Booth Colman Explained

Booth Colman
Birth Date:March 8, 1923
Birth Place:Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Washington
University of Michigan
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1952–2008

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 debuted (uncredited) in The Big Sky directed by Howard Hawks.

Life and career

Colman was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child actor in local productions, he became active in local radio. He studied Oriental language at the University of Washington and University of Michigan. During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army on May 12, 1943, and attended language training at the University of Michigan from 1943 to 1944.[1] After language training, he worked in New York City and was discharged from the army in 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.[2] [3] While in New York, he 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.[4] His other Broadway credits include Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1950), Tonight at 8:30 (1948), and Hamlet (1945).[5]

He appeared dozens of times on prime-time television dramas and comedies. In 1964, he appeared in two full episodes of Perry Mason, one as a doctor in police investigations and the other as a prosecuting attorney. Other televisions appearances include My Three Sons (1962), Frasier, Gilligan's Island, McCloud and The Monkees. Films include Them! (1954), The Silver Chalice (1954), Moonfleet (1955), My Gun Is Quick (1957), Wild on the Beach (1965), Maryjane (1968), The Lawyer (1970), Scandalous John (1971), Time Travelers (1976), Norma Rae (1979) and Intolerable Cruelty (2003). In 1983, he portrayed the kindly scientist, Professor Hector Jerrold, in the ABC daytime melodrama General Hospital.[6] [7]

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 wore the original costume Evans used in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.[2]

Colman played Scrooge over 600 times on stage in A Christmas Carol at the Meadow Brook Theatre in the Detroit area.

Death

He died in his sleep in Los Angeles at the age of 91 on December 15, 2014.[8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1952The Big SkyPascalUncredited
1953Julius CaesarCitizen of RomeUncredited
1953Flight NurseAustralianUncredited
1954Secret of the IncasJuan FernandezUncredited
1954Them!ReporterUncredited
1954Ring of FearPsychiatristUncredited
1954Living It UpFernandezUncredited
1954The Adventures of Hajji BabaAkimUncredited
1954The Human JungleWallace
1954The Silver ChaliceHiram
1955Prince of PlayersGhost of Buckingham PalaceUncredited
1955The ProdigalBarberUncredited
1955Jump into HellLegionnaireUncredited
1955MoonfleetCapt. Stanhope
1956World Without EndMories
1956Flight to Hong KongMaxler
1957My Gun Is QuickDet. Pat Chambers
1958The Beast of BudapestLt. Stefko
1958The Case Against BrooklynGeorge - TV InterviewerUncredited
1958Tarawa BeachheadSam PelligramUncredited
1958Auntie MameAlan - Party GuestUncredited
1958The Power of the ResurrectionJames
1959The Man Who Understood WomenMaxUncredited
1960The Bramble BushDr. PeterfordUncredited
1960Under Ten Flags
1961Romanoff and JulietCustoms Officer
1961The ComancherosHotel ClerkUncredited
1964A Global AffairUnited Nations DelegateUncredited
1964Kisses for My PresidentTV ProducerUncredited
1964Fate Is the HunterTechnician with Seagull featherUncredited
1964Youngblood HawkeTV InterviewerUncredited
1964Raiders from Beneath the SeaPurdy
1965Runaway GirlAngelo Guglietta
1965HarlowMinisterUncredited
1965Arizona RaidersOhio Gazette EditorUncredited
1965Wild on the BeachDean Parker
1968MaryjaneMaynard Parlow
1970The LawyerJudge Crawford
1970The Great White HopeCitizens Committee ManUncredited
1971Scandalous JohnGovernor Murray
1973Time to RunOfficer Harvey
1974I Love You... Good-byeProfessor Halton
1979Norma RaeDr. Watson
2000Return to the Secret GardenOld Man
2001The Man Who Wasn't ThereJudge #2
2003Intolerable CrueltyGutman Trial Judge

