Robert Adair

Robert Adair

Born: January 3, 1900
Died: August 10, 1954
in San Francisco, California, USA

Movies for Robert Adair...

Meet Mr. Callaghan
Title: Meet Mr. Callaghan
Character: August Meraulton
Released: June 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
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Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Title: Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
Released: February 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.
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Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
Title: Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
Character: Mills
Released: December 4, 1953
Type: Movie
lation of 3 stories, "The Missing Passenger", "Falstaff's Fur Coat" and "Thirty Days To Die". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers' UK series "Calling Scotland Yard" and later shown in the US on NBC's "Adventure Theatre" in 1956, hosted by Paul Douglas.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Luigi
Released: October 18, 1953
Type: Movie
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.
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Park Plaza 605
Title: Park Plaza 605
Character: Baron Von Henschel
Released: September 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
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The Gambler and the Lady
Title: The Gambler and the Lady
Character: Engles (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1952
Type: Movie
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
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Lady in the Fog
Title: Lady in the Fog
Character: John - Film Director
Released: October 13, 1952
Type: Movie
In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freak accident, or so she believes. Fortunately for her, an American journalist is more suspicious and so begins roaming the London streets in search of the killer.
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There Is Another Sun
Title: There Is Another Sun
Character: Sarno
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.
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Portrait of Clare
Title: Portrait of Clare
Character: Sir Joseph Astill
Released: November 13, 1950
Type: Movie
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
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Stage Fright
Title: Stage Fright
Character: Rough Individual (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
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I Was a Male War Bride
Title: I Was a Male War Bride
Character: Col. Bliven (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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Man on the Run
Title: Man on the Run
Character: Morgan
Released: May 20, 1949
Type: Movie
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
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Noose
Title: Noose
Character: Sgt. Brooks
Released: September 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
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Jamaica Inn
Title: Jamaica Inn
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1939
Type: Movie
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.
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The Face at the Window
Title: The Face at the Window
Character: Police Inspector Gouffert
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to save the bank. Chevalier proposes to the owner M. de Brisson to deposit a large amount of gold, but in return he would like to marry his daughter Cecile. However, Cecile is in love with the efficient clerk Lucien Cortier that belongs to the lower classes and refuses the engagement. In order to get rid off the rival, Chevalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.
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The Ticket of Leave Man
Title: The Ticket of Leave Man
Character: Hawkshaw the Detective
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: First Guard
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
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Call It a Day
Title: Call It a Day
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1937
Type: Movie
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Character: Woolsey
Released: January 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
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Libeled Lady
Title: Libeled Lady
Character: Palmer (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
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Trouble for Two
Title: Trouble for Two
Character: Constable (Uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1936
Type: Movie
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.
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Sons o' Guns
Title: Sons o' Guns
Character: Sentry
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Title: Mutiny on the Bounty
Character: Warden (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Peter Ibbetson
Title: Peter Ibbetson
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1935
Type: Movie
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
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The Last Outpost
Title: The Last Outpost
Character: Sergeant in general's office (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1935
Type: Movie
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
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The Girl Who Came Back
Title: The Girl Who Came Back
Character: Charles Matthews, butler
Released: September 20, 1935
Type: Movie
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.
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Top Hat
Title: Top Hat
Character: London Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
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Bride of Frankenstein
Title: Bride of Frankenstein
Character: Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
Title: Vanessa: Her Love Story
Character: Benjamin's Assailant
Released: March 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Sergeant
Released: October 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havisham and her niece, Estella, eventually becoming friends with the girl. Wealth comes to Pip via a mysterious benefactor and he goes off to London for an education. As adults, Pip and Estella become romantic, and Pip learns the identity of his patron.
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Student Tour
Title: Student Tour
Character: English Trainer
Released: October 5, 1934
Type: Movie
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
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Where Sinners Meet
Title: Where Sinners Meet
Character: Jacob, the heavy Footman
Released: May 17, 1934
Type: Movie
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.
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The Invisible Man
Title: The Invisible Man
Character: Detective Thompson (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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Captured!
Title: Captured!
Character: Provost Marshal Officer (Uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1933
Type: Movie
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
Title: The Kiss Before the Mirror
Character: Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1933
Type: Movie
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
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Fast Workers
Title: Fast Workers
Character: Mr. Shore (Uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.
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King of the Jungle
Title: King of the Jungle
Character: John C. Knolls (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1933
Type: Movie
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
Title: The Secret of Madame Blanche
Character: British Soldier (Uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Ivy's Admirer at Music Hall (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1931
Type: Movie
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
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Way for a Sailor
Title: Way for a Sailor
Character: Seaman Collecting Pay
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.