Con Colleano (born Cornelius Sullivan; 26 December 1899 – 13 November 1973) was an Australian tightrope walker. He was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time. He was known as "The Wizard of the Wire" or "The Toreador of the Wire".[1]
^"Nijinsky of the Tightwire", (Brisbane) Truth, (Sunday, 10 September 1950), p.25.
ConColleano (born Cornelius Sullivan; 26 December 1899 – 13 November 1973) was an Australian tightrope walker. He was the first person to successfully...
Colleano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bonar Colleano (1924–1958), American actor ConColleano (1899–1973), Australian tightrope...
Bonar Colleano (born Bonar Sullivan; 14 March 1924 – 17 August 1958) was an American-British stage and film actor based in the United Kingdom. Colleano was...
highwire to the pinnacle of the Hilton Fallsview Hotel at 581 feet (177 m). ConColleano, Australian, "the Wizard of the Wire" David Dimitri, Swiss highwire walker...
in Skipping on Stars based on the life of indigenous tightwire walker ConColleano, performed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Flying Fruit Fly...
great-nephew of Australian ConColleano, the first wire walker to do a forward somersault on the wire and great nephew of actor Bonar Colleano.[citation needed]...
June 2011. St Leon, Mark (1993). "The Wizard of the Wire: The Story of ConColleano". Aboriginal Studies Press. Retrieved 11 June 2011. "Boxing Fights Records...
Pépin 1964 Isaac Van Amburgh 1964 Philip Astley 1965 Clyde Beatty 1966 ConColleano 1969 Mabel Stark 1970 Billy Smart Sr. 1971 Karl King 1972 Felix Adler...
This is a list of Indigenous Australian performing artists. ConColleano – tightrope walker Mark Bin Bakar – actor and comedian Stephen Page Frances Rings...
2004, the troupe performed Skipping on Stars, a tribute to the life of ConColleano, a famous tightrope walker from Lismore, New South Wales. In 2009, Flying...
directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Stanley Kramer. It stars Bonar Colleano, Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley and Mary Castle. Lee Marvin's...
1922 61 years American baseball player pedestrian Detroit, Michigan Bonar Colleano 1924 1958 34 years American actor car Queensway Tunnel, Birkenhead, United...
Underdown Feb 1951 Pool of London Ealing Basil Dearden Michael Balcon Bonar Colleano Mar 1951 The Browning Version Anthony Asquith Michael Redgrave Based on...
insurance money. Keefe Brasselle as Jack Regan Bonar Colleano as Joe Longo Jill Adams as Evelyn Connors Arlene DeMarco as Julie Charles Farrell as Shiv Maitland...
Bessie Love, John Tynan, Michael Huston, Fran Hunter, Ryan Michael, Mark Colleano 15 The Fan Paramount Pictures Edward Bianchi (director); Priscilla Chapman...
Ken Hughes Paul Douglas (Joe MacBeth) Ruth Roman (Lily MacBeth) Bonar Colleano (Lennie) Grégoire Aslan (Duca) Sid James (Banky) A modern retelling set...
Nine Avalons, Jules Adrian, Grace Spero, Beryl Kaye, Vic Oliver, Maurice Colleano, George Doonan, Will Hay, Douglas Wakefield, Chuck O'Neil, Billy Nicholls...
Burt Kennedy, starring Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Brandon deWilde Desperate Characters, directed by Frank D. Gilroy, starring...
Bennett, 51, American actress, Black Jack, Syncopation August 18 – Bonar Colleano, 34, British actor, Eight Iron Men, Joe MacBeth August 21 – Kurt Neumann...
DENTIST IN THE CHAIR (1960) comedy #BobMonkhouse #PeggyCummins #KennethConnor #RonnieStevens Students get embroiled in trying to sell stolen dental instruments"...
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