Born Colin Williams in 1934, Welland was also a screenwriter - winning an
Oscar in 1982 for his Screenplay of the previous year's classic film,
Chariots of Fire, dedicated to Scottish athlete and Christian missionary, Eric Liddell.
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But then ...

... in common with
many viewers of
my generation,

... it is for one of his
earliest TV roles as Police Constable David Graham - alongside Brian Blessed's PC "Fancy" Smith - in
'Z Cars' that
I shall
BEST remember him.
RIP