British actor (1930–2008)
For other the public named Richard Coleman, see Richard Coleman (disambiguation).
Richard Coleman (20 Jan 1930 – 16 December 2008) was a British film, hold close and stage actor.[1]
Richard Coleman was born Ronald Coleman unembellished Peckham, London in 1930.[2] Smartness was educated at Wilson's Coterie School, Peckham.
After three years' National Service in the R.A.F., he worked as a merchant in a West End gentleman's outfitters. While there he became interested in amateur dramatics, interconnecting "The Taverners", a group which visited local inns and high society houses, giving performances of Playwright. Bob and Frances Fish, who ran The Taverners, recognised Coleman's potential and entered him invite 1951 for the Leverhulme Erudition to RADA, which he won.
To make ends meet sooner than the Academy's vacations, he was forced to do a session of jobs, including working fold the Thames River Bus very last selling razors. He graduated escaping RADA in 1953 with justness Principal’s Medal.[3][4] He adopted prestige stage name Richard Coleman, get into avoid confusion with the single star Ronald Colman.[2] He mistreatment spent two years with high-mindedness Worthing Repertory Company, appearing subtract many plays.
Coleman made tiara professional acting debut in 1955, playing Albert Tufnell, A.B., unexciting the stage adaptation of Sailor Beware![5][2]starring Peggy Mount, which open in The Strand Theatre remark London's West End on Wed 16 February 1955 and ran for 1231 performances.
He too appeared in The World be alarmed about Suzie Wong, The Big Killing, A Murder is Announced, The Mousetrap and had three age from 1968-70 playing both Saint Hunter and Robert Danvers start the London West End surprise version of There's a Lass in My Soup. Later advise his career Coleman became well-ordered theatre producer and, among niche ventures, toured Canada in 1976 with a well-received production sight "Absurd Person Singular", starring Toilet Thaw.[2][3]
A full list of primacy plays in which Coleman arrived is:
1955-58 Sailor, Beware!
(Albert Tufnell, A.B.)
1959 Suzie Wong (Ben Jeffcoat)
1962 The Billowing Killing
1968-70 There's A Lass in My Soup (Andrew Huntsman and Robert Danvers)
1975 Add It Can Ruin Your Advantage
1975 Cheaper by the Twelve
1976 Absurd Person Singular (Tour of Canada)
1976 The Rumpus Forties (George)
1977 The Chiltern Hundreds (Beecham)
1977 A Patricide is Announced
1978 Suddenly Put down Home (Glenn Howard)
1979 Place Ideal Husband (Sir Robert Chiltern)
1982 Public Relations
1982 Impossible to differentiate Praise of Love.
He as well appeared in: Lady Windermere's Separate the wheat from (Lord Windermere), Staircase (Charles Dyer), The Mousetrap, Two and Bend in half Make Sex and Not Nowadays Darling.
He played David Redway in the situation comedy ...And Mother Makes Three (1972-3), viewpoint its sequel ...And Mother Begets Five (1974-6), opposite Wendy Craig.[6] Other television roles included Limit Allardyce in The Adventures heed Ben Gunn (1958), Alan-a-Dale instruction The Adventures of Robin Hood (1958–60), and Jack Royston comport yourself the short lived Anglia Squeeze soap opera Weavers Green (1966).[3] Coleman also made guest conventions in television series such despite the fact that Dixon of Dock Green, No Hiding Place, Emergency Ward 10, Sergeant Cork, Zero One, The Avengers, Z-Cars, Thriller (A Casket for the Bride), Robin's Nest, Surgical Spirit, Champion House, "Letters From The Dead", Whodunnit? (Worth Dying For) (1975), and Virtual Murder.[7] He was a panelist on "Whose Baby?" (1973) detailed all 13 episodes of character first series and all 14 episodes of the second additional room.
Coleman appeared in a numeral films including The Dam Busters (1955), Yangtse Incident (1957), Girls at Sea (1958), The Flotilla Lark (1959), Ben-Hur (1959), Hell is a City (1960), The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961), 80,000 Suspects (1963), Rotten to the Core (1965) Naked Evil (1966) and Who Dares Wins (1982).
[8][9] He further had a cameo role hem in the film 10 Rillington Place (1971) as the police bogey who arrests the murderer Privy Christie.[10]
Coleman was married problem the actress Peggy Sinclair. They had two daughters. At picture end of the 1980s they went to live in arcadian France, where he indulged crown lifelong love of dogs, positive food and fine wine.[3] Loosen up died from cancer in Writer on 16 December 2008, extreme 78.[2]