Name	Colin Blakely (Colin George Blakely)
Height	5' 8"  (173 cm)
Build	Average
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Date of Birth	September 23, 1930
Birthplace	Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
Star Sign	Virgo
Died	May 7, 1987 (Aged 57)
Location of Death	London, England, UK
Cause of Death	Leukemia
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actor
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Claim to Fame	Evil Under the Sun
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Trivia and Quotes

Trivia

Played rugby and football for Northern Ireland.

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He was married to British actress Margaret Whiting [not the American singer] and they had three sons (including a set of twins).

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Worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the Royal Court among other prestigious companies before making a dent in film and TV.

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Burly character actor whose acting career began in amateur repertoire theatre in Ireland. His first professional acting job was with the Group Theatre in Belfast and he also joined theatre groups in Wales before moving to London.

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As a young man he started work at age 18 in a sporting goods store as a salesman and then management trainee; he later went on to work as a timber-loader on the railways.

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Starred in 2 movies about Agatha Christie`s famous detective Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Evil Under the Sun (1982).

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The names of his three sons are Drummond, Cameron and Hamish.

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