Owen confirmed that Colley was admitted to hospital with an injured arm after a fall. The actor quickly contracted COVID which developed into pneumonia. Colley had friends by his side when he died, Owen said.

Kenneth Colley has died. Although Colley appeared in more than 150 film and television projects over a 70-year career, working with Ken Russell, Monty Python, Clint Eastwood, and many others, he will be familiar to modern audiences for one particular role: Captain—that is to say,