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- Birth nameRobert Sanford Cohn
- Born in Portland, Oregon, and educated at the University of Washington and University of Michigan, Colman served in the Japanese Language Division of U.S. Military Intelligence during World War II. After his discharge, he began acting on the New York stage. In 1951, he headed to Hollywood to make his film debut in 'The Big Sky' (1952). Between movie and TV assignments, Colman kept active with theater work. Since 1981, he played Ebenezer Scrooge more than 500 times on the stage of the Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan.
- IMDb mini biography by: 'Tom Weaver' <TomWeavr@aol.com> Updated
- Educated Yet Intense, Often Crooked Characters
- Appears at Starcon, Pasadena, California
- Well known in the Pacific Northwest in his later years as the spokesman for Washington Mutual Savings Bank, intoning their tag line "The Friend of the Family.".
- The [Planet of the Apes (1974) makeup] was horrendous. I've never cared much for spirit gum and sticking things on and all of that--and this was that in spades!
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