Colin Campbell (actor)

Colin Campbell (17 January 1937 – 1 March 2018) was an English actor.

Colin Campbell
Born(1937-01-17)17 January 1937
Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
Died1 March 2018(2018-03-01) (aged 81)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1950–2008
Children1

Life

Campbell's best-known role was the lead in The Leather Boys in 1964, in which he plays a bored married man who starts hanging out with a biker friend—who, he belatedly realises, is gay.[1] He also starred in Nuns on the Run (1990) and made many appearances on British television, including in the role 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 Leather Boys character, on the cover of The Smiths' single "William, It Was Really Nothing" (only CD version)[4] and with co-star Rita Tushingham in the promotional video for "Girlfriend In A Coma".

He died on 1 March 2018, at the age of 81.[5] Campbell's granddaughter is 1990s pop star Shola Ama.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1964The Leather BoysReggie
1964Saturday Night OutJamey
1965The High Bright SunEmile Andros
1980Bloody KidsConductorTV movie
1983Another Time, Another PlaceAccordionist
1985My Beautiful LaundretteMadame Butterfly Man
1990Nuns on the RunNorm
1990I Bought a Vampire MotorcycleMoped
2007SaxonSnout
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References
  1. Pratt, Douglas (2005). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2. p. 702.
  2. ""Ask" [original edition]". PassionsJustLikeMine.
  3. "The Smiths – Ask". Discogs.
  4. ""William It Was Really Nothing"". PassionsJustLikeMine.
  5. Colin Campbell funeral: Stonebridge actor famed for Leather Boys role sent off by a fleet of Ace Cafe bikers



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