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Coleman began his film career in the 1915 silent film, ''The Mummy and the Humming Bird'', which was also the screen debut of [[Charles Cherry]], a noted stage actor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=16572 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Mummy and the Humming Bird | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In his over 200 performances in films, he would appear in over half of them as either a butler, doorman/concierge, valet, or waiter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36739%7C29177/Charles-Coleman/filmography.html | publisher=Turner Classic Movies | title=Charles Coleman: Complete Filmography | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> The 1930s would see Coleman appear in such notable films as ''[[Beyond Victory]]'' (1931), starring [[William Boyd (actor)|Bill Boyd]] and [[James Gleason]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=838 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Beyond Victory | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the [[Wheeler & Woolsey]] comedy ''[[Diplomaniacs]]'' (1933),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=852 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Diplomaniacs | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1934's ''[[Born to Be Bad (1934 film)|Born to Be Bad]]'' which starred [[Loretta Young]] and [[Cary Grant]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3918| publisher=American Film Institute | title=Born to Be Bad | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the 1934 version of ''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5335 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Of Human Bondage| accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the first film to star the pairing of [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]], ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'' (1935),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7108 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Gay Divorcee | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in Technicolor, ''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3647 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Becky Sharp | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1936's ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' starring [[Irene Dunne]] and [[Robert Taylor (actor)|Robert Taylor]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7230 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Magnificent Obsession | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the [[Spencer Tracy]] vehicle, ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' (1937),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3994 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Captains Courageous | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1937), starring [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Claude Rains]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5921 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Prince and the Pauper | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> and the [[Reginald Owen]] version of ''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4054 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Christmas Carol | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>
Coleman began his film career in the 1915 silent film, ''The Mummy and the Humming Bird'', which was also the screen debut of [[Charles Cherry]], a noted stage actor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=16572 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Mummy and the Humming Bird | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> In his over 200 performances in films, he would appear in over half of them as either a butler, doorman/concierge, valet, or waiter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36739%7C29177/Charles-Coleman/filmography.html | publisher=Turner Classic Movies | title=Charles Coleman: Complete Filmography | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> The 1930s would see Coleman appear in such notable films as ''[[Beyond Victory]]'' (1931), starring [[William Boyd (actor)|Bill Boyd]] and [[James Gleason]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=838 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Beyond Victory | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the [[Wheeler & Woolsey]] comedy ''[[Diplomaniacs]]'' (1933),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=852 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Diplomaniacs | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1934's ''[[Born to Be Bad (1934 film)|Born to Be Bad]]'' which starred [[Loretta Young]] and [[Cary Grant]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3918| publisher=American Film Institute | title=Born to Be Bad | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the 1934 version of ''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5335 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Of Human Bondage| accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the first film to star the pairing of [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]], ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'' (1935),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7108 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Gay Divorcee | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in Technicolor, ''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3647 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Becky Sharp | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1936's ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' starring [[Irene Dunne]] and [[Robert Taylor (actor)|Robert Taylor]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7230 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Magnificent Obsession | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the [[Spencer Tracy]] vehicle, ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' (1937),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3994 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Captains Courageous | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1937), starring [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Claude Rains]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5921 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Prince and the Pauper | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> and the [[Reginald Owen]] version of ''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1938).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4054 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Christmas Carol | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>


The 1940s would see Coleman's prolific career continue, including roles in many more notable films. Among these were: ''[[Buck Privates]]'' (1941), the first film starring the comedy duo of [[Abbott and Costello]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26634 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Buck Privates | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1943's ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady (film)|Du Barry Was a Lady]]'', starring [[Red Skelton]], [[Lucille Ball]], and [[Gene Kelly]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=409 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Du Barry Was a Lady | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> [[Orson Welles]] and [[Joan Fontaine]] in the 1944 version of ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'';<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=712 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Jane Eyre | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the 1945 film ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', with [[George Sanders]], [[Donna Reed]], [[Angela Lansbury]], and [[Peter Lawford]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24531 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Picture of Dorian Gray | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> and the 1949 comedy ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Rhonda Fleming]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25884 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>
In the 1940s, Coleman's films included: ''[[Buck Privates]]'' (1941), the first film starring the comedy duo of [[Abbott and Costello]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26634 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Buck Privates | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> 1943's ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady (film)|Du Barry Was a Lady]]'', starring [[Red Skelton]], [[Lucille Ball]], and [[Gene Kelly]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=409 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Du Barry Was a Lady | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> [[Orson Welles]] and [[Joan Fontaine]] in the 1944 version of ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'';<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=712 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Jane Eyre | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> the 1945 film ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', with [[George Sanders]], [[Donna Reed]], [[Angela Lansbury]], and [[Peter Lawford]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24531 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Picture of Dorian Gray | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> and the 1949 comedy ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Rhonda Fleming]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25884 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>


