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Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrating to the United States and having a highly successful Hollywood film career. He starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by a distinctive, pleasing ...
Ronald Colman. Actor: A Double Life. 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 ...
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- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Ronald Colman (1891-1958) Ronald Colman was an English actor who began his film career in silent movies but who achieved great fame and popularity after the advent of Sound, and became one of the foremost leading men of the 1930's and 1940's. He starred in a number of classic films such as 'A Tale of Two Cities' in 1935 and 'Lost Horizon' in ...
Ronald Colman. Actor: A Double Life. 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 joined the ...
- February 9, 1891
- May 19, 1958
Ronald Colman filmography. Ronald Colman in a publicity still for The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Ronald Colman began his career as an actor on the stage following his service in the British Army during World War I. He made his film debut in an unreleased two-reeler titled The Live Wire (1917).
YearTitleRoleDirector19291929Michel1930George FitzmauriceHarry d'Abbadie ...1930Willie HaleGeorge FitzmauriceMay 15, 2024 · Ronald Colman (born February 9, 1891, Richmond, Surrey, England—died May 19, 1958, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.) was a Hollywood film actor whose screen image embodied the archetypal English gentleman. His elegant accent and polished demeanour gave voice to characters who were sophisticated yet graciously heroic, which contrasted with the rugged, action-oriented screen images of American ...
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Jun 20, 2024 · Yet Colman embodied these conflicting qualities better than any other actor. Colman’s cultured yet colloquial voice, relieved of the deafening silence of his performances in the more than 20 films he made before 1929, caused audiences to cheer the early climax of a career that seemed beyond his reach after World War I. Sometime between 1917 ...
