Booth Colman

Who is Booth Colman?

Booth Colman is an American film, television and stage actor. In his later years he played older authority figures such as doctors and lawyers. Colman has been appearing in films since 1952, when he appeared uncredited in The Big Sky directed by Howard Hawks.

Colman was born in Portland, Oregon. As a child actor in local productions became active in local radio. He attended the Universities of Washington and Michigan. After Army service during World War II he went to New York and in 1944 began a long career in Broadway theater, first appearing in a production of Irwin Shaw's war drama The Assassin. He was soon invited to join Maurice Evans' acting company, where he continued to act on stage and later in films.

He has appeared dozens of times on prime-time television dramas and comedies. In 1964 he appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, one as a doctor in police investigations and the other as a prosecuting attorney. Other televisions appearances include Frasier, Gilligan's Island, McCloud and The Monkees. Films include Norma Rae, The Man Who Wasn't There and Intolerable Cruelty. In 1983, he portrayed the kindly scientist Professor Hector Jerrold in the ABC daytime melodrama General Hospital.