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| Born | Ronald Charles Colman February 9, 1891 Richmond, Surrey, England |
| Died | May 19, 1958 (aged 67) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
Ronald Colman (February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958) was an English Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actor. Random Harvest is a 1942 film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same name, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richmond is a town and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner
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Biography
Early years
Born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child[1] of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser, he was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he discovered his enjoyment in acting. Richmond is a town and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Littlehampton is a Seaside resort town and Civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. He intended to attend Cambridge University to study engineering, but his father's sudden death from pneumonia put an end to this for financial reasons. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal
He became a well-known amateur actor, and was a member of the West Middlesex Dramatic Society in 1908-9. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. He made his first appearance on the professional stage in 1914.
After working as a clerk at the British Steamship Company in the City of London[2], he joined the London Scottish Regiment[3] in 1909 and was among the first of the Territorial Army to fight in World War I. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The London Scottish is a unit of the British Army. Formerly a Regiment, the unit is now a company of The London Regiment. The Territorial Army ( TA) is the principal and Volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All During the war, he served with fellow actors Claude Rains, Herbert Marshall and Basil Rathbone. William Claude Rains (10 November &ndash30 May) was an English award-winning Actor and Film star whose career spanned 47 years Herbert Marshall, born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, in London, England, ( May 23, 1890 - January 22, 1966 Basil Rathbone, MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967 was a South African-born English Actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock He was seriously wounded by shrapnel in his leg at the Battle of Messines[3] on October 31, 1914, which caused him to acquire a limp that he would attempt to hide throughout the rest of his acting career. Shrapnel is the term originally applied to an anti-personnel artillery shell which carried a large number of individual bullets to the target and then ejected them forwards relying The Battle of Messines was a battle of the western front of World War I. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was invalided from the service in 1916.
Career
Theatre
He had sufficiently recovered to appear at the London Coliseum on June 19, 1916, as Rahmat Sheikh in The Maharani of Arakan, with Lena Ashwell; at the Playhouse in September that year as Stephen Weatherbee in Charles Goddard & Paul Dickey's play The Misleading Lady; at the Court Theatre in March 1917 he played Webber in Partnership and at that theatre the following year appeared in Eugene Brieux's play, adapted from the French, Damaged Goods; at the Ambassador Theatre in February 1918 he played George Lubin in The Little Brother, and during 1918 toured as David Goldsmith in The Bubble. The Coliseum Theatre (also known as the London Coliseum) is on St Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lena Ashwell ( 28 September 1872 - 13 March 1957) was a British Actress and Manager, known as the first The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. Charles William Goddard ( November 26, 1879, in Portland Maine, United States – January 11, 1951, in Miami Florida Paul Dickey ( 12 May, 1882 &ndash 7 January, 1933) was an American screen writer Eugène Brieux ( January 19, 1858 - December 6, 1932) French Dramatist, was born in Paris of poor parents Damaged Goods is an original Doctor Who novel released by Virgin Publishing in their New Adventures range of Doctor The Little Brother was a 1917 American silent Drama directed by Charles Miller and starring William Garwood
In 1920 Colman went to America and toured with Robert Warwick in The Dauntless Three, and subsequently toured with Fay Bainter in East is West; at the Booth Theatre, New York, in January 1921 he played the Temple Priest in William Archer's play The Green Goddess, with George Arliss; at the 39th Street Theatre in August 1921 he appeared as Charles in The Nightcap; and in September 1922 he made a great success as Alain Sergyll at the Empire Theatre, New York in the hit play La Tendresse. Fay Okell Bainter ( December 7, 1893 &ndash April 16, 1968) was an Academy Award -winning American actress. The Booth Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street ( George Abbott Way) in midtown- Manhattan, New York City New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous William Archer may refer to A World War II soldier sung about in the song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy William S This article is about two American films For other uses see Green Goddess (disambiguation. George Arliss ( April 10, 1868 - February 5, 1946) was an English Academy Award -winning Actor, Author
Film
Ronald Colman had first appeared in films in England in 1917 and 1919 under Cecil Hepworth, and subsequently with the old Broadwest Film Company in The Snow of the Desert. While appearing on stage in New York in La Tendress, Director Henry King saw him, and engaged him as the leading man in the 1923 film, The White Sister, opposite Lillian Gish, and was an immediate success. The White Sister is a 1923 Drama film starring Lillian Gish, directed by Henry King, and released by Metro Pictures Lillian Diana Gish ( October 14 1893 – February 27 1993) was an American stage screen and television actress whose Thereafter Colman virtually abandoned the stage for film. He became a very popular silent film star in both romantic and adventure films, and successfully made the transition to "talkies" because of his elegant and sonorous speaking voice.
