Colin Higgins

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, null

Died: 2012-12-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Blooming Youth	Jim	0
2	1975	Diane	Kevin	40
3	1975	The Philanthropist	John	0
4	1975	The Naked Civil Servant	Thumbnails	67
5	1976	The Chauffeur	Policeman	0
6	1977	Star Wars	Rebel Pilot, Col. Takbright (uncredited)	82
7	1979	That Summer!	Probation Officer	50
8	1983	And the Ship Sails On	Il capo della polizia	72
9	1984	The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	Irving	53
10	1985	Lace 2	Mayor's Assistant	0
11	1987	Hope and Glory	Clive's Pal	69
12	1989	Death of a Son	Solicitor	60
13	1989	Here Is the News	Frank	0
14	1990	Murder East - Murder West	Stiller	60
15	2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Elixir Sniffing Customer	72

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Blake's 7	Tak	72
2	1979	Minder	Alan	68
3	1983	The Cleopatras	Seleucus	30
4	1984	Miss Marple: The Body in the Library	Malcolm	74
5	1984	Miss Marple	Malcolm	82
6	1985	EastEnders	Mostyn	41
7	1986	Lovejoy	Linklater	73
8	1989	Birds of a Feather	Store Detective	60
9	1990	Jeeves and Wooster	Comrade Butt	80
10	1991	The Darling Buds of May	Mr. Sowerby	78
11	1997	Midsomer Murders	Mr. Miller	75
12	1999	Oliver Twist	Bookseller	63
13	2003	Cambridge Spies	Porter	64