colin Welland's query article in a London newspaper, offered them to Welland — who used them, and Montague, as a means to introduce scenes and connect events in the movie.

Harry Catterick

Catterick was portrayed by Colin Welland in the 1997 TV film The Fix, which featured the events of the 1964 betting scandal.


Dancin' thru the Dark

Dancin' thru the Dark is a 1990 British film directed by Mike Ockrent and written by Willy Russell, based on the play Stags and Hens by the same author and starring Con O'Neill, Claire Hackett, Simon O'Brien, Julia Deakin, Marji Campi, Colin Welland and Mark Womack.

Fred Feast

Feast acted in numerous television dramas throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, including the BAFTA winning ITV play Another Sunday and Sweet FA, written by Jack Rosenthal and Colin Welland.


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