May the 4th be with…

You and with those who care!

On this Star Wars day, we want to take a moment to remember Kenneth Colley, the British actor who passed away last year at 87. He played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but perhaps even more memorably, he played Jesus in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

A career of over 60 years, a vast range of characters, and a quiet dedication to the craft. But it is what he did off screen that we find especially close to our hearts.

When his will was published, it revealed that he left part of his estate to the Rhodes Minnis Cat Sanctuary near Canterbury, where he had been a long-time supporter and a regular at fundraising events. A man who spent decades playing Imperial officers and villains, and quietly spent his private life caring about cats. We think that says everything.