Don Pedro Colley

Don Pedro Colley (born 30 August 1938) is an American actor.

Colley was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Muriel and Pete Colley. He attended Klamath Union High School and actively played American football and athletics, which led to an unsuccessful try-out for the 1960 Summer Olympics. He later attended the University of Oregon and studied architecture.

Later, he became a theatre member and spent five years learning his craft in various productions in San Francisco.

Some of his better known roles include Gideon in Daniel Boone, Ongaro in Beneath the Planet of the Apes,^[1] SRT in George Lucas' THX 1138, and Sheriff Little in the 1980s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.

Don Pedro has a daughter Kira Zuleka Zadow-Colley. He is now semi-retired and still makes guest appearances at various conventions across the world.

Filmography

• Piranha (1995) - (TV) Leonard
• Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994) - (TV) Virgil
• Quest of the Delta Knights (1993) - Black Spy
• The Blue Iguana (1988) - Boat Captain
• The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) - (TV Series)
• Sheriff Ed Little (Chickasaw County) (1981–1984)
• Casino (1980) - (TV) Sam
• Herbie Rides Again (1974)
• Sugar Hill (1974) - Baron Samedi
• Black Caesar (1973) - Crawdaddy
• The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
• The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972) - Joshua
• Crosscurrent (1971) (TV) - Freddie Trench
• aka Cable Car Murder (1971) (TV)
• Believe in Me (1971) - Man
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) - Ongaro
• aka Planet of the Apes Revisited (1970) (USA)
• aka Planet of the Men (1970) (USA)
• THX 1138 (1970) - SRT
• Daniel Boone (1964) (TV Series) - Gideon (1968–1969)

References

1. ^ Handley, Rich. Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology. Hasslein Books, 2009. ISBN 9780615253923. Page 195: "Ongaro and Adiposo are identified as "Negro" and "Fatman" in the film's credits; their names appear in The Mutant News, a promotional newspaper distributed to moviegoers during the release of Beneath the Planet of the Apes."

Further reading

Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget, by Justin Humphreys. BearManor Media, Albany, 2006. ISBN # 1-59393-041-0.

External links

• Don Pedro Colley at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Don Pedro Colley about his experiences working on THX 1138 (at a George Lucas fan site)

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