Instead, Collins played an SAS captain in a film based on the Iranian embassy siege, Who Dares Wins, and went on to be typecast in shoddy war movies such as Code Name: Wild Geese and Kommando Leopard.

Actor Lewis Collins has died, aged 67. The Professionals star passed away in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with cancer, his agent told BBC News. What to Read Next Keystone/Hulton Archive ...