Booth Colman
Actor

Booth Colman Net Worth

Booth Colman was born in Portland, Oregon in 1923 and educated at the University of Washington and University of Michigan. During World War II, he served in the Japanese Language Division of U.S. Military Intelligence. After his discharge, he began acting on the New York stage and made his film debut in 1952. Throughout his career, Colman balanced movie and TV assignments with theater work, and from 1981 to the present, he has played Ebenezer Scrooge more than 500 times on the stage of the Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day March 08, 1923
Birth Place  Portland, Oregon, United States
Age 97 YEARS OLD
Died On December 15, 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 91)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Aries
Alma mater University of Washington, University of Michigan
Occupation actor
Years active 1950-2008

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1944

Colman was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child actor in local productions, he became active in local radio. He attended the University of Washington and University of Michigan. In 1944, after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he moved to New York, where 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.

1964

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 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.

1974

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.

2014

Colman played Scrooge over 600 times on stage in A Christmas Carol at the Meadow Brook Theatre in the Detroit area. He died in his sleep in Los Angeles at the age of 91 on December 15, 2014.

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