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Booth Colman is a Actor American born on 8 march 1923 at Portland (USA)
Booth Colman (March 8, 1923 – December 15, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor. In his later years he played older authority figures such as doctors and lawyers. Colman appeared in films since 1952, when he appeared uncredited in The Big Sky directed by Howard Hawks.
Colman was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child actor in local productions became active in local radio. He attended the Universities of Washington and Michigan. After Army service during World War II he went to New York and in 1944 began a long career in Broadway theater, first appearing in a production of Irwin Shaw's war drama The Assassin. He was soon invited to join Maurice Evans' acting company, where he continued to act on stage and later in films.
He appeared dozens of times on prime-time television dramas and comedies. In 1964 he appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, one as a doctor in police investigations and the other as a prosecuting attorney. Other televisions appearances include Frasier, Gilligan's Island, McCloud and The Monkees. Films include Norma Rae, The Man Who Wasn't There and Intolerable Cruelty. In 1983 he portrayed the kindly scientist Professor Hector Jerrold in the ABC daytime melodrama General Hospital.
In 1974 Colman played the role of Dr. Zaius in the popular short-lived TV series, Planet of the Apes; the role made famous on the big screen by his former teacher, Maurice Evans. In the six episodes in which he appeared, he even wore the same costume that Evans wore in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Colman played Scrooge hundreds of times on stage in A Christmas Carol at the Meadow Brook Theatre in the Detroit area. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 91 on December 15, 2014.
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Booth Colman (March 8, 1923 – December 15, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor. In his later years he played older authority figures such as doctors and lawyers. Colman appeared in films since 1952, when he appeared uncredited in The Big Sky directed by Howard Hawks.
Colman was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child actor in local productions became active in local radio. He attended the Universities of Washington and Michigan. After Army service during World War II he went to New York and in 1944 began a long career in Broadway theater, first appearing in a production of Irwin Shaw's war drama The Assassin. He was soon invited to join Maurice Evans' acting company, where he continued to act on stage and later in films.
He appeared dozens of times on prime-time television dramas and comedies. In 1964 he appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, one as a doctor in police investigations and the other as a prosecuting attorney. Other televisions appearances include Frasier, Gilligan's Island, McCloud and The Monkees. Films include Norma Rae, The Man Who Wasn't There and Intolerable Cruelty. In 1983 he portrayed the kindly scientist Professor Hector Jerrold in the ABC daytime melodrama General Hospital.
In 1974 Colman played the role of Dr. Zaius in the popular short-lived TV series, Planet of the Apes; the role made famous on the big screen by his former teacher, Maurice Evans. In the six episodes in which he appeared, he even wore the same costume that Evans wore in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Colman played Scrooge hundreds of times on stage in A Christmas Carol at the Meadow Brook Theatre in the Detroit area. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 91 on December 15, 2014.
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
, 1h40Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Herrmann, Cedric the Entertainer, Paul Adelstein
Roles Gutman Trial Judge
Rating62%
Donovan Donaly (Geoffrey Rush) a TV soap opera producer, comes home early and finds his wife Bonnie (Stacey Travis) with her ex-boyfriend, Ollie (Jack Kyle). Bonnie hires Miles Massey (George Clooney), a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement. Miles wins the divorce case, leaving Donaly with nothing.
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Adam Alexi-Malle
Roles Judge #2
Rating75%
In 1949, Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is a low-key barber in the town of Santa Rosa, California. He is married to Doris (Frances McDormand), a bookkeeper with a drinking problem, and works in a barber shop that belongs to his brother-in-law Frank (Michael Badalucco). A customer named Creighton Tolliver (Jon Polito) tells Ed that he's a businessman looking for investors to put up $10,000 in a new technology called dry cleaning. Ed decides to get the money by anonymously blackmailing Doris's boss, "Big Dave" Brewster (James Gandolfini), whom he knows to be having an affair with Doris. Dave embezzles money from his department store to pay the blackmail. However, he soon pieces together the scheme and beats Tolliver until he implicates Ed. Dave confronts Ed at the store and attempts to kill him, but Ed stabs Dave fatally with a cigar knife.