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1950Somerset Maugham TV TheatreEpisode: "The String of Beads"
1952–1954Schlitz Playhouse of StarsNapoleon2 episodes
1953Mr. and Mrs. NorthReeseEpisode: "Seven Sacred Rubies"
1953Ford Television TheatreEpisode: "The Doctor's Downfall"
1953The Revlon Mirror TheaterEpisode: "Equal Justice"
1953–1955Cavalcade of America4 episodes
1955Lux Video TheatreAnatol FranceEpisode: "The Life of Emile Zola"
1955Climax!Episode: "Flight 951"
1955Science Fiction TheatreDr. McLeodEpisode: "Dead Storage"
1956Passport to DangerEpisode: "Marseilles"
1956The Adventures of Jim BowieJacques / Brissac / Lantanac3 episodes
1956Matinee TheatreEpisode: "Savrola"
1956Telephone TimeEpisode: "Fortunatus"
1956–1958Broken ArrowArthur Spruance / Wilkins2 episodes
1957The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowArt RobertsEpisode: "The Texan Italian"
1957The Gray GhostGradyEpisode: "The Missing Colonel"
1958DragnetEpisode: "The Big Grifter"
1958How to Marry a MillionaireTompkins / Charlie2 episodes
1958The Silent ServiceChief Torpedoman SwerdlingEpisode: "The Silversides Story"
1958Rescue 8Will Dorset / Dorton - DirectorEpisode: "Calamity Coach"
1958The VeilEdmond ValierEpisode: "The Crystal Ball"
1958–1962Death Valley DaysDr. Frank Shelton / Defense Attorney / Bob Stevenson3 episodes
1959Man with a CameraIdrees LateefEpisode: "The Last Portrait"
1959Yancy DerringerHenry DuvalEpisode: "The Louisiana Dude"
1959Behind Closed DoorsBrankoEpisode: "The Meeting"
1959The CaliforniansRalph KeelEpisode: "The Fugitive"
1959ZorroPinedaEpisode: "An Affair of Honor"
1961Cain's HundredDoctorEpisode: "Degrees of Guilt"
1961The RiflemanJeremiahEpisode: "The High Country"
1961–1962ThrillerLieutenant Bailey / Hotel Desk Clerk2 episodes
1962Adventures in ParadiseDr. Finney / Chitral2 episodes
1962Route 66Dr. SnyderEpisode: "Even Stones Have Eyes"
1962King of DiamondsRobbinsEpisode: "Carla"
1962I'm Dickens, He's FensterEpisode: "Nurse Dickens"
1962Have Gun – Will TravelMort TylerEpisode: "Marshal of Sweetwater"
1962CheyenneColonel TraversEpisode: "Johnny Brassbuttons"
1962–1963The UntouchablesNicholas Contine / Mike Pavanos / Victor Bartok3 episodes
1962–1966BonanzaParson Parley / Flint Durfee / Henry P. Quince4 episodes
1962–1972My Three SonsDr. Fredericks / Mr. Kranzman / Kramer / Dr. Zoltan / Enoch Lieb5 episodes
1963The Dick Powell TheatreWardenEpisode: "Tissue of Hate"
1963The Gallant MenGerman CaptainEpisode: "Ol' Buddy"
1963GE TrueFuneral DirectorEpisode: "The Black-Robed Ghost"
196377 Sunset StripWalter Dorn / Judge Taylor2 episodes
1963Temple HoustonEpisode: "The Twisted Rope"
1963The Greatest Show on EarthBoykinEpisode: "Garve"
1963–1972GunsmokeRand / Gant2 episodes
1964The Outer LimitsDoctor Howard WarrenEpisode: "ZZZZZ"
1964Perry MasonProsecutor / Doctor Younger2 episodes
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaChairman2 episodes
1964The RoguesHoaglandEpisode: "The Day They Gave Diamonds Away"
1964Ben CaseyDr. Norman DryfusEpisode: "Courage at 3:00 A.M."
1965Profiles in CourageAaron Burr / Emerson2 episodes
1965Slattery's PeopleJudgeEpisode: "Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?"
1965The FugitiveLes DonaldsonEpisode: "Trial by Fire"
1965Gilligan's IslandProfessor John CorwellEpisode: "Smile, You're on Mars Camera"
1965The Wild Wild WestAmbassador Xavier PerkinsEpisode: "The Night of the Dancing Death"
1965–1968Run for Your LifeDoc / Prosecutor Colman2 episodes
1965–1969Daniel BooneGov. Patrick Henry / Whitmore / High Pvt. A. Slimpsey4 episodes
1965–1966The Farmer's DaughterJudge / MacDougall2 episodes
1966Hogan's HeroesCaptain GuentherEpisode: "The Safecracker Suite"
1966The MonkeesThe ChiefEpisode: "The Spy Who Came in from the Cool"
1966–1967I Dream of JeannieGeneral Pichegru / Dean Geller2 episodes
1966–1967The F.B.I.Albert Vogel / Lane Morris / Martin Davis3 episodes
1967Iron HorseMan #3Episode: "The Golden Web"
1967The Second Hundred YearsBarrowsEpisode: "Little Lady X"
1967Garrison's GorillasErnst GerlochEpisode: "Banker's Hours"
1967Judd, for the DefenseJudgeEpisode: "Death from a Flower Girl"
1967–1970Mission: ImpossibleStravos / Dr. Huss2 episodes
1967–1971MannixLeo Kolligian / Max Bonnett3 episodes
1968The InvadersCoroner BraemerEpisode: "The Possessed"
1968TarzanCommissioner LacingEpisode: "Rendezvous for Revenge"
1968The OutsiderBenjamin SeatonEpisode: "What Flowers Daisies Are"
1968–1969The Name of the GameVolmer / Dr. Whitman2 episodes
1968–1970The Flying NunPriest / Bishop Parnell2 episodes
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Mr. HuntsmanEpisode: "The Foal"
