Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Colin Douglas (28 Yuli 1912 <unk> 21 Disamba 1991) ɗan wasan Ingila ne. An haife shi a Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Douglas ya yi karatu a Makarantar Farm a Cumberland. Bayan babban ɗan'uwansa Jock, ya yi hijira zuwa New Zealand lokacin da yake ɗan shekara goma sha shida, yana aiki a kiwon tumaki da aikin katako, amma ya zauna na shekaru biyar ne kawai kafin ya yi gwaji don yin karatu a RADA, bayan ya roki mahaifinsa ya bar shi ya dawo don ƙoƙarin zama ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Ya yi wani lokaci a cikin repertory, amma yakin duniya na biyu ya dakatar da aikinsa. A cikin sojojin ya tafi Catterick da Royal Military College, Sandhurst, ya zama Kyaftin da Adjutant a cikin Border Regiment, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin 1st Airborne Division. A lokacin da
A lokacin mamayewar Allied na Sicily, an sake sakin jirginsa, kamar sauran mutane da yawa, da wuri, kuma ma'aikatan jirgin sun kasance a cikin teku na kwana biyu (yawancin membobin sauran ma'aikatan jirgin sun mutu). An kuma sauke shi ta hanyar jirgin sama a Arnhem, a lokacin mummunan Operation Market Garden amma a cikin shekaru masu zuwa ya ƙi yin magana game da shi. Yana fitowa a kan mataki a wasan Alan Plater "Rufe Kofar Coalhouse" lokacin da ya ji cewa an zaba shi don jagorancin "A Family at War". Wannan sanannen jerin ya gudana don sassan 52 daga 1970.