---
name: "Bonar Colleano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bonar-colleano"
fi1m_id: "bonar-colleano"
imdb_id: "nm0171713"
tmdb_id: 132598
wikidata_id: "Q4941186"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 March 1924"
died: "7 August 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:23:57.163788+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bonar Colleano

## Identity

Bonar Colleano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bonar-colleano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bonar-colleano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0171713
- **TMDB ID:** 132598
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4941186
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonar_Colleano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4941186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132598

Actor. Born 14 March 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 7 August 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 March 1924, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 7 August 1958
- **Also known as:** Bonar Sullivan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonar_Colleano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4941186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132598

## Biography

Bonar Colleano, born Bonar William Sullivan, was an American actor long based in the United Kingdom. He appeared in British films from the mid-1940s, often playing American servicemen, including roles in *The Way to the Stars* (1945), *Wanted for Murder* (1946), *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946) and *While the Sun Shines* (1947).

His stage work included the role of Stanley Kowalski in the original London production of *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1949), directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Vivien Leigh. Colleano was from a circus family and was the nephew of tightrope walker Con Colleano. He died in a car crash in Birkenhead in 1958, aged 34.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Fi1m 92, as An American Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Death Over My Shoulder* (1958), as Joe Longo
- *The Man Inside* (1958), as Martin Lomer
- *Tank Force!* (1958), as The Pole
- *The Nice Americans* (1958), as Joe
- *Fire Down Below* (1957), as Lt. Sellers
- *Interpol* (1957), as Amalio
- *Stars in Your Eyes* (1956), as David Laws
- *Zarak* (1956), as Biri (Zarak's brother)
- *Joe Macbeth* (1955), as Lennie
- *Time Is My Enemy* (1954), as Roommate
- *The Sea Shall Not Have Them* (1954), as Sgt Kirby
- *Flame and the Flesh* (1954), as Ciccio
- *Escape by Night* (1953), as Tom Buchan
- *Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?* (1953), as Commander Laurence "Laurie" Vining
- *Eight Iron Men* (1952), as Pvt. Collucci
- *A Tale of Five Cities* (1951), as Bob Mitchell
- *Pool of London* (1951), as Dan MacDonald
- *Dance Hall* (1950), as Alec
- *Give Us This Day* (1949), as Julio
- *Once a Jolly Swagman* (1949), as Tommy Possey
- *Sleeping Car to Trieste* (1948), as Sergeant West
- *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Micky Malone
- *One Night with You* (1948), as Piero Santellini
- *Broken Journey* (1948), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *While the Sun Shines* (1947), as Joe Mulvaney
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), as An American Pilot — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)
- *Wanted for Murder* (1946), as Corporal Nick Mappolo
- *In the Zone* (1946), Actor
- *The Way to the Stars* (1945), as Joe Friselli
- *Starlight Serenade* (1944), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Bonar Colleano](https://film.one/media/person/59111/gallery-5202277d6096.jpg) Bonar Colleano — Image via TMDB
- ![Bonar Colleano](https://film.one/media/person/59111/gallery-e6a5576d44b7.jpg) Bonar Colleano — Image via TMDB

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