Booth Colman

Booth Colman
Colman in Man with a Camera (1959)
Born	(1923-03-08)March 8, 1923 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	December 15, 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 91) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Washington University of Michigan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2008
Website	boothcolman.com

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. After language training, he worked in New York City and was discharged from the army in 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. 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. His other Broadway credits include Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1950), Tonight at 8:30 (1948), and Hamlet (1945).

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.

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.

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	The Big Sky	Pascal	Uncredited
1953	Julius Caesar	Citizen of Rome	Uncredited
1953	Flight Nurse	Australian	Uncredited
1954	Secret of the Incas	Juan Fernandez	Uncredited
1954	Them!	Reporter	Uncredited
1954	Ring of Fear	Psychiatrist	Uncredited
1954	Living It Up	Fernandez	Uncredited
1954	The Adventures of Hajji Baba	Akim	Uncredited
1954	The Human Jungle	Wallace
1954	The Silver Chalice	Hiram
1955	Prince of Players	Ghost of Buckingham Palace	Uncredited
1955	The Prodigal	Barber	Uncredited
1955	Jump into Hell	Legionnaire	Uncredited
1955	Moonfleet	Capt. Stanhope
1956	World Without End	Mories
1956	Flight to Hong Kong	Maxler
1957	My Gun Is Quick	Det. Pat Chambers
1958	The Beast of Budapest	Lt. Stefko
1958	The Case Against Brooklyn	George - TV Interviewer	Uncredited
1958	Tarawa Beachhead	Sam Pelligram	Uncredited
1958	Auntie Mame	Alan - Party Guest	Uncredited
1958	The Power of the Resurrection	James
1959	The Man Who Understood Women	Max	Uncredited
1960	The Bramble Bush	Dr. Peterford	Uncredited
1960	Under Ten Flags
1961	Romanoff and Juliet	Customs Officer
1961	The Comancheros	Hotel Clerk	Uncredited
1964	A Global Affair	United Nations Delegate	Uncredited
1964	Kisses for My President	TV Producer	Uncredited
1964	Fate Is the Hunter	Technician with Seagull feather	Uncredited
1964	Youngblood Hawke	TV Interviewer	Uncredited
1964	Raiders from Beneath the Sea	Purdy
1965	Runaway Girl	Angelo Guglietta
1965	Harlow	Minister	Uncredited
1965	Arizona Raiders	Ohio Gazette Editor	Uncredited
1965	Wild on the Beach	Dean Parker
1968	Maryjane	Maynard Parlow
1970	The Lawyer	Judge Crawford
1970	The Great White Hope	Citizens Committee Man	Uncredited
1971	Scandalous John	Governor Murray
1973	Time to Run	Officer Harvey
1974	I Love You... Good-bye	Professor Halton
1979	Norma Rae	Dr. Watson
2000	Return to the Secret Garden	Old Man
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Judge #2
2003	Intolerable Cruelty	Gutman Trial Judge

