Booth Colman
Birth Name:
Booth Colman
Birth Place:
Portland, Oregon, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Served in the U․S․ Army during World War II as a Japanese translator
- First began acting on the radio in Portland, Ore․, at the age of 8 in a performance of "David Copperfield․"
- Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Big Sky" in 1952
- Worked as a Broadway actor throughout the 1940s, appearing in productions of "The Assassin" and "The Winslow Boy․"
- Quote: "Most people, especially children, I think, are actors․ You enjoy pretending to be somebody else, sort of hiding behind another personality․ It seemed to take with me․"
- Best known for his role as Dr․ Watson in "Norma Rae" and as Dr․ Zaius in the TV series "Planet of the Apes․"
- Played Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" every year for 16 straight years at the Meadow Brook Theatre in Detroit