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 14
Movies 14
Maniac
Dead Air (2009)
Movie
6
Store Executive
The Toy (1982)
Movie
5.28
Judas
The Criminal (1960)
Movie
Horace Big Cigar
Sapphire (1959)
Movie
Kisenga
Men of Two Worlds (1946)
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
Bosambo
Old Bones of the River (1938)
Movie
Twala
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Movie
Monty
Song of Freedom (1936)
Movie
Zagale's Messenger
The Common Round (1936)
Movie
Mesty
Midshipman Easy (1935)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.36
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1935
1938
1945
1959
2009
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-01-01
Deathday1965-01-01 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceGeorgetown, Guyana, Guyana
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also Known AsWilfred Robert Adams
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