Booth Colman(1923-2014)
- Actor
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.