Bonar Colleano
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| Born |
14 March 1924 New York City, New York, US |
| Died | 18 August 1958 (aged 34) Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Cause of death | car crash |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944 – 1958 |
| Spouse(s) |
Tamara Lees (1946 – 1951) Susan Shaw (1954 – 1958, his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Bonar Colleano (14 March 1924 – 18 August 1958) was an American-born British stage and film actor.
Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he entered films in 1944. Moving to the United Kingdom, he spent several years performing in music halls, the legitimate stage and radio. When war broke out in 1939, he began entertaining troops in Britain and was not called up for either nation's military forces.
His first important role came with the popular wartime drama, The Way to the Stars (also known as Johnny in the Clouds, 1945) and later he starred in a Hollywood production, Stanley Kramer's Eight Iron Men (1952). His later screen roles included Lenny, in the oddball Shakespeare derivation Joe MacBeth (1955).
Colleano's stage work included the role of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Aldwych Theatre, London, directed by Laurence Olivier and co-starring with Vivien Leigh.
He was from a well known Australian circus family and was a nephew of Con Colleano, the first tightrope walker to perform a forward somersault on the wire. In 1946, he married actress Tamara Lees, but the couple divorced in 1951. His second wife was actress Susan Shaw, who descended into alcoholism after his death. Their son Mark Colleano is also an actor. In 1950, while living in the U.K., he fathered future Average White Band drummer, Robbie McIntosh. Colleano was not married to McIntosh's mother.
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