Colman's vocal talents contributed to National Broadcasting Company programming on D-Day, June 6, 1944. On that day, Colman read "Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army" written by Edna St. Vincent Millay for exclusive radio use by NBC. Beginning in 1945, Colman made many guest appearances on "The Jack Benny Program" on radio, alongside his second wife, stage and screen actress Benita Hume, whom he married in 1938. Their comedy work as Benny's perpetually exasperated next-door neighbours led to their own radio comedy "The Halls of Ivy" from 1950 to 1952, created by "Fibber McGee & Molly" mastermind Don Quinn, on which the Colmans played the literate, charming president of a middle American college and his former-actress wife. Listeners were surprised to discover that the episode of 24 January 1951, "The Goya Bequest" – a story examining the bequest of a Goya painting that was suspected of being a fraud hyped by its late owner to avoid paying customs duties when bringing it to the United States – was written by Colman himself, who poked fun at his accomplishment while taking a rare turn giving the evening's credits at the show's conclusion. "The Halls of Ivy" ran on NBC radio from 1950 to 1952, then moved to CBS television for the 1954–55 season. Colman was also the host and occasional star of the syndicated anthology "Favorite Story" (1946–49). Of note was his narration and portrayal of Scrooge in a 1948 adaptation of "A Christmas Carol". Colman died on 19 May 1958, aged 67, from acute emphysema in Santa Barbara, California and was interred in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. He had a daughter, Juliet Benita Colman (born 1944), by his second wife Benita Hume. Colman was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actor. At the 3rd Academy Awards ceremony he received a single nomination for his work in two films; "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) and "Condemned" (1929). He was nominated again for "Random Harvest" (1942) before winning for "A Double Life" (1947), in which he played the role of Anthony John, an actor playing Othello who comes to identify with the character. He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1947 for his role in "A Double Life". In 2002, Colman's Oscar statuette was sold at auction by Christie's for US$174,500.