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Ronald Colman is a Actor British born on 8 february 1891 at Richmond (United-kingdom)
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English actor, popular during the 1930s and 1940s. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for A Double Life (1947) and received nominations for Random Harvest (1942) and Bulldog Drummond/Condemned (1929, nominated for his work in both). Colman starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) and The Talk of the Town (1942).
En 1909, il rejoint le London Scottish Regiment et est ensuite parmi les premiers soldats de la Territorial Army à se battre lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il combat aux côtés d'autres acteurs (Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone...). Le 31 octobre 1914, à la Première bataille d'Ypres, il est gravement blessé à la cheville par un shrapnel qui le fera boiter, défaut qu'il cherchera à cacher tout au long de sa carrière. Il est démobilisé pour invalidité en 1915.
Il épouse en secondes noces l'actrice britannique Benita Hume (1938-1958), qui arrêtera sa carrière pour lui, puis, à sa mort, se remariera avec l'acteur britannique George Sanders (1959-1967). Ils ont eu une fille, Juliet Benita Colman (née en 1944), qui a publié la biographie de son père : "Ronald Colman: A Very Private Person" en 1975.
Il meurt le 19 mai 1958 à Santa Barbara (Californie) d'emphysème.
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Ronald Colman
Birth name Ronald Charles Colman
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 february 1891 at Richmond (United-kingdom)
Death 19 may 1958 (at 67 years) at Santa Barbara (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 february 1891 at Richmond (United-kingdom)
Death 19 may 1958 (at 67 years) at Santa Barbara (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor
Biography
Né Roland Charles Colman en Angleterre, à Richmond (Surrey), il fait des études à Littlehampton où il découvre le théâtre. Il souhaite faire des études d'ingénieur à Cambridge, mais la mort soudaine de son père en 1907 rend ce projet financièrement impossible.En 1909, il rejoint le London Scottish Regiment et est ensuite parmi les premiers soldats de la Territorial Army à se battre lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il combat aux côtés d'autres acteurs (Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone...). Le 31 octobre 1914, à la Première bataille d'Ypres, il est gravement blessé à la cheville par un shrapnel qui le fera boiter, défaut qu'il cherchera à cacher tout au long de sa carrière. Il est démobilisé pour invalidité en 1915.
Il épouse en secondes noces l'actrice britannique Benita Hume (1938-1958), qui arrêtera sa carrière pour lui, puis, à sa mort, se remariera avec l'acteur britannique George Sanders (1959-1967). Ils ont eu une fille, Juliet Benita Colman (née en 1944), qui a publié la biographie de son père : "Ronald Colman: A Very Private Person" en 1975.
Il meurt le 19 mai 1958 à Santa Barbara (Californie) d'emphysème.
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, 2h4Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Christopher Plummer, George Cukor, Arthur E. Arling, Tallulah Bankhead, Susan Hayward, Margaret Tallichet
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating84%
, 2h13Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lew Ayres, Stan Laurel
Roles (archive footage)
Rating72%
Gene Kelly et Fred Astaire présentent les meilleurs moments des films de la MGM.
The Story of Mankind (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Irwin Allen, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
Roles The Spirit of Man
Rating48%
Scientists have developed a weapon, called the "Super H-bomb", which if detonated will wipe out the human race entirely. A "High Tribunal" in "The Great Court of Outer Space" is called upon to decide whether divine intervention should be allowed to stop the bomb's detonation. The devil (Vincent Price), who goes by the name of Mr. Scratch, prosecutes Mankind while the Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) defends it.
, 2h47Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Roles Railway Official
Rating66%
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
, 1h36Directed by John Cromwell, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, Théâtre, L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Films based on plays, Escroquerie, Films about royalty
Actors Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer
Rating68%
Rodolphe Rassendyll, un touriste anglais, arrive à Strelsau, capitale d'un pays imaginaire d'Europe Centrale, la Ruritanie. Il y rencontre un lointain cousin dont il est le parfait sosie, le prince héritier Rodolphe V. Celui-ci doit être couronné Roi le lendemain, mais à l'issue de la soirée que les deux parents éloignés passent ensemble, le futur souverain ne peut être ranimé : il a bu un vin drogué par une complice de son demi-frère, Michael de Strelsau, lequel escompte se proclamer Régent du Royaume, en l'absence à la Cérémonie du Couronnement de Rodolphe V, puis faire assassiner ce dernier pour accéder ainsi au Trône. Mais deux fidèles du prince légitime, le Colonel Zapt et Fritz von Tarlenheim, font accepter par Rassendyll qu'il joue le rôle de souverain au couronnement, grâce à cette providentielle ressemblance. Les choses se compliquent lorsque Rodolphe V, toujours endormi, est enlevé le même jour par le mercenaire Rupert de Hentzau ; en outre, Rassendyll tombe amoureux de la Princesse Flavia, promise en mariage au prince héritier.
