Star Wars and Monty Python actor Kenneth Colley has died at the age of 87.
Colley died “peacefully” in his home in Ashford, Kent, England, on Monday with friends at his bedside, after suffering from Covid and developing pneumonia, the BBC reported.
“Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years,” his agent Julian Owen told the news outlet.
During his acting journey, Colley played a “vast array of characters from Jesus in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian,’ to evil and eccentric characters in Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna in Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ for the BBC,” the BBC reported.
Colley is best known for his role in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” as Admiral Piett, commander of Darth Vader’s flagship Executor, according to IMDb.
He also voiced the character in the 2012 animated Lego product of “Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.”
Colley also had parts in international productions, including Clint Eastwood’s “Firefox” and the Second World War series “War and Remembrance.”
The famous actor would attend conventions and fan events around the globe due to his participation in Star Wars.
“Ken also loved his garden, art collecting and had a passion for fast cars,” Owen told the BBC.
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