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Somerset Maugham TV Theatre		Episode: "The String of Beads"
1952–1954	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Napoleon	2 episodes
1953	Mr. and Mrs. North	Reese	Episode: "Seven Sacred Rubies"
1953	Ford Television Theatre		Episode: "The Doctor's Downfall"
1953	The Revlon Mirror Theater		Episode: "Equal Justice"
1953–1955	Cavalcade of America		4 episodes
1955	Lux Video Theatre	Anatol France	Episode: "The Life of Emile Zola"
1955	Climax!		Episode: "Flight 951"
1955	Science Fiction Theatre	Dr. McLeod	Episode: "Dead Storage"
1956	Passport to Danger		Episode: "Marseilles"
1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Jacques / Brissac / Lantanac	3 episodes
1956	Matinee Theatre		Episode: "Savrola"
1956	Telephone Time		Episode: "Fortunatus"
1956–1958	Broken Arrow	Arthur Spruance / Wilkins	2 episodes
1957	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Art Roberts	Episode: "The Texan Italian"
1957	The Gray Ghost	Grady	Episode: "The Missing Colonel"
1958	Dragnet		Episode: "The Big Grifter"
1958	How to Marry a Millionaire	Tompkins / Charlie	2 episodes
1958	The Silent Service	Chief Torpedoman Swerdling	Episode: "The Silversides Story"
1958	Rescue 8	Will Dorset / Dorton - Director	Episode: "Calamity Coach"
1958	The Veil	Edmond Valier	Episode: "The Crystal Ball"
1958–1962	Death Valley Days	Dr. Frank Shelton / Defense Attorney / Bob Stevenson	3 episodes
1959	Man with a Camera	Idrees Lateef	Episode: "The Last Portrait"
1959	Yancy Derringer	Henry Duval	Episode: "The Louisiana Dude"
1959	Behind Closed Doors	Branko	Episode: "The Meeting"
1959	The Californians	Ralph Keel	Episode: "The Fugitive"
1959	Zorro	Pineda	Episode: "An Affair of Honor"
1961	Cain's Hundred	Doctor	Episode: "Degrees of Guilt"
1961	The Rifleman	Jeremiah	Episode: "The High Country"
1961–1962	Thriller	Lieutenant Bailey / Hotel Desk Clerk	2 episodes
1962	Adventures in Paradise	Dr. Finney / Chitral	2 episodes
1962	Route 66	Dr. Snyder	Episode: "Even Stones Have Eyes"
1962	King of Diamonds	Robbins	Episode: "Carla"
1962	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster		Episode: "Nurse Dickens"
1962	Have Gun – Will Travel	Mort Tyler	Episode: "Marshal of Sweetwater"
1962	Cheyenne	Colonel Travers	Episode: "Johnny Brassbuttons"
1962–1963	The Untouchables	Nicholas Contine / Mike Pavanos / Victor Bartok	3 episodes
1962–1966	Bonanza	Parson Parley / Flint Durfee / Henry P. Quince	4 episodes
1962–1972	My Three Sons	Dr. Fredericks / Mr. Kranzman / Kramer / Dr. Zoltan / Enoch Lieb	5 episodes
1963	The Dick Powell Theatre	Warden	Episode: "Tissue of Hate"
1963	The Gallant Men	German Captain	Episode: "Ol' Buddy"
1963	GE True	Funeral Director	Episode: "The Black-Robed Ghost"
1963	77 Sunset Strip	Walter Dorn / Judge Taylor	2 episodes
1963	Temple Houston		Episode: "The Twisted Rope"
1963	The Greatest Show on Earth	Boykin	Episode: "Garve"
1963–1972	Gunsmoke	Rand / Gant	2 episodes
1964	The Outer Limits	Doctor Howard Warren	Episode: "ZZZZZ"
1964	Perry Mason	Prosecutor / Doctor Younger	2 episodes
1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Chairman	2 episodes
1964	The Rogues	Hoagland	Episode: "The Day They Gave Diamonds Away"
1964	Ben Casey	Dr. Norman Dryfus	Episode: "Courage at 3:00 A.M."
1965	Profiles in Courage	Aaron Burr / Emerson	2 episodes
1965	Slattery's People	Judge	Episode: "Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?"
1965	The Fugitive	Les Donaldson	Episode: "Trial by Fire"
1965	Gilligan's Island	Professor John Corwell	Episode: "Smile, You're on Mars Camera"
1965	The Wild Wild West	Ambassador Xavier Perkins	Episode: "The Night of the Dancing Death"
1965–1968	Run for Your Life	Doc / Prosecutor Colman	2 episodes
1965–1969	Daniel Boone	Gov. Patrick Henry / Whitmore / High Pvt. A. Slimpsey	4 episodes
1965–1966	The Farmer's Daughter	Judge / MacDougall	2 episodes
1966	Hogan's Heroes	Captain Guenther	Episode: "The Safecracker Suite"
1966	The Monkees	The Chief	Episode: "The Spy Who Came in from the Cool"
1966–1967	I Dream of Jeannie	General Pichegru / Dean Geller	2 episodes
1966–1967	The F.B.I.	Albert Vogel / Lane Morris / Martin Davis	3 episodes
1967	Iron Horse	Man #3	Episode: "The Golden Web"
1967	The Second Hundred Years	Barrows	Episode: "Little Lady X"
1967	Garrison's Gorillas	Ernst Gerloch	Episode: "Banker's Hours"
1967	Judd, for the Defense	Judge	Episode: "Death from a Flower Girl"
1967–1970	Mission: Impossible	Stravos / Dr. Huss	2 episodes
