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Ronald Charles Colman was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He was most popular during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He received Oscar nominations for Bulldog Drummond (1929), Condemned (1929) and Random Harvest (1942). Colman starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). He also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic Kismet (1944), with Marlene Dietrich, which was nominated for four Academy Awards. In 1947, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the film A Double Life.
Birth Name
Ronald Charles Colman
Born
Monday, 09 February 1891
Died
Monday, 19 May 1958
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| Extraordinary Women | Self | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Lord Darlington (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) | 2011 |
| Northern Exposure | Rudolf Rassendyll | 1990 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'A Tale of Two Cities' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'A Tale of Two Cities' | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Discovering Film | Various | 2014 |
| Extraordinary Women | Self | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Lord Darlington (clip from Lady WIndermere's Fan (1925)) | 2011 |
| Northern Exposure | Rudolf Rassendyll | 1990 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | Clip from 'A Tale of Two Cities' / (archive footage) | 1976 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'A Tale of Two Cities' | 1961 |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | Self | 1961 |
| The Story of Mankind | The Spirit of Man | 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Great Indian Peninsular Railway Official / Railway Official | 1956 |
| The Halls of Ivy | Dr. William Todhunter Hall | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Artist | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Graham | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Narrator / Dr. Bosanquent / Cameron / Caller | 1952 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Self | 1950 |
| Champagne for Caesar | Beauregard Bottomley | 1950 |
| The Art Director | Self - edited from 'Late George Apley' | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| A Double Life | Anthony John | 1947 |
| The Late George Apley | George Apley | 1947 |
| Kismet | Hafiz | 1944 |
| Some of the Best | Charles Rainier in Random Harvest | 1944 |
| Random Harvest | Charles Rainier / Charles Rainier aka "Smithy" | 1942 |
| The Talk of the Town | Professor Michael Lightcap | 1942 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 | Self (clip from"The Light That Failed") | 1942 |
| My Life with Caroline | Anthony Mason | 1941 |
| Lucky Partners | David Grant | 1940 |
| The Light That Failed | Dick Heldar | 1939 |
| If I Were King | François Villon | 1938 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | The Prisoner of Zenda / Major Rudolf Rassendyll | 1937 |
| Lost Horizon | Robert Conway / Robert " Bob " Conway | 1937 |
| Under Two Flags | Sgt. Victor | 1936 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Sydney Carton | 1935 |
| The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | Paul Gallard / Paul Gaillard | 1935 |
| Clive of India | Robert Clive | 1935 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond / Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond | 1934 |
| The Masquerader | John Loder, His Cousin / Sir John Chilcote / John Loder | 1933 |
| Cynara | Jim Warlock / James Warlock | 1932 |
| Arrowsmith | Dr. Martin Arrowsmith | 1931 |
| The Unholy Garden | Barrington Hunt | 1931 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| The Devil to Pay! | Willie Hale | 1930 |
| Raffles | A.J. Raffles | 1930 |
| Condemned! | Michel Oman / Michel | 1929 |
| Bulldog Drummond | Hugh Drummond / Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond | 1929 |
| The Rescue | Tom Lingard | 1929 |
| Two Lovers | 1928 | |
| The Magic Flame | Tito the Clown / The Count | 1927 |
| The Night of Love | Montero | 1927 |
| The Winning of Barbara Worth | Willard Holmes | 1926 |
| Beau Geste | Michael 'Beau' Geste | 1926 |
| Kiki | Victor Renal | 1926 |
| Lady Windermere's Fan | Lord Darlington | 1925 |
| Stella Dallas | Stephen Dallas | 1925 |
| The Dark Angel | Captain Alan Trent | 1925 |
| Her Sister from Paris | Joseph / Joseph Weyringer | 1925 |
| The Sporting Venus | Donald MacAllan | 1925 |
| His Supreme Moment | John Douglas | 1925 |
| A Thief in Paradise | Maurice Blake | 1925 |
| Romola | Carlo Bucellini | 1924 |
| Her Night of Romance | Paul Menford | 1924 |
| Twenty Dollars a Week | Chester Reeves | 1924 |
| The Eternal City | Extra | 1923 |
| The White Sister | Capt. Giovanni Severini / Capt. Giovanni Severi | 1923 |
| Handcuffs or Kisses | Lodyard | 1921 |
| Snow in the Desert | Rupert Sylvester | 1920 |
| Anna the Adventuress | Brendan | 1920 |
| Sheba | Bit part | 1919 |
| The Toilers | Bob | 1919 |
| The Live Wire | 1917 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Four Star Playhouse | 1952 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1948 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1948 | Golden Globe | Best Actor | Won |
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
