Colin Higgins

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Deathday: 2012-12-05
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Gender: Male
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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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2007-12-20 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Elixir Sniffing Customer
1990-12-01 Murder East - Murder West Stiller
1989-03-05 Here Is the News Frank
1989-01-08 Death of a Son Solicitor
1987-09-03 Hope and Glory Clive's Pal
1985-09-01 Lace 2 Mayor's Assistant
1984-05-22 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood Irving
1983-10-07 And the Ship Sails On Il capo della polizia
1979-07-06 That Summer! Probation Officer
1977-05-25 Star Wars Rebel Pilot, Col. Takbright (uncredited)
1976-04-30 The Chauffeur Policeman
1975-12-17 The Naked Civil Servant Thumbnails
1975-10-28 The Philanthropist John
1975-07-09 Diane Kevin
1973-06-18 Blooming Youth Jim