



Colin Higgins
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:56
Place of birth:Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Biography
Colin Higgins was a British actor famous for many appearances on British television. In 1977 Higgins was cast as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars and appears in the role for one scene only. The reason for this is that Higgins was fired after a day of filming because he was having difficulty recalling his lines. He was replaced by Dennis Lawson, who went on to have great success in the role, whilst Higgins' performance went uncredited as 'Rebel Pilot'. For many years he was known by fans as 'Fake Wedge' until a retcon finally gave his character a unique name and backstory, that of Colonel Takbright.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetElixir Sniffing Customer2007-12-217.26,374
- Cambridge SpiesPorter2003-05-096.421
- Oliver TwistBookseller1999-11-286.324
- Midsomer MurdersMr. Miller1997-03-237.5357
- Murder Most HorridSuit1991-11-146.915
- The Darling Buds of MayMr. Sowerby1991-04-077.923
- Murder East - Murder WestStiller1990-12-018.02
- Jeeves and WoosterComrade Butt1990-04-228.1126
- Birds of a FeatherStore Detective1989-10-166.324
- Here Is the NewsFrank1989-03-050.00
- Death of a SonSolicitor1989-01-085.84
- Hope and GloryClive's Pal1987-09-036.9216
- LovejoyLinklater1986-01-107.453
- Lace 2Mayor's Assistant1985-09-010.00
- Miss Marple: The Body in the LibraryMalcolm1984-12-267.544
- The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodIrving1984-05-226.86
- And the Ship Sails OnIl Capo della Polizia1983-10-077.2164
- MinderAlan1979-10-297.229
- That Summer!Probation Officer1979-07-064.98
- Blake's 7Tak1978-01-027.350
- SupernaturalMatt Johnson1977-06-117.211
- Star WarsRebel Pilot, Col. Takbright (uncredited)1977-05-258.222,439
- The Naked Civil ServantThumbnails1975-12-176.743
- The PhilanthropistJohn1975-10-288.01
- DianeKevin1975-07-097.02
- PlayhouseKevin1974-03-137.01
- Blooming YouthJim1973-06-180.00