Biography
Robert Adams (1902 β 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 the world'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.
Filmography
all 16
Movies 16
Maniac
Dead Air (2009)
Movie
6
Store Executive
The Toy (1982)
Movie
5.28
Horace Big Cigar
Sapphire (1959)
Movie
Golf Pro
Follow the Sun (1951)
Movie
Chief 'Stinker'
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951)
Movie
Jim Harris
All God's Chillun' Got Wings (1946)
Movie
Nubian Slave
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Movie
Translator
Dreaming (1944)
Movie
Nigerian Tourist
An African in London (1941)
Movie
Zagale's Messenger
The Common Round (1936)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-01-01
Deathday1965-01-01 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceGeorgetown, British Guiana
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also Known AsWilfred Robert Adams
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