Alfred Adam

1908-1982

Biography: life and films

Alfred Adam was a French actor. He was born in Asnières, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 4th April 1908 and died in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France on 7th May 1982, aged 74.

His best films as an actor include Marcel L'Herbier's La Vie de bohème (1945), Jean Stelli's La Foire aux femmes (1956), Raymond Rouleau's Les Sorcières de Salem (1957), Francis Blanche's comedy Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) and Mario Landi's Maigret à Pigalle (1967), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Claude Autant-Lara's Sylvie et le fantôme (1946), Guy Lefranc's Capitaine Pantoufle (1953) and Terence Young's 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs (1960).

Alfred Adam appeared in 75 films and scripted 4 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gilles Grangier (5 films), Jean-Devaivre (3), Henri Verneuil (3), Christian Stengel (3), André Cayatte (3), Serge Korber (2), René Clair (2), Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (2), Jean Choux (2), Jean Bastia (2), Jacques Feyder (2), Georges Combret (2), André Zwoboda (2) and André Hunebelle (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (38 films), comedy (30), history (8), comedy-drama (7), romance (6), crime-thriller (3), War (3), Thriller (3) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Alfred Adam over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

Speedway (1929) [a]

La Kermesse héroïque (1935) [a]

Au service du tsar (1937) [a]

Un carnet de bal (1937) [a]

Je chante (1938) [a]

La Glu (1938) [a]

Les Gens du voyage (1938) [a]

La Famille Duraton (1939) [a]

Sur le plancher des vaches (1940) [a]

Le Briseur de chaînes (1941) [a]

À vos ordres, Madame (1942) [a]

Croisières sidérales (1942) [a]

La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942) [a]

Port d'attache (1943) [a]

Boule de suif (1945) [a]

Farandole (1945) [a]

La Vie de bohème (1945) [a]

La Ferme du pendu (1945) [a]

Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) [w]

Le Bateau à soupe (1947) [a]

Le Fugitif (1947) [a]

Le Village perdu (1947) [a]

Les Beaux jours du roi Murat (1947) [a]

Quartier chinois (1947) [a]

Femme sans passé (1948) [a]

Passeurs d'or (1948) [a]

Jo-la-Romance (1949) [a]

L'Homme aux mains d'argile (1949) [a]

La Ferme des sept péchés (1949) [a]

Le Roi (1949) [a]

Le Sorcier du ciel (1949) [a]

Mon ami Sainfoin (1950) [a]

Caroline chérie (1951) [a]

L'Amant de paille (1951) [a]

Ma femme est formidable (1951) [a]

Capitaine Pantoufle (1953) [w]

Il Cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1953) [a]

L'Ennemi public no 1 (1953) [a]

La Pocharde (1953) [a]

Tambour battant (1953) [a]

Cadet-Rousselle (1954) [a]

Escalier de service (1954) [a]

Le Fils de Caroline chérie (1955) [a]

La Foire aux femmes (1956) [a]

Les Sorcières de Salem (1957) [a]

Une manche et la belle (1957) [a]

125 rue Montmartre (1959) [a]

Le Fauve est lâché (1959) [a]

Le Gendarme de Champignol (1959) [a]

Les Naufrageurs (1959) [a]

Rue des Prairies (1959) [a]

1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs (1960) [w]

Comment qu'elle est! (1960) [a]

La Main chaude (1960) [a]

La Belle Américaine (1961) [a,w]

Le Président (1961) [a]

Tout l'or du monde (1961) [a]

Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) [a]

Vivre sa vie (1962) [a]

Carambolages (1963) [a]

Françoise ou La vie conjugale (1963) [a]

Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963) [a]

Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964) [a]

Les Fêtes galantes (1965) [a]

Le Caïd de Champignol (1966) [a]

Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966) [a]

Arrriva Dorellik (1967) [a]

Lo Straniero (1967) [a]

Maigret à Pigalle (1967) [a]

La Petite vertu (1968) [a]

Sous le signe du taureau (1968) [a]

Mon oncle Benjamin (1969) [a]

Juliette et Juliette (1974) [a]

Ursule et Grelu (1974) [a]

Que la fête commence... (1975) [a]

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976) [a]

Nous maigrirons ensemble (1979) [a]



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