Owen said in his statement that Colley was admitted to a hospital after he injured his arm in a fall and quickly contracted COVID, which developed into a pneumonia diagnosis. The actor "passed away peacefully with friends at his bedside," Owen said.

The veteran British actor worked often with Ken Russell and members of Monty Python and played a Soviet colonel in Clint Eastwood's 'Firefox.'

Kenneth Colley, an actor known to "Star Wars" fans for his role as Admiral Piett in the original trilogy, has died. He was 87.