Bonar Colleano

About Bonar Colleano

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: March 14, 1924
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Bonar William Sullivan

Bonar Colleano

Bonar Colleano was born in New York City. His name was Bonar Sullivan, but he took on his family's stage name when he...
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As per our current Database, Bonar Colleano has been died on 17 August, 1958 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK.

🎂 Bonar Colleano - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Bonar Colleano die, Bonar Colleano was 34 years old.

Popular As Bonar Colleano
Occupation Actor
Age 34 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born March 14, 1924 (New York City, New York, USA)
Birthday March 14
Town/City New York City, New York, USA
Nationality USA

🌙 Zodiac

Bonar Colleano’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Bonar Colleano was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.

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Bonar Colleano was born in New York City. His name was Bonar Sullivan, but he took on his family's stage name when he joined the Colleano family acrobatic circus act at 5, then at 12 moved to England. Bonar's mother, part of the Colleano family act in her role as a comely contortionist met his father in Australia, her home country.

One of Bonar's ancestors, a boxer, had emigrated to Australia from Ireland. His descendents developed their famous family circus act. Bonar was named after his Uncle Bonar, who is well-known among circus historians for his expertise walking the wire.

Bonar Colleano appeared in many British films, recognized widely as the wisecracking Yank. He had sexy, dark-haired good looks, which British females of the 1950s found irresistible, yet he spoke his lines with a puckish, Bob Hope kind of delivery.

In the post-war era, he was a symbol of the many Yank GIs who had courted and married British women during World War II, fathering thousands. He married British Rank starlet, Susan Shaw, and had a son with her, actor Mark Colleano, who appeared opposite Rock Hudson in "Hornet's Nest" as a 14-year-old Italian boy.

Bonar died in a road accident, coming back to London from a theatre engagement out of town. The 1958 tragedy made front page news in the English papers. Upon Bonar's death, his wife was never the same again, battling a drink problem till the end of her days in 1978.

Bonar's own mother became the legal guardian of Mark and groomed him for an acting career.

Bonar Colleano WIFE, FAMILY, KIDS

  • Tamara Lees (1946 - 1951) ( divorced)
  • Susan Shaw (? - 17 August 1958) ( his death) ( 1 child)

Bonar Colleano Movies

  • Eight Iron Men (1952) as Pvt. Collucci
  • Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary (1953) as Commander Laurie Vining
  • While the Sun Shines (1947) as Joe Mulvaney
  • Pickup Alley (1957) as Amalio

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