Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in … See more

Ronald Charles Colman was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the third son (his eldest brother died in infancy in 1882) and fifth child of Charles Colman, a silk merchant and mantle manufacturer, and his wife Marjor… See more

While working as a clerk with Watts, Watts & Co., Ltd. (managers of the Britain Steamship Company) in the City of London, he joined the London Scottish Regiment in 1909 as a Territorial Force soldier. At the outbreak o… See more

While working as a shipping clerk, Colman took to the stage and soon established himself as a member of the performing community in Ealing. Between 1909 and 1914, he appeared solo and with various concert par… See more

In 1957, Colman had surgery for a lung infection, and suffered from ill health afterwards. He was hospitalized and died on 19 May 1958, aged 67, from acute emphysema in Santa Barbara, California, and was int… See more

Colman was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actor. At the 3rd Academy Awards ceremony he received a single nomination for his work in two films; Bulldog Drummond (1929) and Condemned (1929). He … See more