His first major talkie success was in 1930, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two roles — Condemned and Bulldog Drummond. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Condemned is a 1929 Melodrama film It stars Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life He thereafter appeared in a number of notable films including Raffles, The Masquerader, Clive of India, A Tale of Two Cities in 1935, Under Two Flags, The Prisoner of Zenda and Lost Horizon in 1937, If I Were King in 1938, and The Talk of the Town in 1941. A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film directed by Jack Conway and Robert Z The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 Black-and-white Adventure film based on the Anthony Hope 's this is considered by many to be the definitive Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe. If I Were King is a 1938 biographical Historical drama film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1948 for A Double Life. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A Double Life is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays At the time of his death, Colman was contracted by MGM for the lead role in Children of the Damned. Children of the Damned is a 1963 Science fiction film a sequel to the 1960 version of Village of the Damned. However, Colman died and the film became a British production starring George Sanders, who had married Colman's widow, Benita Hume. George Henry Sanders (July 3 &ndashApril 25) was an Academy Award -winning English film and television Actor.
Radio and Television
Beginning in 1945, Colman made many guest appearances on The Jack Benny Program on radio, alongside his second wife, stage and screen actress Benita Hume. The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, was a radio-TV comedy series which ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century Benita Hume ( 14 October, 1906 &ndash 1 November, 1967) was an English film actress born in London. Their comedy work as Benny's next-door neighbors led to their own radio comedy The Halls of Ivy from 1950 to 1952, and then on television from 1954 to 1955. Radio comedy, or comedic Radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve Sitcom elements sketches, and many other forms of comedy found The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1949-1952
Death
Ronald Colman died on 19 May 1958, aged 67, from a lung infection in Santa Barbara, California and was interred in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. He had a daughter, Juliet, by his second wife.
Awards and honours
He was nominated for four Academy awards: Bulldog Drummond and Condemned (both in 1930); Random Harvest (1940); and A Double Life (1947). Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life Condemned is a 1929 Melodrama film It stars Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, Random Harvest is a 1942 film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same name, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. A Double Life is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays He won the final nomination for his role of Anthony John, an actor playing Othello whose wife leaves him. In 2002, Colman's Oscar statuette was sold at auction by Christie's for US$174,500. Christie's is a leading art business and a fine arts Auction house [4]
Colman has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that and one for television at 1625 Vine Street.
Filmography
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References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Sheba ( Hebrew: שבא, Sh'va, Arabic: سبأ Sabaʼ, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya: ሳባ Saba The White Sister is a 1923 Drama film starring Lillian Gish, directed by Henry King, and released by Metro Pictures Tarnish is a layer of Corrosion that develops over Copper, Brass, Silver, Aluminum as well as a degree of semi-reactive metals as Her Night of Romance is a 1924 Silent film, written by Hanns Kräly, and directed by Sidney Franklin Synopsis American Romola is a 1924 Drama film directed by Henry King. It is based on the George Eliot novel of the same name. A Thief in Paradise is a 1925 Silent film, written by Frances Marion and directed by George Fitzmaurice. The Dark Angel ( 1935) is a film which tells the story of three childhood friends two male one female The 1925 version was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Henry King. Lady Windermere's Fan A Play About a Good Woman is a four act Comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the The Winning of Barbara Worth is a Western film, released by United Artists in 1926, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life Condemned is a 1929 Melodrama film It stars Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, Raffles is a 1930 film starring Ronald Colman as the popular title character, a gentleman who is also secretly a notorious jewel thief The Devil to Pay! is a 1930 motion picture directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Frederick Londale and Benjamin Glazer. Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Cynara is a Genus of about 10 Species of thistle-like Perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, originally from the Mediterranean The Masquerader is a 1914 Film written and directed by Charles Chaplin and starring Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1934 American mystery /adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. Clive of India is a 1935 Drama film based on Lord Robert Clive 's historical biography A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film directed by Jack Conway and Robert Z Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe. The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 Black-and-white Adventure film based on the Anthony Hope 's this is considered by many to be the definitive If I Were King is a 1938 biographical Historical drama film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and The Light That Failed is a Novel by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in 1890 Random Harvest is a 1942 film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same name, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The 1944 version of Kismet was an MGM picture in Technicolor starring Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Joy Ann Page and Florence The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by John Phillips Marquand. A Double Life is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays Champagne for Caesar is a 1950 US Comedy movie about a Trivia Quiz show, directed by Richard Whorf The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by American journalist professor and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in 1921.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ a b Famous London Scottish publisher=londonscottishregt.org.
- ^ Dave Kehr, "Objection Quashes Sale of Welles's 'Kane' Oscar" New York Times, July 22, 2003
- Parker, John, editor, Who's Who in the Theatre, 10th edition revised, London, 1947, p. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 437.
External links
- Ronald Colman at Find A Grave
- Ronald Colman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ronald Colman at the Internet Movie Database
- Ronald Colman at the TCM Movie Database
- Photographs of Ronald Colman
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Colman, Ronald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colman, Ronald Charles |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1891-2-9 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond, Surrey, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1958-5-19 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
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