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Ronald Colman‌

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Ronald Colman

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Ronald Colman

Richmond, Surrey, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1891-02-08

Popularity

star3.6

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.

Movie Credits

Governor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season

Governor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town‌
star7.3
calendar 1942

Random Harvest

Random Harvest‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

A Double Life

A Double Life‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind‌
star4.5
calendar 1957

Kismet

Kismet‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda‌
star7.5
calendar 1937

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities‌
star6.7
calendar 1935

My Life with Caroline

My Life with Caroline‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

Bulldog Drummond

Bulldog Drummond‌
star6.4
calendar 1929

The White Sister

The White Sister‌
star7.0
calendar 1923

Romola

Romola‌
star6.0
calendar 1924

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith‌
star6.5
calendar 1931

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

The Unholy Garden

The Unholy Garden‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

The Winning of Barbara Worth

The Winning of Barbara Worth‌
star6.6
calendar 1926

The Devil to Pay!

The Devil to Pay!‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

Clive of India

Clive of India‌
star4.6
calendar 1935

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan‌
star6.8
calendar 1925

Condemned!

Condemned!‌
star6.2
calendar 1929

Raffles

Raffles‌
star5.9
calendar 1930

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas‌
star7.1
calendar 1925

If I Were King

If I Were King‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners‌
star5.9
calendar 1940

The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Cynara

Cynara‌
star4.8
calendar 1932

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

The Magic Flame

The Magic Flame‌
star5.0
calendar 1927

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

Her Sister from Paris

Her Sister from Paris‌
star5.9
calendar 1925

Her Night of Romance

Her Night of Romance‌
star6.4
calendar 1924

Beau Geste

Beau Geste‌
star5.9
calendar 1926

The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Masquerader

The Masquerader‌
star4.8
calendar 1933

The Rescue

The Rescue‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Two Lovers

Two Lovers‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Kiki

Kiki‌
star7.0
calendar 1926

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
star3.3
calendar 1961

A Thief in Paradise

A Thief in Paradise‌
star6.0
calendar 1925

The Night of Love

The Night of Love‌
star5.0
calendar 1927

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1

Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies‌
star8.0
calendar 2001

Anna the Adventuress

Anna the Adventuress‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Sporting Venus

The Sporting Venus‌
star6.5
calendar 1925

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

His Supreme Moment

His Supreme Moment‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

The Art Director

The Art Director‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

The Toilers

The Toilers‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Twenty Dollars a Week

Twenty Dollars a Week‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Tarnish

Tarnish‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Tv Credits

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Halls of Ivy

The Halls of Ivy‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program‌
star7.6
calendar 1950