--- name: "Ronald Adam" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-adam" fi1m_id: "ronald-adam" imdb_id: "nm0010580" tmdb_id: 104302 wikidata_id: "Q7364630" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 December 1896" died: "27 March 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T04:58:03.312849+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." --- # Ronald Adam ## Identity Ronald Adam - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronald-adam - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ronald-adam - **IMDb ID:** nm0010580 - **TMDB ID:** 104302 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7364630 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Adam_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104302 Actor. Born 29 December 1896 in Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, UK. Died 27 March 1979. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 December 1896, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, UK - **Died:** 27 March 1979 - **Active:** 1951–1956 - **Also known as:** Ronald Adams , Рональд Адам, Ronald George Hinings Adams - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Adam_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104302 ## Biography Ronald Adam, born Ronald George Hinings Adams, was a British actor and theatre manager. He appeared in over 140 film and television productions between the 1930s and 1978, frequently cast as officials, ministers or authority figures. Born in Bromyard, Herefordshire, in 1896, Adam served as an officer in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and as a fighter controller in the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain; he was awarded the OBE in 1946. After the war he trained as a chartered accountant before moving into theatre management and then acting under the stage name Ronald Adam. Among his film credits are Turner in *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Eldridge Harper in *The Haunting* (1963), a club steward in *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Mr Riggs in *Under Capricorn* (1949) and Dr White in *Green for Danger* (1946). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, as Club Steward — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) - *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), Fi1m 82, as Turner — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md) ## Complete filmography (107) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Question of Love* (1978), as Le juge anglais - *Something's Wrong* (1978), as Old Man - *The Portland Millions* (1976), as Mr. Chichele Plowden - *Victorian Scandals* (1976), series, as Mr Chichele Plowden - *Children of Rage* (1975), Actor - *The Man from Nowhere* (1975), as George Harvey - *The Ruling Class* (1972), as Lord - *Justice* (1971), series, as Sir William - *Zeppelin* (1971), as Prime Minister - *Song of Norway* (1970), as Gade - *The Suicide Club* (1970), as Sir Montague Malthus - *The Six Wives of Henry VIII* (1970), series, as Cardinal Campeggio - *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Sir Charles Braithwaite - *Nearest and Dearest* (1968), series, as Magistrate - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Armitage - *Who Killed the Cat?* (1966), as Gregory - *The Death of Socrates* (1966), as Crito - *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Sir Montague Malthus - *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Mr. Baker, Sir Robert Copthorne - *The Tomb of Ligeia* (1964), as Minister at Graveside - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Sir Godfrey McKellar - *Story Parade* (1964), series, as George Norville - *Espionage* (1963), series, as Roger Upton - *Sergeant Cork* (1963), series, as Lord Justice Palmer - *The Haunting* (1963), as Eldridge Harper - *Postman's Knock* (1962), as Mr. Fordyce - *The Golden Rabbit* (1962), Actor - *Two Letter Alibi* (1962), as Sir John Fawcett - *Stryker of the Yard* (1961), series, Actor - *Three on a Spree* (1961), as Judge - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Dr. Spender — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *Offbeat* (1961), as J. B. Wykeham - *And the Same to You* (1960), as Trout (as Ronald Adams) - *Snowball* (1960), as Mr. King - *Shoot to Kill* (1960), as Wood - *Please Turn Over* (1959), as Mr. Appleton - *Carlton-Browne of the F.O.* (1959), as Sir John Farthing - *The Golden Disc* (1958), as Mr. Dryden - *The Naked Truth* (1957), as Chemist (uncredited) - *The Surgeon's Knife* (1957), as Major Tilling - *Sea Wife* (1957), as Army Padre - *Inside Information* (1957), Actor - *Carry On Admiral* (1957), as First Sea Lord - *Kill Me Tomorrow* (1957), as Mr. Brook - *Woman and the Hunter* (1957), as Inspector McGregor - *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Club Steward — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) - *Assignment Redhead* (1956), as Scammel / Dumetrius - *Reach for the Sky* (1956), as Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory - *Tons of Trouble* (1956), as Psychiatrist - *The Man Who Never Was* (1956), as Adams - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, Actor - *Private's Progress* (1956), as Doctor at Medical - *To Dorothy, a Son* (1954), as Parsons - *The Black Knight* (1954), as The Abbot - *The Beachcomber* (1954), as Sir Henry Johnstone (uncredited) - *Forbidden Cargo* (1954), as Mr. Bennett - *Front Page Story* (1954), Actor - *Johnny-on-the-Spot* (1954), as Insp. Beveridge - *The Million Pound Note* (1954), as Samuel Clements - *Flannelfoot* (1953), as Insp. Duggan - *Malta Story* (1953), as Operations Room Controller - *Hindle Wakes* (1952), as Mr. Nat Jeffcote - *Top Secret* (1952), as Barworth Controller - *Circumstantial Evidence* (1952), as Sir William Hanson QC - *Angels One Five* (1952), as Group Controller - *Mr. Denning Drives North* (1951), as Coroner - *The Lavender Hill Mob* (1951), as Turner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lavender-hill-mob.md) - *Laughter in Paradise* (1951), as Bank Manager - *Hell Is Sold Out* (1951), as Specialist - *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), as Adm. McCartney - *The Late Edwina Black* (1951), as Head-Master - *Fortune in Diamonds* (1951), as Van Thaal - *Seven Days to Noon* (1950), as Arthur Lytton, the Prime Minister - *Shadow of the Past* (1950), as solicitor - *My Daughter Joy* (1950), as Col. Fogarty - *Boys in Brown* (1949), as Judge - *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Talavera - *Under Capricorn* (1949), as Mr. Riggs - *Diamond City* (1949), Actor - *Black Magic* (1949), as Court President - *Helter Skelter* (1949), as Director General of the BBC (uncredited) - *Obsession* (1949), as Talkative, balding club member - *All Over the Town* (1949), as Sam Vane - *The Bad Lord Byron* (1949), as Judge - *That Dangerous Age* (1949), as Prosecutor - *The Case of Charles Peace* (1949), as Counsel for Defence - *Bonnie Prince Charlie* (1948), as Macleod - *Fame Is the Spur* (1947), as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited) - *The Phantom Shot* (1947), as Caleb Horder - *Take My Life* (1947), as Det Sgt Hawkins - Deaf Man - *Green for Danger* (1946), as Dr. White - *Morning Departure* (1946), as Lt. McFee - *Pink String and Sealing Wax* (1945), Actor - *Journey Together* (1945), as Commanding Officer at Falcon Field - *Escape to Danger* (1943), as George Merrick - *The Foreman Went to France* (1942), as Sir Charles Fawcett · Managing Director - *The Big Blockade* (1942), as German businessman (uncredited) - *At the Villa Rose* (1940), as Mons. Besnard - *Meet Maxwell Archer* (1940), as Nicolides - *Hell's Cargo* (1939), as Capt. Dukes - *The Lion Has Wings* (1939), as German Bomber Chief - *The Missing People* (1939), as Surtees - *Inspector Hornleigh* (1939), as Wittens - *Q Planes* (1939), as Pollack - Aviation Engineer - *Strange Boarders* (1938), as Barstow - *The Drum* (1938), as Major Gregoff - *Kate Plus Ten* (1938), as Police Chief ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1946: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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