- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1891
- Place of Birth
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Died
- May 19, 1958
Ronald Colman
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…
Filmography
movieGoldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieThe Story of Mankind
1957 · The Spirit of Man
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956 · Railway Official
The Halls of Ivy
tvThe Halls of Ivy
1954
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Graham
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Caller, Dr. Bosanquent, Cameron, Narrator, Writer
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950 · Ronald Colman
movieChampagne for Caesar
1950 · Beauregard Bottomley
movieThe Art Director
1949 · Self - from 'Late George Apley' (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieA Double Life
1947 · Anthony John
movieThe Late George Apley
1947 · George Apley
movieKismet
1944 · Hafiz
movieRandom Harvest
1942 · Charles Rainier
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942 · Michael Lightcap
movieMy Life with Caroline
1941 · Anthony Mason
movieLucky Partners
1940 · David Grant
movieThe Light That Failed
1939 · Dick Heldar
movieIf I Were King
1938 · François Villon
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
movieLost Horizon
1937 · Robert " Bob " Conway
movieUnder Two Flags
1936 · Sgt. Victor
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Sydney Carton
movieThe Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935 · Paul Gaillard
movieClive of India
1935 · Robert Clive
movieBulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
movieThe Masquerader
1933 · Sir John Chilcote / John Loder
movieCynara
1932 · James Warlock
movieArrowsmith
1931 · Dr. Martin Arrowsmith
movieThe Unholy Garden
1931 · Barrington Hunt
movieGovernor C.C. Young Hails Greater Talkie Season
1930
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930 · Willie Hale
Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
movieTerra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1
1930
movieRaffles
1930 · A.J. Raffles
movieCondemned!
1929 · Michel
movieBulldog Drummond
1929 · Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
movieThe Rescue
1929 · Tom Lingard
movieTwo Lovers
1928 · Mark van Rycke
movieThe Magic Flame
1927 · Tito the Clown / The Count
movieThe Night of Love
1927 · Montero
movieThe Winning of Barbara Worth
1926 · Willard Holmes
movieBeau Geste
1926 · Michael 'Beau' Geste
movieKiki
1926 · Victor Renal
movieLady Windermere's Fan
1925 · Lord Darlington
movieStella Dallas
1925 · Stephen Dallas
movieThe Dark Angel
1925 · Captain Alan Trent
movieHer Sister from Paris
1925 · Joseph
movieA Thief in Paradise
1925 · Maurice Blake
The Sporting Venus
movieThe Sporting Venus
1925 · Donald MacAllan
movieHis Supreme Moment
1925 · John Douglas
movieRomola
1924 · Carlo Bucellini
movieHer Night of Romance
1924 · Paul Menford
movieTarnish
1924 · Emmet Carr
Twenty Dollars a Week
movieTwenty Dollars a Week
1924 · Chester Reeves
movieThe White Sister
1923 · Capt. Giovanni Severi
Handcuffs or Kisses
movieHandcuffs or Kisses
1921 · Lodyard
The Black Spider
movieThe Black Spider
1920 · Vicomte de Beaurais
Anna the Adventuress
movieAnna the Adventuress
1920 · Brendan
The Toilers
movieThe Toilers
1919 · Bob