Background
Colenback was born October 5, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mistress Lloyd Colenback. His father, an executive vice president with Toledo Scale Company, died when he was 12.
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John Colenback
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John Colenback attended Ottaway Hills Elementary School and was in 17 theatrical productions as a student at Ottawa Hills High School and was named best actor at Dartmouth College during his senior year there.
Career
He was best known for portraying Dan Stewart on As the World Turns. Summer stock theatre led the way for Colenback"s acting career. An agent spotted him at Buckinghamshire County Playhouse in Pennsylvania and persuaded him to try acting in New New York
On Broadway, Colenback appeared in After the Rain (1967) and A Manitoba for All Seasons (1961-1963).
His obituary in Variety noted, "He starred in regional productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, The Halloween Bandit, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, As You Like lieutenant, and The Chinese Well and toured nationally in The Irregular Verb to Love. Colenback died in West Hollywood, California, of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on May 12, 2015, at age 79.