1969Adam-12Judge Robert RicksEpisode: "Log 123: Courtroom"
1970Medical CenterDr. Walter PerskyEpisode: "The Deceived"
1970The VirginianMr. Compton / Jeff Turner2 episodes
1970Family AffairMr. FinletterEpisode: "The Inheritance"
1970The Mod SquadDr. Grant AmesEpisode: "Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?"
1970Dan AugustDr. GermainEpisode: "The Color of Fury"
1971ArnieMinisterEpisode: "Stand Up for Julius"
1971Alias Smith and JonesTelegraph Operator / Carlton2 episodes
1971GideonHezekiahTelevision film
1971The D.A.Dr. ParkinsEpisode: "The People vs. Drake"
1971–1972The Smith FamilyEx Con2 episodes
1971–1977McCloudCoroner / Hines3 episodes
1972Adventures of Nick CarterParsonsTelevision film
1972CannonDante LinquistEpisode: "That Was No Lady"
1972–1976The Streets of San FranciscoIra Foster / Jensen, Records Clerk2 episodes
1973Barnaby JonesVictor SterneEpisode: "The Murdering Class"
1973Kung FuSentinelEpisode: "The Squawman"
1973Love StoryLewinEpisode: "When the Girls Came Out to Play"
1974A Tree Grows in BrooklynDoctorTelevision film
1974Fools, Females and FunWallyTelevision film
1974Planet of the ApesZaius6 episodes
1974Apple's WayMayorEpisode: "The Outsider"
1974–1976Police StoryPearl / Pathologist / Medical Examiner3 episodes
1975LincolnSenator Samuel C. PomeroyEpisode: "Sad Figure, Laughing"
1975Lucas TannerJerry TrevinEpisode: "A Touch of Bribery"
1975Returning HomeVern MillerTelevision film
1975The Blue KnightCoronerEpisode: "Two to Make Deadly"
1975Barbary CoastDr. MattwickEpisode: "The Day Cable Was Hanged"
1975–1976SwitchPhil Hardice / Seegar2 episodes
1976Harry OSturgisEpisode: "Mister Five and Dime"
1976Time TravelersDr. Amos CummingsTelevision film
1976City of AngelsEpisode: "The Bloodshot Eye"
1976The Return of the World's Greatest DetectivePsychiatristTelevision film
1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy IncidentTelevision film
1976Holmes & YoyoMr. AustinEpisode: "The Thornhill Affair"
1977Yesterday's ChildDoctorTelevision film
1977Baa Baa Black SheepCol. RichardsonEpisode: "The Last Mission Over Sengai"
1977DelvecchioJudge Schnider2 episodes
1977In the Glitter PalaceKubishanTelevision film
1977GibbsvilleMr. CameronEpisode: "All I've Tried to Be"
1977–1979Quincy, M.E.Mr. Fenton / Dr. Edwards2 episodes
1977–1981Lou GrantDr. Prentiss / Mr. McClintock / Judge / Mr. Curtis4 episodes
1978Police WomanMr. KleminEpisode: "The Young and the Fair"
1978Project U.F.O.Arthur HammondEpisode: "Sighting 4019: The Believe It or Not Incident"
1979The White ShadowPawn BrookerEpisode: "Wanna Bet?"
1979The WaltonsDr. CaldwellEpisode: "The Parting"
1979How the West Was WonKingsleyEpisode: "Hillary"
1979The Best Place to BeTelevision film
1979The Misadventures of Sheriff LoboThe ProfessorEpisode: "The Day That Shark Ate Lobo"
1979MarcianoDr. StevensTelevision film
1980Galactica 1980RogersEpisode: "Space Croppers"
1986The Young and the RestlessDr. Felix Burke5 episodes
1987Destination AmericaTelevision film
1988ShootdownBernardTelevision film
1991–1992Civil WarsJudge Herbert Hoffer3 episodes
1995Chicago HopeFather FatimaEpisode: "Rise from the Dead"
1997PennoEpisode: "Nemesis"
1999Air AmericaNicolai VyshenkoEpisode: "American Gulag"
2003FrasierMr. SlobodkinEpisode: "Daphne Does Dinner"
2005Jake in ProgressThe Ice Cream ManEpisode: "Desperate Houseguy"
2006My Name Is EarlScientistEpisode: "Monkeys in Space"
2008The Suite Life of Zack & CodyScooterEpisode: "Foiled Again"

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Notes and References

  1. University of Michigan Official Publication, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, volume 47, number 40, October 2, 1945, "Part XXII Register of Students 1943-1944", page 73. Note, listed as "Cohn, Robert Sanford".
  2. http://potatv.kassidyrae.com/booth_colman.pdf High Council - An Interview with Booth Colman
  3. "Index Record for Cohn, Robert S", military service number 39331977, Fold3 by Ancestry.com website.
  4. Web site: The Official Booth Colman Website. www.boothcolman.com.
  5. Web site: Booth Colman. Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League . November 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181102015720/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/booth-colman-84288. November 2, 2018.
  6. News: Dagan . Carmel . December 21, 2014 . Actor Booth Colman Dies at 91 . . December 21, 2014.
  7. News: Bloom . David . December 21, 2014 . Actor Booth Colman Dies At 91 . . December 21, 2014.
  8. News: Booth Colman dies aged 91. Rupert. Hawksley. December 22, 2014. The Daily Telegraph. December 22, 2014.