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Ronald Colman was a British stage, film, and television actor who also worked as a screenwriter. Born in Richmond, Surrey, England, in 1891, he began his professional career in 1914. During World War I, he served in the British Army. Colman was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was married to Benita Hume and had one child.
His acting career included a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Additionally, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Colman died of pulmonary emphysema from natural causes in Santa Barbara in 1958.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Lost Horizon
- What Really Counts - the Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy
- Measuring genuine progress
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies — Self (archive footage)2001
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)1988
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
- The Story of Mankind — The Spirit of Man1957
- Around the World in 80 Days — Railway Official1956
- The Halls of Ivy1954
- General Electric Theater — Graham1953
- Four Star Playhouse — Caller1952
- Four Star Playhouse — Dr. Bosanquent1952
- Four Star Playhouse — Cameron1952
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- London
- Active from
- 1891
- Active to
- 1958
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 170
- Total plays
- 340
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ronald+Colman">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 24,386x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
· 2005 · cited 15,587x
- An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest
· 2006 · cited 13,010x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Ronald Charles Colman , ( 1891-02-09 ) 9 February 1891, Richmond , Surrey, England
- Died
- 19 May 1958 (1958-05-19) (aged 67), Santa Barbara, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Santa Barbara Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1914–1957
- Known for
- A Double Life A Tale of Two Cities Lost Horizon The Prisoner of Zenda
- Spouses
- Thelma Raye ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1934 ) Benita Hume ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 )
- Relatives
- Grace Colman (cousin)
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor , Hollywood Walk of Fame
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States, where he had a highly successful Hollywood film career. Colman starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by his distinctive, pleasing voice. He was most popular during the 1930s and 1940s. Colman received Oscar nominations for Bulldog Drummond (1929), Condemned (1929) and Random Harvest (1942). He starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Colman also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic Kismet (1944), with Marlene Dietrich. In 1947, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film A Double Life.
Colman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures, and later was awarded a second star for his television work.
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