Champagne for Caesar (1950)
, 1h39Directed by Richard Whorf
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter, Mel Blanc
Roles Beauregard Bottomley
Rating73%
Beauregard Bottomley (Ronald Colman) is an unemployed PhD physicist who lives in Los Angeles with his piano-instructor sister Gwenn (Barbara Britton) and the alcohol-guzzling parrot of the film's title, Caesar. Beauregard and Gwenn live in a bungalow court, surrounded by books. Beauregard is an omnivorous reader, and is highly knowledgeable on virtually any subject - except, as he admits, how to hold a job. Beauregard obtains word of a mysterious job opportunity at the Milady Soap Company. He meets the eccentric company owner, Burnbridge Waters (Vincent Price), for the job interview. Waters disapproves of Beauregard's humour and turns him down for the job, humiliating him in the process.
The Late George Apley (1947)
, 1h36Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Richard Neill, Charles Russell
Roles George Apley
Rating69%
George Apley (Ronald Colman) is a stuffy, self-satisfied member of Boston's upper class, supremely confident of the superiority of his hometown. However, his comfortable, predictable world is overturned when he learns, to his horror, that both his son and his daughter have fallen in love with non-Bostonians. However, he is eventually brought around to see reason.
A Double Life (1947)
, 1h44Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Millard Mitchell
Roles Anthony John
Rating69%
Celebrated stage actor Anthony John (Ronald Colman) has driven away his actress wife Brita (Signe Hasso) with his erratic temper. However, they star together in the play Othello. Gradually, his portrayal of a jealous murderer undermines his sanity, and he kills his mistress, Pat Kroll (Shelley Winters).
Kismet (1944)
, 1h40Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Morgan Wallace, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Hugh Herbert
Roles Hafiz
Rating60%
The story takes place "when old Baghdad was new and shiny", in an Arabian Nights atmosphere. Colman plays Hafiz, a middle-aged beggar and magician who parades about as the King of Beggars during the day, and as the Prince of Hassir during the night. As the Prince of Hassir he meets Lady Jamilla (Dietrich), the Queen of the Grand Vizier's harem, who knows he is a poseur but is fascinated by him.
The Talk of the Town (1942)
, 1h58Directed by George Stevens, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram, Edgar Buchanan, Charles Dingle
Roles Professor Michael Lightcap
Rating74%
Mill worker and political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the fire. In the middle of his trial, Dilg escapes from jail and seeks shelter in a house owned by former schoolmate Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur), now a schoolteacher on whom he has had a crush for years. Shelley has the house rented for the summer to distinguished law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman), who plans to write a book. Both Lightcap and Dilg arrive within minutes of each other.
Random Harvest (1942)
, 2h5Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Charles Rainier
Rating78%
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
My Life with Caroline (1941)
, 1h21Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger, Reginald Gardiner, Gilbert Roland, Matt Moore
Roles Anthony Mason
Rating56%
Wealthy publisher Anthony Mason (Ronald Colman) weds ditsy socialite Caroline (Anna Lee) who sees nothing wrong with chasing men even after her marriage. Caroline flirts with Paco Del Valle (Gilbert Roland) while at a charity ball in Alpine Lodge, Idaho, and Paco then asks Mr. Bliss (Charles Winninger), her father, for permission to marry his daughter. Bliss tells them they need to ask her husband, and Caroline and Paco telegraph Anthony in New York.
Lucky Partners (1940)
, 1h39Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Spring Byington, Harry Davenport, Cecilia Loftus
Roles David Grant
Rating64%
Portrait painter and caricaturist David Grant (Ronald Colman), newly arrived in Greenwich Village, wishes Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) good luck on a whim as they pass on the sidewalk. When Jean delivers books, a woman makes her the gift of an expensive dress. She is quarreling with her son-in-law, who had given the dress to his wife. Believing David to be lucky, Jean asks him to partner with her on a ticket for the Irish Sweepstakes. He agrees only on condition that, if their horse wins, she accompany him on a platonic trip to see the sights before she settles down to married life in Poughkeepsie, New York. She and her fiance, Frederick "Freddie" Harper (Jack Carson), are dubious about the proposition, but he talks them into it.
The Light That Failed (1939)
, 1h39Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino, Ronald Sinclair, Dudley Digges
Roles Dick Heldar
Rating65%
In 1865, youngster Dick Heldar is briefly blinded when his girlfriend Maisie accidentally fires his pistol too close to his head. She later tells him that her guardians are sending her away somewhere to be educated, but she agrees when he says she belongs to him "forever and ever".
If I Were King (1938)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C.V. France, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles François Villon
Rating70%
King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) is in desperate straits. He is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. He goes in disguise to a tavern to see who accepts a message from the enemy. While there, he is amused by the antics of poet François Villon (Ronald Colman), who has stolen food from the royal storehouse. The rascal criticizes the king and brags about how much better he would do if he were in Louis' place.