Shootdown (1988)
Directed by Michael Pressman
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Angela Lansbury, George Coe, Kyle Secor, Molly Hagan, Diana Bellamy, Jennifer Savidge
Roles Bernard
Rating58%
Norma Rae (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Children's films
Actors Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Morgan Paull, Barbara Baxley
Roles Dr. Watson
Rating72%
Norma Rae Webster is a minimum-wage worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions. After hearing a speech by a New York union organizer, Reuben Warshowsky, Norma Rae decides to join the effort to unionize her shop. This causes conflict at home when Norma Rae's husband, Sonny, says she's not spending enough time in the home.
, 1h14Directed by Dean Hargrove
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Actors Larry Hagman, Jenny O'Hara, Nicholas Colasanto, Woodrow Parfrey, Ivor Francis, Ron Silver
Roles Psychiatre
Rating64%
Sherman Holmes, un motard du LAPD a été blessé à la tête quand sa moto lui est tombé dessus alors qu'il était en train de lire les œuvres complètes de Sherlock Holmes. Lorsqu'il se réveille du coma, il se prend pour Sherlock Holmes au point de se vêtir comme lui, et il semble aussi avoir acquis un grand esprit de déduction. Le docteur Joan Watson, la psychiatre qui doit l'aider, va être entraînée par lui dans la résolution d'affaires criminelles impliquant un juge...
Time Travelers (1976)
, 1h18Directed by Alexander Singer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic
Actors Tom Hallick, Francine York, Booth Colman, Richard Basehart, Walter Brooke, Gil Lamb
Roles Dr. Amos Cummings
Rating58%
Une épidémie de peste rare infecte la population des Etats-Unis et commence à se propager dans le monde. Deux scientifiques sont engagés pour remonter le temps afin de trouver le remède conçu par un médecin de San Francisco au début du 19e siècle.
Time to Run (1974)
, 1h37Directed by James F. Collier
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ed Nelson, Alvy Moore, Florence Lake, Booth Colman, Keith Walker, Michael Rupert
Roles Officer Harvey
Rating59%
Scandalous John (1971)
, 1h53Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Harry Morgan, Rick Lenz, Simon Oakland
Roles Governor Murray
Rating58%
John McCanless was once a gunslinger and has become a cranky old rancher. There is a plan to build a dam which would flood his property. John has no intention of selling his land and is determined to fight the dam to the end if necessary.
The Lawyer (1970)
, 2hDirected by Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Barry Newman, Diana Muldaur, Harold Gould, Booth Colman, Robert Colbert, Kathleen Crowley
Roles Judge Crawford
Rating66%
Tony Petrocelli is a Harvard-educated attorney of Italian heritage who practices in an unidentified part of the American Southwest. He works (and drives) at a frenetic pace, not only because he is a zealous advocate for his defendants (which includes a regular run of drunks and other small-time criminal cases) but because of the vast distances of western prairie he must cross in order to meet clients, investigate his cases and make court appointments.
Maryjane (1968)
Directed by Maury Dexter
Genres Drama
Actors Fabian Forte, Diane McBain, Michael Margotta, Carl Gottlieb, Patty McCormack, Teri Garr
Roles Maynard Parlow
Rating51%
A car driven by a driver intoxicated by marijuana plunges off a cliff, killing the driver and injuring a female passenger.
Harlow (1965)
, 2h5Directed by Gordon Douglas, Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carroll Baker, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Efrem Zimbalist II, Raf Vallone, Ginger Rogers
Rating55%
The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Buster Crabbe, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Rating59%
Clint is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.
Arizona Raiders (1965)
, 1h37Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Michael Dante, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Rating59%
Clint et son frère se joignent au gang des Quantrell's Raiders et parcourent l'Ouest des États-Unis. Mais ils sont aussitôt arrêtés par la cavalerie américaine. Cependant le chef Tom Andrews leur propose, pour éviter les travaux forcés, de rejoindre les Rangers pour lutter contre divers gangs de renégats qui sévissent dans tout le Far West...
Wild on the Beach (1965)
, 1h17Directed by Maury Dexter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, Booth Colman, Sonny Bono, Cher
Roles Dean Parker
Rating36%
Co-ed Lee Sullivan (Sherry Jackson), a student at an unnamed California college, inherits a house on the beach from her late uncle. She wants to use the building as boarding house for girls, thus both alleviating the student housing shortage and financing her education.
Kisses for My President (1964)
, 1h53Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Eli Wallach, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, William Walker
Roles TV Producer (uncredited)
Rating54%
The United States elects its first female President in the form of Leslie McCloud. She and her first gentleman, Thad, move into the White House with their daughter Gloria and son Peter.