Ronald Colman (I) (1891–1958)


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British leading man of primarily American films, one of the great stars of the Golden Age. Raised in Ealing, the son of a successful silk merchant, he attended boarding school in Sussex, where he discovered amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but his father's death cost him the financial support necessary. He ... See full bio »

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Sattuma korjaa satoa Charles Rainier
(1942)
(1929)
Kaksoiselämää Anthony John
(1947)
Sininen kuu Robert Conway
(1937)

Filmography

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 1957 Ihminen ja paholainen
The Spirit of Man
 1956 Se parhaiten nauraa... (TV Series)
Graham
- The Chess Game (1956) ... Graham
 1956 Maailman ympäri 80 päivässä
Great Indian Peninsular Railway Official
 1956 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Artist
- Perfect Likeness (1956) ... Artist
 1954-1955 The Halls of Ivy (TV Series)
Dr. William Todhunter Hall
- The Dean of Women (1955) ... Dr. William Todhunter Hall
- Hooliganism (1955) ... Dr. William Todhunter Hall
- Dr. Spatzen (1955) ... Dr. William Todhunter Hall
- Maxwell's Comet (1955) ... Dr. William Todhunter Hall
- The Voice of Ivy's Vine (1955) ... Dr. William Todhunter Hall
 1952-1954 Aitiopaikka (TV Series)
Narrator / Dr. Bosanquent / Cameron / ...
- A String of Beads (1954) ... Narrator
- Ladies on His Mind (1953) ... Dr. Bosanquent
- The Man Who Walked Out on Himself (1953) ... Cameron (as Ronald Coleman)
- The Lost Silk Hat (1952) ... Caller
 1950 Champagne for Caesar
Beauregard Bottomley
 1947 Kaksoiselämää
Anthony John
 1947 Minulla on oikeus rakastaa
George Apley
 1944 Kismet
Hafiz
 1942 Sattuma korjaa satoa
Charles Rainier
 1942 Hän tuli yöllä
Professor Michael Lightcap
 1941 Rouvani viettelykset
Anthony Mason
 1940 Ystäviäkö vain
David Grant
 1939 The Light That Failed
Dick Heldar
 1938 Kulkurien kuningas
François Villon
 1937 Zendan vanki
Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
 1937 Sininen kuu
Robert Conway
 1936 Under Two Flags
Sgt. Victor
 1935 Giljotiinin varjossa
Sydney Carton
 1935 Clive of India
Robert Clive
 1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
 1933 The Masquerader
Sir John Chilcote / John Loder, His Cousin
 1932 Cynara
Jim Warlock
 1931 Tohtori Arrowsmith
Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
 1931 The Unholy Garden
Barrington Hunt
 1930 The Devil to Pay!
Willie Hale
 1930 Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 (Short) (episode "Welches ist ihr Typ")
 1930 Raffles
A.J. Raffles
 1929 Condemned!
Michel Oman
 1929 Kapteeni 'Bulldog' Drummond
Hugh Drummond
 1929 The Rescue
Tom Lingard
 1928 Two Lovers
Mark Van Rycke
 1927 The Magic Flame
Tito the Clown / The Count
 1927 The Night of Love
Montero
 1926 Erämaan paratiisi
Willard Holmes
 1926 Beau Geste
Michael 'Beau' Geste
 1926 Kiki
Victor Renal
 1925 Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington
 1925 Stella Dallas
Stephen Dallas
 1925 The Dark Angel
Captain Alan Trent
 1925 Her Sister from Paris
Joseph Weyringer
 1925 His Supreme Moment
John Douglas
 1925 The Sporting Venus
Donald MacAllan
 1925 Varas paratiisissa
Maurice Blake
 1924 Romola
Carlo Bucellini
 1924 Her Night of Romance
Paul Menford
 1924 Tarnish
Emmet Carr
 1924 Twenty Dollars a Week
Chester Reeves
 1923 The Eternal City
Extra (uncredited)
 1923 The White Sister
Capt. Giovanni Severini
 1921 Handcuffs or Kisses
Lodyard
 1920 The Black Spider
Vicomte de Beaurais
 1920 A Son of David
Maurice Phillips
 1920 Anna the Adventuress
Brendan
 1919 Snow in the Desert
Rupert Sylvester
 1919 Sheba
Bit part (uncredited)
 1919 A Daughter of Eve
Bit Part (uncredited)
 1919 The Toilers
Bob
 1917 The Live Wire (Short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album: Recorded the complete sonnets of William Shakespeare in a multi-LP box set, and played Scrooge in an American Decca recording of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol". It became a classic and was reissued on LP throughout the 1950s and '60s. It has recently been released by Deutsche Grammophon on CD. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 5 Print Biographies | 21 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ronald Coleman

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse:

Benita Hume  (his death)  (1 child) | See more »

Parents:

Charles Colman | Marjory Read Fraser
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[asked if Ihminen ja paholainen (1957) was based on a book] Yes. But they are using only the notes on the dust jacket. See more »

Trivia:

He made his film debut in an unreleased two-reel short made in 1919. Its title is unknown, and references to it as 'Live Wire, The (1917)' apparently erroneously connect it to a play of that title in which Colman appeared around the same time. See more »

Trademark:

Rich, mellifluous voice

Nickname:

Ronnie

Star Sign:

Aquarius

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