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Ronald Colman
Acting

Ronald Colman
Homepage
http://www.ronaldcolman.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1891-02-08, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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 first discovered amateur theatre. He intended to attend Cambridge and become an engineer, but his father's death cost him the financial support necessary. He joined the London Scottish Regionals and at the outbreak of World War I was sent to France. Seriously wounded at the battle of Messines--he was gassed--he was invalided out of service scarcely two months after shipping out for France. Upon his recovery he tried to enter the consular service, but a chance encounter got him a small role in a London play. He dropped other plans and concentrated on the theatre, and was rewarded with a succession of increasingly prominent parts. He made extra money appearing in a few minor films, and in 1920 set out for New York in hopes of finding greater fortune there than in war-depressed England. After two years of impoverishment he was cast in a Broadway hit, "La Tendresse". Director Henry King spotted him in the show and cast him as Lillian Gish's leading man in The White Sister (1923). His success in the film led to a contract with Samuel Goldwyn, and his career as a Hollywood leading man was underway. He became a vastly popular star of silent films, in romances as well as adventure films. The coming of sound made his extraordinarily beautiful speaking voice even more important to the film industry. He played sophisticated, thoughtful characters of integrity with enormous aplomb, and swashbuckled expertly when called to do so in films like The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). A decade later he received an Academy Award for his splendid portrayal of a tormented actor in A Double Life (1947). Much of his later career was devoted to "The Halls of Ivy", a radio show that later was transferred to television "The Halls of Ivy" (1954). He continued to work until nearly the end of his life, which came in 1958 after a brief lung illness. He was survived by his second wife, actress Benita Hume, and their daughter Juliet Benita Colman.

Filmography

Governor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season

8

Governor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season
1930-12-31

6.976

Lost Horizon
1937-03-03

Around the World in 80 Days

6.655

Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17

The Talk of the Town

7.316

The Talk of the Town
1942-08-20

7.3

Random Harvest
1942-12-17

Champagne for Caesar

7.3

Champagne for Caesar
1950-05-11

6.355

A Double Life
1947-12-25

The Story of Mankind

4.429

The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08

5.472

Kismet
1944-10-01

The Prisoner of Zenda

7.5

The Prisoner of Zenda
1937-09-03

A Tale of Two Cities

6.9

A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25

My Life with Caroline

6.75

My Life with Caroline
1941-08-01

Bulldog Drummond

6.519

Bulldog Drummond
1929-05-02

The White Sister

7.231

The White Sister
1923-09-05

6.667

Romola
1924-12-06

6.6

Arrowsmith
1931-12-07

Under Two Flags

6.75

Under Two Flags
1936-04-30

The Unholy Garden

6.75

The Unholy Garden
1931-10-06

The Winning of Barbara Worth

6.522

The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926-10-14

The Devil to Pay!

5.804

The Devil to Pay!
1930-12-18

5.083

Clive of India
1935-01-25

Lady Windermere's Fan

6.822

Lady Windermere's Fan
1925-12-26

6.618

Condemned!
1929-11-03

6.1

Raffles
1930-07-11

7.094

Stella Dallas
1925-11-16

7.143

If I Were King
1938-09-28

6.1

Lucky Partners
1940-08-02

The Late George Apley

7

The Late George Apley
1947-03-19

5.071

Cynara
1932-12-24

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

5.625

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

6.75

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935-11-14

The Magic Flame

5.5

The Magic Flame
1927-09-17

Her Sister from Paris

6.222

Her Sister from Paris
1925-08-01

Her Night of Romance

6.773

Her Night of Romance
1924-11-24

6.4

Beau Geste
1926-08-24

The Light That Failed

5.75

The Light That Failed
1939-12-24

The Masquerader

5

The Masquerader
1933-09-03

7.5

The Rescue
1929-01-12

9

Two Lovers
1928-03-23

7.8

Kiki
1926-04-04

A Thief in Paradise

6.5

A Thief in Paradise
1925-06-18

The Night of Love

7

The Night of Love
1927-01-22

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

8

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930-09-12

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

8.5

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001-10-07

Anna the Adventuress

9

Anna the Adventuress
1920-02-01

The Sporting Venus

6.667

The Sporting Venus
1925-04-12

8

The Dark Angel
1925-09-27

His Supreme Moment

10

His Supreme Moment
1925-04-12

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

8.2

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01

The Art Director

7

The Art Director
1949-11-12

Twenty Dollars a Week

10

Twenty Dollars a Week
1924-04-12

8

Tarnish
1924-08-01

8

The Toilers
1919-03-01

Handcuffs or Kisses

9

Handcuffs or Kisses
1921-09-05

The Black Spider

10

The Black Spider
1920-05-13

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Halls of Ivy

7

The Halls of Ivy
1954-10-19

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Jack Benny Program

7.824

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28