Trivia

American actor in UK films.

In an eerie coincidence, Bonar Colleano died shortly after appearing in the movie "Death Over My Shoulder.".

Member of the Colleano circus family.

Father of Mark Colleano who was 3 when his father was killed.

On March 14, 1957, Colleano's father died while attending the opening night of A Hatful of Rain, in which the younger Colleano was starring.

Bonar Colleano is referenced in the 1979 UK #3 hit single "Reasons to be Cheerful part 3," by the British new-wave band 'Ian Dury and The Blockheads.'.

Actor Michael Balfour was travelling in his Jaguar XK140 sports car with him during the fatal car crash. Escaping with lacerations to his face and shock, Balfour survived, and attended his colleague's funeral.

At the time of his death, Colleano was acting on stage in Liverpool in an American play, George Axelrod's "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"; the play was being tried out in the provinces before an intended London opening. Following his death, all further plans for the production were scrapped immediately.