1967–1971	Mannix	Leo Kolligian / Max Bonnett	3 episodes
1968	The Invaders	Coroner Braemer	Episode: "The Possessed"
1968	Tarzan	Commissioner Lacing	Episode: "Rendezvous for Revenge"
1968	The Outsider	Benjamin Seaton	Episode: "What Flowers Daisies Are"
1968–1969	The Name of the Game	Volmer / Dr. Whitman	2 episodes
1968–1970	The Flying Nun	Priest / Bishop Parnell	2 episodes
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Mr. Huntsman	Episode: "The Foal"
1969	Adam-12	Judge Robert Ricks	Episode: "Log 123: Courtroom"
1970	Medical Center	Dr. Walter Persky	Episode: "The Deceived"
1970	The Virginian	Mr. Compton / Jeff Turner	2 episodes
1970	Family Affair	Mr. Finletter	Episode: "The Inheritance"
1970	The Mod Squad	Dr. Grant Ames	Episode: "Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?"
1970	Dan August	Dr. Germain	Episode: "The Color of Fury"
1971	Arnie	Minister	Episode: "Stand Up for Julius"
1971	Alias Smith and Jones	Telegraph Operator / Carlton	2 episodes
1971	Gideon	Hezekiah	Television film
1971	The D.A.	Dr. Parkins	Episode: "The People vs. Drake"
1971–1972	The Smith Family	Ex Con	2 episodes
1971–1977	McCloud	Coroner / Hines	3 episodes
1972	Adventures of Nick Carter	Parsons	Television film
1972	Cannon	Dante Linquist	Episode: "That Was No Lady"
1972–1976	The Streets of San Francisco	Ira Foster / Jensen, Records Clerk	2 episodes
1973	Barnaby Jones	Victor Sterne	Episode: "The Murdering Class"
1973	Kung Fu	Sentinel	Episode: "The Squawman"
1973	Love Story	Lewin	Episode: "When the Girls Came Out to Play"
1974	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Doctor	Television film
1974	Fools, Females and Fun	Wally	Television film
1974	Planet of the Apes	Zaius	6 episodes
1974	Apple's Way	Mayor	Episode: "The Outsider"
1974–1976	Police Story	Pearl / Pathologist / Medical Examiner	3 episodes
1975	Lincoln	Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy	Episode: "Sad Figure, Laughing"
1975	Lucas Tanner	Jerry Trevin	Episode: "A Touch of Bribery"
1975	Returning Home	Vern Miller	Television film
1975	The Blue Knight	Coroner	Episode: "Two to Make Deadly"
1975	Barbary Coast	Dr. Mattwick	Episode: "The Day Cable Was Hanged"
1975–1976	Switch	Phil Hardice / Seegar	2 episodes
1976	Harry O	Sturgis	Episode: "Mister Five and Dime"
1976	Time Travelers	Dr. Amos Cummings	Television film
1976	City of Angels		Episode: "The Bloodshot Eye"
1976	The Return of the World's Greatest Detective	Psychiatrist	Television film
1976	Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident		Television film
1976	Holmes & Yoyo	Mr. Austin	Episode: "The Thornhill Affair"
1977	Yesterday's Child	Doctor	Television film
1977	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Col. Richardson	Episode: "The Last Mission Over Sengai"
1977	Delvecchio	Judge Schnider	2 episodes
1977	In the Glitter Palace	Kubishan	Television film
1977	Gibbsville	Mr. Cameron	Episode: "All I've Tried to Be"
1977–1979	Quincy, M.E.	Mr. Fenton / Dr. Edwards	2 episodes
1977–1981	Lou Grant	Dr. Prentiss / Mr. McClintock / Judge / Mr. Curtis	4 episodes
1978	Police Woman	Mr. Klemin	Episode: "The Young and the Fair"
1978	Project U.F.O.	Arthur Hammond	Episode: "Sighting 4019: The Believe It or Not Incident"
1979	The White Shadow	Pawn Brooker	Episode: "Wanna Bet?"
1979	The Waltons	Dr. Caldwell	Episode: "The Parting"
1979	How the West Was Won	Kingsley	Episode: "Hillary"
1979	The Best Place to Be		Television film
1979	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	The Professor	Episode: "The Day That Shark Ate Lobo"
1979	Marciano	Dr. Stevens	Television film
1980	Galactica 1980	Rogers	Episode: "Space Croppers"
1986	The Young and the Restless	Dr. Felix Burke	5 episodes
1987	Destination America		Television film
1988	Shootdown	Bernard	Television film
1991–1992	Civil Wars	Judge Herbert Hoffer	3 episodes
1995	Chicago Hope	Father Fatima	Episode: "Rise from the Dead"
1997	Star Trek: Voyager	Penno	Episode: "Nemesis"
1999	Air America	Nicolai Vyshenko	Episode: "American Gulag"
2003	Frasier	Mr. Slobodkin	Episode: "Daphne Does Dinner"
2005	Jake in Progress	The Ice Cream Man	Episode: "Desperate Houseguy"
2006	My Name Is Earl	Scientist	Episode: "Monkeys in Space"
2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Scooter	Episode: "Foiled Again"

External links

• Official website
• Booth Colman at IMDb
• Booth Colman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Obituary - Los Angeles Times