Colleano, Bonar (actor), 1924-1958

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Bonar Colleano (14 March 1924 - 18 August 1958) was an American-born British stage and film actor. He was born Bonar Sullivan into 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. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he moved to the United Kingdom and spent several years performing in music halls, on the stage and on radio before entertaining British troops during the second World War. He then began acting in films from 1944. Link to catalogue record.

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