Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Governor Ainley in "The Badge of Marshall Brennan" (1957). Born Adolf Eduard Colmans, he was raised in a prominent theatrical family, the only son of stage violinist Louis Colmans and his wife, stage actress Leah Colmans. After attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on the stage performing at the Old Vic until he withdrew to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon returning to civilian life, he settled in Phoenix, Arizona, and worked as a radio announcer for the Arizona Broadcasting Company. While performing a broadcast, he was discovered by film director Michael Curtiz who overheard him while attending a station conference. Impressed by his articulate voice, dark good looks, and professionalism, he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his supervision in the technicolor musical "My Dream Is Yours" (1949). From there, he would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a notable character actor appearing in over 150 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, aristocrats, doctors, soldiers, curmudgeons, white-collared workers, educators, lawyers, politicians, judges, landlords, retail clerks, neighbors, dentists, reporters, waiters, butlers, detectives, photographers, eccentrics, salesmen, clergymen, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Sirroco" (1951), "California Conquest" (1952), "The War of the Worlds" (1953), "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" (1954), "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" (1955), "The Lone Ranger" (1956), "Raiders of Old California" (1957), "Darby's Rangers" (1958), "The Miracle" (1959), "The 3rd Voice" (1960), "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1962), "Diary of a Madman" (1963), "A Global Affair" (1964), and "The Smugglers" (1968). During the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Ray Milland Show," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Stories of the Century," "Fireside Theatre," "Topper," "The Pepsi Cola Playhouse," "General Electric Theatre," "Crusader," "Cavalcade of America," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "The Gale Storm Show," "Border Patrol," "Playhouse 90," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Markham," "Riverboat," "Cheyenne," "Maverick," "Adventures in Paradise," "The Untouchables," "Ben Casey," "Rawhide," "Peter Gunn," "Shotgun Slade," "87th Precinct," "Wide Country," "Hawaiian Eye," "Wagon Train," "77 Sunset Strip," "My Living Doll," "Mission: Impossible," "I Spy," "Get Smart," "The Big Valley," "Death Valley Days," "Gunsmoke," "Night Gallery," "Adam-12," "Apple's Way," and "Columbo". During his career, he attained naturalized citizenship in 1947, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a supporter of the California State Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, was a chairman for his local divisions of the American Red Cross and the American Lung Association, was a theatrical and vocal coach for the Pasadena Playhouse, and he was a communications instructor for the UCLA. In 1974, Colmans, who never married nor had any children, retired from acting and spent the final years of his painting, being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, sculpting, was a generous benefactor for several hospitals and schools, was a ghost writer of several short stories published in Reader's Digest, and he was often seeing partaking in various recreational activities, and dining out almost on a daily basis, at the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.