Ted Adams (actor)
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Richard Theodore Adams[1] (March 17, 1890 – September 24, 1973)[2] was an American film actor who appeared in nearly 200 films between 1926 and 1952.
Early life
Adams was born in New York City.[1] He appeared with his parents in their vaudeville act and later attended Cornell University.[1] He served in World War I and World War II in the US Navy.[1]
Career
Adams' film career spanned more than three decades and included roles "on both sides of the law".[3] He worked primarily in B-Westerns, often as a villain. Studios for which he worked included Monogram and PRC, and he was often seen in films that starred Johnny Mack Brown or Bob Steele.[2] He also appeared in serials, including The Mysterious Pilot (1937), Holt of the Secret Service (1941), Daredevils of the West (1943), and King of the Rocket Men (1949).[3]
Later life and death
Late in his career, Adams acted on television Westerns, including The Cisco Kid, Cowboy G-Men, and The Lone Ranger.[2] On September 24, 1973, Adams died in Los Angeles, California, at age 83.[1] His remains were cremated and are interred at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.[4]
Selected filmography
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- The Road Agent (1926)
- Rider of the Plains (1931)
- Ships of Hate (1931)
- God's Country and the Man (1931)
- The Cyclone Kid (1931)
- The Savage Girl (1932)
- Malay Nights (1932)
- Human Targets (1932)
- The Gambling Sex (1932)
- Battling Buckaroo (1932)
- Sagebrush Trail (1933)
- War of the Range (1933)
- Easy Millions (1933)
- Her Forgotten Past (1933)
- The Law of 45's (1935)
- His Fighting Blood (1935)
- The Gambling Terror (1937)
- It Happened Out West (1937)
- Smoke Tree Range (1937)
- The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
- Pals of the Saddle (1938)
- Paroled from the Big House (1938)
- El Diablo Rides (1939)
- Fighting Mad (1939)
- The Pal from Texas (1939)
- Three Texas Steers (1939)
- Smoky Trails (1939)
- Crashing Thru (1939)
- Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
- Wild Horse Valley (1940)
- Frontier Crusader (1940)
- Gun Code (1940)
- Pioneer Days (1940)
- East Side Kids (1940)
- Law and Order (1940)
- Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
- The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
- The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
- Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
- Overland Stagecoach (1942)
- Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
- Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
- The Mysterious Rider (1942)
- Daredevils of the West (1943)
- The Kid Rides Again (1943)
- Trigger Fingers (1946)
- Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)
- The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
- Prairie Express (1947)
- Raiders of the South (1947)
- Range Beyond the Blue (1947)
- Song of the Wasteland (1947)
- Valley of Fear (1947)
- Back Trail (1948)
- Frontier Agent (1948)
- Gun Runner (1949)
- Haunted Trails (1949)
- Across the Rio Grande (1949)
- King of the Rocket Men (1949)
- Kansas Territory (1952)
References
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- 1890 births
- 1973 deaths
- American male film actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- American vaudeville performers
- United States Navy personnel of World War I
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Film serial actors
- American male television actors
- Western (genre) television actors