Booth Colman

Booth Colman 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 Shaws 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.

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