Ronald Adam

Actor 1938–1978 (40 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970 · as Cardinal Campeggio

8.1

Kate Plus Ten

1938 · as Police Chief

8.0

The Main Chance

1969 · as Sir Charles Braithwaite

7.7

Known For

Film

The Haunting

Eldridge Harper

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Club Steward

Film

The Lavender Hill Mob

Turner

Film

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Adm. McCartney

Film

The Tomb of Ligeia

Minister at Graveside

Film

The Man Who Never Was

Adams

Film

Under Capricorn

Mr. Riggs

Film

Green for Danger

Dr. White

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (91)

Something's Wrong

1978

as Old Man

Question of Love

1978

as Le juge anglais

6.4

The Portland Millions

1976

as Mr. Chichele Plowden

The Man from Nowhere

as George Harvey

Children of Rage

The Ruling Class

as Lord

Zeppelin

as Prime Minister

Song of Norway

as Gade

The Suicide Club

as Sir Montague Malthus

Who Killed the Cat?

1966

as Gregory

7.0

The Tomb of Ligeia

1964

as Minister at Graveside

The Haunting

as Eldridge Harper

The Golden Rabbit

Postman's Knock

as Mr. Fordyce

Two Letter Alibi

as Sir John Fawcett

Offbeat

as J. B. Wykeham

Three on a Spree

as Judge

And the Same to You

as Trout (as Ronald Adams)

Snowball

as Mr. King

Shoot to Kill

as Wood

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Sir John Farthing

Please Turn Over

as Mr. Appleton

The Golden Disc

as Mr. Dryden

Carry On Admiral

as First Sea Lord

Woman and the Hunter

as Inspector McGregor

The Surgeon's Knife

1957

as Major Tilling

Sea Wife

1957

as Army Padre

5.2

The Naked Truth

1957

as Chemist (uncredited)

Kill Me Tomorrow

as Mr. Brook

Inside Information

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Club Steward

6.6

The Man Who Never Was

as Adams

Private's Progress

as Doctor at Medical

Tons of Trouble

as Psychiatrist

Reach for the Sky

as Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory

6.8

Assignment Redhead

1956

as Scammel / Dumetrius

Front Page Story

Johnny-on-the-Spot

as Insp. Beveridge

The Million Pound Note

as Samuel Clements

The Black Knight

as The Abbot

Forbidden Cargo

as Mr. Bennett

The Beachcomber

as Sir Henry Johnstone (uncredited)

To Dorothy, a Son

as Parsons

Flannelfoot

as Insp. Duggan

Malta Story

as Operations Room Controller

Angels One Five

as Group Controller

Top Secret

as Barworth Controller

6.0

Circumstantial Evidence

1952

as Sir William Hanson QC

Hindle Wakes

as Mr. Nat Jeffcote

Hell Is Sold Out

as Specialist

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951

as Adm. McCartney

6.9

The Lavender Hill Mob

as Turner

Laughter in Paradise

as Bank Manager

Fortune in Diamonds

as Van Thaal

The Late Edwina Black

1951

as Head-Master

6.4

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

as Coroner

6.0

Seven Days to Noon

1950

as Arthur Lytton, the Prime Minister

6.8

Shadow of the Past

1950

as solicitor

My Daughter Joy

1950

as Col. Fogarty

The Bad Lord Byron

as Judge

Black Magic

as Court President

Under Capricorn

as Mr. Riggs

Helter Skelter

as Director General of the BBC (uncredited)

6.2

Obsession

1949

as Talkative, balding club member

Diamond City

Christopher Columbus

as Talavera

All Over the Town

as Sam Vane

Boys in Brown

as Judge

That Dangerous Age

as Prosecutor

The Case of Charles Peace

1949

as Counsel for Defence

6.0

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948

as Macleod

4.7

Fame Is the Spur

1947

as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)

6.5

Take My Life

1947

as Det Sgt Hawkins - Deaf Man

The Phantom Shot

as Caleb Horder

Morning Departure

as Lt. McFee

Green for Danger

1946

as Dr. White

6.7

Journey Together

1945

as Commanding Officer at Falcon Field

6.4

Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945

6.0

Escape to Danger

1943

as George Merrick

The Big Blockade

1942

as German businessman (uncredited)

6.0

The Foreman Went to France

1942

as Sir Charles Fawcett, Managing Director

6.6

At the Villa Rose

1940

as Mons. Besnard

Meet Maxwell Archer

1940

as Nicolides

The Missing People

1939

as Surtees

The Lion Has Wings

1939

as German Bomber Chief

6.2

Q Planes

1939

as Pollack - Aviation Engineer

5.9

Hell's Cargo

1939

as Capt. Dukes

Inspector Hornleigh

as Wittens

The Drum

as Major Gregoff

Kate Plus Ten

as Police Chief

Strange Boarders

as Barstow

Television (14)

Victorian Scandals

1976

as Mr. Chichele Plowden

Justice

1971

as Sir William

6.0

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970

as Cardinal Campeggio

8.1

The Main Chance

1969

as Sir Charles Braithwaite

Nearest and Dearest

as Magistrate

ITV Playhouse

as Armitage

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Sir Montague Malthus

Gideon's Way

as Mr. Baker

Theatre 625

as Sir Godfrey McKellar

7.2

Story Parade

1964

as George Norville

8.0

The Massingham Affair

The Avengers

Stryker of the Yard

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

4.4