The last film Coleman would work on was the [[Gene Autry]] vehicle, ''[[The Blazing Sun (1950 film)|The Blazing Sun]]'', which was released in November 1950.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26228 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Blazing Sun | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Double Dynamite]]'', starring [[Jane Russell]], [[Groucho Marx]], and [[Frank Sinatra]], would be the final film released in which he would appear, which would premiere in New York City on Christmas Day 1951. Coleman had worked on the film in 1948, but it was shelved for several years by [[Howard Hughes]], and not released until after Coleman's death.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50082 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Double Dynamite | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> Coleman died of a stroke on March 8, 1951,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thebazarmovie.com/en/people/544585/Charles+Coleman | publisher=The Bazar Movie | title=Charles Coleman | accessdate=December 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201925/http://thebazarmovie.com/en/people/544585/Charles+Coleman | archive-date=December 22, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and was cremated and interred at [[Chapel Of The Pines Crematory]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Coleman&GSfn=Charles&GSby=1885&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1951&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=8004827&df=all& | publisher=Find a Grave | title=Charles Pearce Coleman | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>
The last film Coleman would work on was the [[Gene Autry]] vehicle, ''[[The Blazing Sun (1950 film)|The Blazing Sun]]'', which was released in November 1950.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26228 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Blazing Sun | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Double Dynamite]]'', starring [[Jane Russell]], [[Groucho Marx]], and [[Frank Sinatra]], would be the final film released in which he would appear, which would premiere in New York City on Christmas Day 1951. Coleman had worked on the film in 1948, but it was shelved for several years by [[Howard Hughes]], and not released until after Coleman's death.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50082 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Double Dynamite | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> Coleman died of a stroke on March 8, 1951,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thebazarmovie.com/en/people/544585/Charles+Coleman | publisher=The Bazar Movie | title=Charles Coleman | accessdate=December 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222201925/http://thebazarmovie.com/en/people/544585/Charles+Coleman | archive-date=December 22, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and was cremated and interred at [[Chapel Of The Pines Crematory]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Coleman&GSfn=Charles&GSby=1885&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1951&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=8004827&df=all& | publisher=Find a Grave | title=Charles Pearce Coleman | accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref>

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Charles Coleman
Danielle Darrieux and Charles Coleman in The Rage of Paris (1938)
Born
Charles Pearce Coleman

(1885-12-22)December 22, 1885
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DiedMarch 8, 1951(1951-03-08) (aged 65)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1915–1949
SpouseBeatrice[1]

Charles Pearce Coleman (December 22, 1885 – March 8, 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.

Biography

Coleman began his film career in the 1915 silent film, The Mummy and the Humming Bird, which was also the screen debut of Charles Cherry, a noted stage actor.[2] In his over 200 performances in films, he would appear in over half of them as either a butler, doorman/concierge, valet, or waiter.[3] The 1930s would see Coleman appear in such notable films as Beyond Victory (1931), starring Bill Boyd and James Gleason,[4] the Wheeler & Woolsey comedy Diplomaniacs (1933),[5] 1934's Born to Be Bad which starred Loretta Young and Cary Grant,[6] the 1934 version of Of Human Bondage starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard,[7] the first film to star the pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Gay Divorcee (1935),[8] the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in Technicolor, Becky Sharp,[9] 1936's Magnificent Obsession starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor,[10] the Spencer Tracy vehicle, Captains Courageous (1937),[11] The Prince and the Pauper (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains,[12] and the Reginald Owen version of A Christmas Carol (1938).[13]

In the 1940s, Coleman's films included: Buck Privates (1941), the first film starring the comedy duo of Abbott and Costello;[14] 1943's Du Barry Was a Lady, starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, and Gene Kelly;[15] Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in the 1944 version of Jane Eyre;[16] the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray, with George Sanders, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, and Peter Lawford;[17] and the 1949 comedy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming.[18]

The last film Coleman would work on was the Gene Autry vehicle, The Blazing Sun, which was released in November 1950.[19] Double Dynamite, starring Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, and Frank Sinatra, would be the final film released in which he would appear, which would premiere in New York City on Christmas Day 1951. Coleman had worked on the film in 1948, but it was shelved for several years by Howard Hughes, and not released until after Coleman's death.[20] Coleman died of a stroke on March 8, 1951,[21] and was cremated and interred at Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.[22]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)[23]

References

  1. ^ https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/35772436/charles-coleman-obituary-la-times-9-mar/
  2. ^ "The Mummy and the Humming Bird". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Charles Coleman: Complete Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Beyond Victory". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Diplomaniacs". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Born to Be Bad". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  7. ^ "Of Human Bondage". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Gay Divorcee". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  9. ^ "Becky Sharp". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  10. ^ "Magnificent Obsession". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  11. ^ "Captains Courageous". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "The Prince and the Pauper". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "A Christmas Carol". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  14. ^ "Buck Privates". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  15. ^ "Du Barry Was a Lady". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  16. ^ "Jane Eyre". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  17. ^ "The Picture of Dorian Gray". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  18. ^ "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  19. ^ "The Blazing Sun". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  20. ^ "Double Dynamite". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  21. ^ "Charles Coleman". The Bazar Movie. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  22. ^ "Charles Pearce Coleman". Find a Grave. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  23. ^ "Charles Coleman". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
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