Robert Adair

Nacimiento : 1900-01-03, San Francisco, California, USA

Muerte : 1954-08-10

Películas

Meet Mr. Callaghan
August Meraulton
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
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.
The Intruder
Luigi
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.
There Is Another Sun
Sarno
La historia de un boxeador y motorista que intenta seducir a una hermosa muchacha durante el carnaval.
Portrait of Clare
Sir Joseph Astill
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.
La novia era él
Col. Bliven (uncredited)
Un capitán de los servicios de contraespionaje francés se ve obligado a disfrazarse de mujer para convertirse en la esposa de un teniente americano.
Man on the Run
Morgan
Un desertor del ejército se mezcla en un robo y le acusan de asesinato. Conoce a una viuda de guerra que le ayuda, mientras él busca a los verdaderos criminales.
Noose
Sgt. Brooks
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...
La Posada de Jamaica
Undetermined Role
Última película inglesa de Hitchcock, antes de su etapa americana. A finales del siglo XVIII, Mary (Maureen O'Hara), una joven huérfana irlandesa, va a Cornuailles para reunirse con su tía Patience, cuyo marido tiene una posada en la costa. Se trata de un lugar sórdido, cuyos huéspedes son bandidos que se dedican al saqueo de barcos y gozan de una impunidad total porque el cabecilla de la banda es un hombre respetable, un juez de paz (Charles Laughton) que les proporciona la información necesaria sobre el paso de las naves.
The Face at the Window
Police Inspector Gouffert
In 1880, the criminal called The Face 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. Chavalier 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, Chavalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.
The Ticket of Leave Man
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.
El príncipe y el mendigo
First Guard
Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Tom, un niño pobre, y el príncipe Edward Tudor nacieron el mismo día, teniendo ambos un parecido asombroso. Un día Tom se cuela en los jardines del palacio y conoce al príncipe, decidiendo ambos intercambiase sus roles. Se cambian entonces las ropas, pero los guardias les descubren y expulsan al verdadero príncipe de Palacio. Nadie les cree cuando intentan contar la verdad...
Call It a Day
Butler (uncredited)
La crónica de lo que sucede en un día de primavera en el negocio de una próspera familia inglesa cuando el padre es seducido por una cliente. Esto llevará a una serie de enredos en los que se ven envueltas las hijas del matrimonio.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Woolsey
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.
Una mujer difamada
Palmer (uncredited)
Cuando Loy, una diva social, calumnia al periodista Tracy, éste decide contraatacar implicando en el asunto a su prometida y al desafortunado Powell, un famosísimo pescador deportivo. El plan de Tracy incluye un matrimonio improvisado, una falsa seducción, la pesca de la trucha, puñetazos, promesas rotas...
Trouble for Two
Constable (Uncredited)
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.
Sons o' Guns
Sentry
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.
La tragedia de la Bounty
Warden (uncredited)
En 1789, en los Mares del Sur, la tripulación del buque británico Bounty decide rebelarse contra el tiránico y cruel capitán Bligh. El motín lo encabeza el primer oficial, que defiende los intereses de la tripulación y abandona al capitán en un bote.
La última avanzada
Sergeant in general's office (uncredited)
Un bravo oficial británico, Michael Andrews (Grant), es capturado por un grupo de kurdos rebeldes. Uno de sus captores resulta ser John Stevenson (Rains), un inglés que lleva años viviendo en el desierto. Tras liberar a Andrews, Stevenson le revela sus intenciones: salvar a los armenios, aliados de los ingleses, de la muerte a manos de las fuerzas turcas. Su plan consiste en trasladar a un lugar seguro a toda la población armenia atravesando el desierto. Andrews le acompaña en el viaje y no tarda en interesarse por Lya (Burke), la sensual esposa del jefe de la tribu Armenia.
The Girl Who Came Back
Charles Matthews, butler
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.
La novia de Frankenstein
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Después de la huida del monstruo creado por el doctor Frankenstein, el siniestro Dr. Praetorius propone al científico la creación de una compañera para el monstruo.
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Benjamin's Assailant
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Great Expectations
Sergeant
Una de las varias adaptaciones que se han hecho del texto homónimo de Dickens sobre la historia del huérfano Pip y un misterioso bienhechor que le satisfará económicamente para hacer de él un caballero. (FILMAFFINITY)
Student Tour
English Trainer
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
Where Sinners Meet
Jacob, the heavy Footman
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.
Captured!
Provost Marshal Officer (Uncredited)
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.
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
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.
Fast Workers
Mr. Shore (Uncredited)
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.
King of the Jungle
John C. Knolls
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
British Soldier (Uncredited)
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
El hombre y el monstruo
Ivy's Admirer at Music Hall (uncredited)
Ante un auditorio científico el doctor Henry Jekyll expone su teoría de que el ser humano está dividido en dos personalidades, una positiva y otra negativa, y que ambas se pueden separar, pero no logra convencer a sus oyentes. Después de visitar a su prometida Muriel, y paseando con su amigo el doctor Lanyonal que intenta convencer de que su idea es viable, conoce a una joven artista de music-hall, Champagne Ivy. En su laboratorio Jekyll experimenta con una droga y se transforma en el señor Hyde y, bajo esta personalidad y por medio de amenazas, se convierte en amante de Ivy...
Way for a Sailor
Seaman Collecting Pay
Un marinero empedernido renuncia al amor debido a su pasión por el mar.