{{Short description|French actor (1908–1982)}} {{about||the American racing driver|Freddy Adam{{!}}Alfred A. Adam}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Alfred Adam | image = AlfredAdam.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Asnières, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|5|7|1908|4|4|df=y}} | death_place = Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France | years_active = 1935–1974 | birth_name = Alfred Roger Adam | othername = | homepage = }} '''Alfred Roger Adam''' (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles.
"In the cast of 25," a reviewer in ''Billboard'' wrote of a 1947 Paris production of ''Le Sexe Faible'' (The Weaker Sex), "acting honors belong almost exclusively to Alfred Adam, who plays Antoine, the ubiquitous maitre d'hotel, with a remarkable balance of caricature and seriousness It a character worth of Moliere. Played with Adam's sureness and dexterity, it remains unforgettable."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-R4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT42&dq=Alfred+Adam&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitxfug1tGQAxVZBbwBHTOKIZYQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Alfred%20Adam&f=false "The Weaker Sex"] ''Billboard'' (October 25, 1947): 43.</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *''La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Josef Van Meulen, le boucher * ''In the Service of the Tsar'' (1936) - Ossip *''Life Dances On'' (1937) - Fred *''People Who Travel'' (1938) - Le médecin (uncredited) *''La Glu'' (1938) - Raoul *''Je chante...'' (1938) - Alfred * ''The Duraton Family'' (1939) - Le docteur *''Sur le Plancher des Vaches'' (1940) - Le journaliste (uncredited) * ''The Chain Breaker'' (1941) - Guillaume * ''The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) - Charles, le fondé de pouvoir * ''Sideral Cruises'' (1942) - Le décorateur (uncredited) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) - Ferdinand - le chauffeur de Palureau * ''Home Port'' (1943) - Bertrand *''Farandole'' (1945) - Le marlou *''Boule de Suif'' (1945) - Cornudet *''La Vie de Bohème'' (1945m) - Alexandre Schaunard *''La Ferme du Pendu'' (1945) - Louis Raimondeau dit 'Grand Louis' *''Le Bateau à soupe'' (1946) - Le Hénaff * ''The Fugitive'' (1947) - Bank *''Chinese Quarter'' (1947) - Léo Seller *''Les beaux jours du roi Murat'' (1947) - Le roi Murat *''The Lost Village'' (1947) - Gustave Boeuf * ''Woman Without a Past'' (1948) - Pierre Lorin *''Passeurs d'or'' (1948) - Gueule en or *''Jo la Romance'' (1949) - Stoff *''L'homme aux mains d'argile'' (1949) - Lucien Roupp dit Monsieur Lucien - le manager *''The Farm of Seven Sins'' (1949) - Symphorien Dubois *''The Sky Sorcerer'' (1949) - Samson * ''The King'' (1949) - Bourdier *''My Friend Sainfoin'' (1950) - Guillaume de Puycharmois - le mari d'Eugénie *''The Straw Lover'' (1950) - Gaston Sarrazin de Fontenoy * ''Darling Caroline'' (1951) - Jules, le postillon<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Screen_World_Vol_6_1955/Mv1SB5MLwBMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Alfred%20Adam&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover "Caroline Cherie"] ''Screen World'' 6(1955): 202.</ref> *''My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) - Dr. Gaston Rival * ''The Case Against X'' (1952) - Le vendeur de boutons (uncredited) *''Capitaine Pantoufle'' (1953) *''The Fighting Drummer'' (1953) - Favrol *''The Drunkard'' (1953) - Georges Lamarche *''The Most Wanted Man'' (1953) - Le shérif *''Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge'' (1954) - Dixmaire * ''Service Entrance'' (1954) - Le cousin Albert * ''Cadet Rousselle'' (1954) - Ravignol *''Caroline and the Rebels'' (1955) - Le général de Lasalle *''La Famille Anodin'' (1956) - Armand Vignaud * ''Tides of Passion'' (1956) - Armand Vignaud *''Les Sorcières de Salem'' (1957) - Thomas Putnam *''A Kiss for a Killer'' (1957) - L'inspecteur de police Malard *''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (1958) - Emile Barberot - le boucher (uncredited) *''The Tiger Attacks'' (1959) - Le colonel - chef de la D.S.T. *''Les Naufrageurs'' (1959) - Le commissaire * ''The Gendarme of Champignol'' (1959) - M. Grégoire 'Grégorio' - le maire * ''125 Rue Montmartre'' (1959) - Phillipe Barrachet *''Rue des prairies'' (1960) - Loutrel le manager de Louis *''La main chaude'' (1960) - Jean Lécuyer * ''Women Are Like That'' (1960) - Pascal Girotti *''Love and the Frenchwoman'' (1960) - Judge (segment "Divorce, Le") *''Le Président'' (1961) - François - le chauffeur *''La Belle Américaine'' (1961) - Alfred *''All the Gold in the World'' (1961) - Alfred *''My Life to Live'' (1962) - (uncredited) * ''Tartarin of Tarascon'' (1962) - Prince Gregori de Montenegro *''Carom Shots'' (1963) - Hubert Beaumanoir *''Mort, où est ta victoire?'' (1964) - Detrerrieux *''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'' (1964) - Fernand Aubry *''Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise'' (1964) - Fernand Aubry *''The Lace Wars'' (1965) - Le sergent Bel-Oeil *''Le caïd de Champignol'' (1966) - Antoine *''The Gardener of Argenteuil'' (1966) - L'homme en robe de bure *''Maigret a Pigalle'' (1966) - L'ispettore Lognon *''The Stranger'' (1967) - L'avocat général *''How to Kill 400 Duponts'' (1967) - Serg. Saval * ''A Little Virtuous'' (1968) - Marcel dit 'Lajoie' - l'homme du bar * ''Under the Sign of the Bull'' (1969) - Vacher - le ferrailleur *''Mon oncle Benjamin'' (1969) - Le sergent *''Le Prussien'' (1971, TV Movie) - Victor *''Ursule et Grelu'' (1974) - Le capitaine * ''Juliette and Juliette'' (1974) - M. Rozenec - le père d'une Juliettte *''Que la fête commence'' (1975) - Le maréchal de Villeroy *''The Porter from Maxim's'' (1976) - Le patron de chez Maxim's *''Nous maigrirons ensemble'' (1979) - Le producteur Blangenstein {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0010514|name=Alfred Adam}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Alfred}} Category:1908 births Category:1982 deaths Category:French male film actors Category:Troupe of the Comédie-Française Category:20th-century French male actors