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name: "Randall Adams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/randall-adams"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1948"
died: "30 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:55:45.478079+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Randall Adams

Actor. Born 17 December 1948 in Grove City, Ohio, USA. Died 30 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1948, Grove City, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 30 October 2010
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011278/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1414776

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Thin Blue Line*](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md) (90)

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## Biography

Randall Dale Adams was an American man who appeared as himself in the 1988 documentary film *The Thin Blue Line*, directed by Errol Morris. The film examined his wrongful conviction for the 1976 murder of a Dallas police officer, for which he had been sentenced to death in Texas.

Adams was released from prison in March 1989 after the conviction was overturned. He subsequently campaigned against the death penalty. He died on 30 October 2010 in Washington Court House, Ohio.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), Fi1m 90, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md)

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