John Colton - Turner Classic Movies

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Actor John Colton was widely known for his presence on the silver screen. Colton started his acting career landing roles in films, such as the adventurous drama "Time After Time" (1979) with Malcolm McDowell, "Nous etions tous des noms d'arbres" (1983) and "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" (2002) with Ryan Reynolds. He also appeared in the Dennis Quaid hit sci-fi flick "The Day After T...

Filmography

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A Christmas Proposal (2008)

Murder.com (2008)

Supergator (2007)

The Brothers Solomon (2007)

The Invasion (2007)

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Laughing Boy (1934) -- (Movie Clip) It Is White Man's Way

Wild Orchids (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. And Mrs. Sterling

Biography

Actor John Colton was widely known for his presence on the silver screen. Colton started his acting career landing roles in films, such as the adventurous drama "Time After Time" (1979) with Malcolm McDowell, "Nous etions tous des noms d'arbres" (1983) and "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" (2002) with Ryan Reynolds. He also appeared in the Dennis Quaid hit sci-fi flick "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004). He also appeared in the TV movie "Bogie" (CBS, 1979-1980). He worked in television in his early acting career as well, including a part on "Sliders" (1994-99). Colton was also credited in "The Game" "The Brothers Solomon" (2007) and "The Invasion" with Nicole Kidman (2007). Colton was most recently credited in "Ominous" (Syfy, 2015-). Colton passed away in December 1946 at the age of 59.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

A Christmas Proposal (2008)

Murder.com (2008)

Supergator (2007)

The Brothers Solomon (2007)

The Invasion (2007)

Dreamkiller (2006)

Blind Injustice (2005)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)

The Tiger Woods Story (1998)

Nous etions tous des noms d'arbres (1983)

Time After Time (1979)

Writer (Feature Film)

Under Capricorn (1949)

The Invisible Ray (1936)

Werewolf of London (1935)

Laughing Boy (1934)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

Additional Dialogue

Sevilla de mis amores (1930)

Diálogo por [Dial]

The Rogue Song (1930)

Call of the Flesh (1930)

Wild Orchids (1929)

The Wind (1928)

Two Lovers (1928)

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)

The Enemy (1928)

Forbidden Hours (1928)

The Divine Woman (1928)

The Cossacks (1928)

White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)

Captain Salvation (1927)

Man, Woman, and Sin (1927)

The Exciters (1923)

All Dolled Up (1921)

The Dangerous Moment (1921)

Two Kinds of Love (1920)

Risky Business (1920)

Risky Business (1920)

The She Wolf (1919)

Producer (Feature Film)

Bottle Shock (2008)

Associate Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Telling the World (1928)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Little Heroes 2 (2000)

Life Events

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Laughing Boy (1934) -- (Movie Clip) It Is White Man's Way Family-oriented young Navajo (Ramon Novarro, title character) is more virtuous than his new fianceè “Slim Girl” (Lupe Velez), whom he’s bringing home to meet his folks after meeting her at a cosmopolitan tribal gathering in the southern part of the reservation, in MGM’s Laughing Boy, 1934.

Wild Orchids (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Mr. And Mrs. Sterling Exposition and spectacle from MGM, which clearly sent somebody, though not principals Greta Garbo and Lewis Stone, to San Francisco, disembarking, in the opening of Wild Orchids, 1929, co-starring Nils Asther.

Wild Orchids (1929) -- (Movie Clip) You Look Silly Dear Newly arrived but bored in Java, Lillie (Greta Garbo) has herself done up in native gear by the plentiful maids of their host, but finds her older tea plantation owner husband (Lewis Stone) isn't interested, trouble looming, in MGM's Wild Orchids, 1929.

Wild Orchids (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Any Big Game In Java? Having just sailed from San Francisco for Java, Lillie (Greta Garbo), wife of Sterling (Lewis Stone), who's taking over a tea plantation, meets the only other billed actor in the picture, Nils Asther as Prince de Gace, beating a servant, then befriending her husband, early in Wild Orchids, 1929.

Under Capricorn (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Rats In New South Wales Another long take in the dinner scene, dipsomaniac Henrietta (Ingrid Bergman) and newcomer Charles (Michael Wilding) have discovered they knew each other back home, he alone buying her tale of rats, in Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, 1949.

Under Capricorn (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Always The Kangaroo One of many single-take scenes, Adare (Michael Wilding) calls on Australian landowner Flusky (Joseph Cotten) whose wife (Ingrid Bergman) needs restraining, aide Winter (Jack Watling) and other guests (Victor Lukas, Ronald Adam), making excuses, in Alfred Hitchcock's Under Capricorn, 1949.

Under Capricorn (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Mirror A second visit to her Australian ranch and another one-take scene from director Alfred Hitchcock, re-acquainted old friends Charles (Michael Wilding) and Hattie (Ingrid Bergman) discuss her condition, in Under Capricorn, 1949.

Shanghai Gesture, The -- (Movie Clip) This Sparkle Is Artificial Poppy (Gene Tierney), on a loosing streak at the roulette wheel, raises funds with help from smarmy Doctor Omar (Victor Mature) and appraiser Mischa (Mikhail Rasumny), in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.

Shanghai Gesture, The -- (Movie Clip) Allah Be Praised Opening scenes, immigrant denizens Doctor Omar (Victor Mature) and "The Comprador" (Clyde Fillmore), in a sinister rescue of American Dixie (Phyllis Brooks), in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.

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