Wilson Coleman


Wilson Coleman was a British actor.
He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies were anything mechanical, electrical and optical, giving him the knowledge to invent his own camera for taking moving pictures. This led to him being in the photographic section of the RFC in World War I.

Partial filmography

Doss House Kentucky Minstrels Borrow a Million Music Hall Flood Tide Say It with Flowers Lest We Forget Blue Smoke A Real Bloke Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle Mother, Don't Rush Me Blind Man's Bluff Toilers of the Sea Doctor Syn Alf's Button Afloat Stepping Toes