Robert Adams

Robert Adams
1906 - 1965
Robert Adams  British Actor
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First Name Robert
Last Name Adams
Full Name at Birth Wilfred Robert Adams
Birthday 30th November, 1905
Birthplace Georgetown, British Guiana
Died 1965
Place of Death Georgetown, British Guiana
Build Average
Eye Color Brown - Dark
Hair Color Brown - Dark
Ethnicity Black
Nationality British
University Jamaica's Mico Teachers' College
Occupation Text Actor
Occupation Actor
Claim to Fame Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Year(s) Active 1935-1960, 1935–60

Robert Adams (1902–1965) was a British Guyanese actor of stage and screen. He was the founder and director of the Negro Repertory Arts Theatre, one of the first professional black theatre companies in Britain, and became Britain's first black television actor when he appeared in Theatre Parade: Scenes From Hassan on BBC TV in 1937. He was also the first Black actor to play a Shakespearian role on television (the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice), in 1947.

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FilmYearCharacterType
The Concrete Jungle1960JudasMovie
Sapphire1959Horace Big CigarMovie
Nick of the River1959OrtegaTV Show
Epilogue to Capricorn1959BenTV Show
Jo's Boys1959EphraimTV Show
The Hill1959Simon of CyreneTV Movie
ITV Play of the Week1955Charlie AdamsTV Show
ITV Television Playhouse1955Mr. JacksonTV Show
The Vise1954John AdamsTV Show
Follow the Sun1951Golf Pro (uncredited)Movie
Jungle Treasure1951Chief 'Stinker'Movie
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1950PharaohTV Show
The Merchant of Venice1947Prince of MoroccoTV Movie
Everyman1947StrengthTV Movie
The Merchant of Venice/II1947Prince of MoroccoTV Movie
Men of Two Worlds1946KisengaMovie
All God's Chillun' Got Wings1946Jim HarrisTV Movie
From Fear to Faith1946Narrator (voice)Short Film
Caesar and Cleopatra1945Nubian SlaveMovie
Dreaming1944TranslatorMovie
It Happened One Sunday1944Gorilla JimMovie
Old Bones of the River1938BosamboMovie
The Emperor Jones1938The Emperor JonesTV Movie
Deirdre1938Dark-Faced MessengerTV Movie
King Solomon's Mines1937TwalaMovie
Song of Freedom1936MontyMovie
Theatre Parade1936MasrurTV Show
The Common Round1936Zagale's Messenger (as W. Robert Adams)Short Film
Sanders of the River1935Minor Role (uncredited)Movie
Midshipman Easy1935MestyMovie
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