Ronald Colman

What I admire most about Ronald Colman is not the 1948 Best Actor Oscar, impressive as it is, but the rare feat of surviving the jump from silent film to sound. Plenty of stars were undone by their own voices in that transition; Colman turned his into an asset, that smooth, cultured English instrument becoming his signature. To me he embodies a vanished kind of screen gentleman, dignified rather than flashy. He never seemed to chase scandal or spectacle, just quietly built a body of work that earned both an Academy Award and a lasting place in audiences' affection.

Name (English)

Ronald Colman

Name (Japanese)

ロナルド・コールマン

Reading

ろなるど・こーるまん

Born

February 9, 1891 – May 19, 1958

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Richmond, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / screenwriter / television actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1948 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 1948 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.ronaldcolman.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Colman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181786

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.