Harvey Adams

{{short description|Australian actor}} '''Harvey Adams''' (1889, Warrington, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=harvey%20&lastname=adams&eventyear=1893&eventyear_offset=1&eventquarter=1|title=Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006}}</ref> – 1960, Australia) was an English actor and director who worked extensively in film, stage and radio.<ref>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F53799-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10 Harvey Adams]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at National Film and Sound Archive</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122778908/?terms=%22point%2Bof%2Breturn%22%2Bmorley|first=Gayne|last=Dexter|date=6 August 1960|page=18|title=The Actor That Nobody Knew}}</ref>

He moved to Australia in 1924 for work after a long career,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78058147 |title=Mr. Harvey Adams |newspaper=The Daily News |location=Perth |date=18 March 1924 |accessdate=10 September 2014 |page=5|edition=Third|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24243076 |title=The Playhouse |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=3 January 1929 |accessdate=10 September 2014 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150929399 |title=The Theatre and Its People – Harvey Adams|newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=6 September 1928 |accessdate=28 September 2014 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> played leading man for Muriel Starr from 1925 to 1930, in later years also serving as producer for many of her shows, and for other companies after she left in 1930, earning a reputation for meticulous attention to detail.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231465510 |title=Well-knowns Crowd Premiere At Minerva |newspaper=The Sun (Sydney) |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 May 1940 |access-date=19 January 2020 |page=11 |via=Trove }}</ref> He remained in Australia for most of the rest of his life.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1934|| ''Clara Gibbings'' || Justin Kerr ||<ref name="clara">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-clara-gibbings/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Clara Gibbings|date=5 October 2025|access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref> |- |1937|| ''It Isn't Done'' || Jarms ||<ref name="done">{{cite magazine|date=15 July 2025|access-date=15 July 2025|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-it-isnt-done/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: It Isn’t Done}}</ref> |- |1937|| ''Tall Timbers'' || Stephen Burbridge || |- |1938|| ''Mr Chedworth Steps Out'' || Mason ||<ref name="ched">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-mr-chedworth-steps-out/|date=13 August 2025|access-date=13 August 2025|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Mr Chedworth Steps Out}}</ref> |- |1940|| ''Forty Thousand Horsemen'' || Von Hausen ||<ref name="forty">{{cite magazine|date=9 October 2025|access-date=9 October 2025|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-forty-thousand-horsemen/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Forty Thousand Horsemen}}</ref> |- |1954|| ''His Majesty O'Keefe'' || Herr Friedlander || |- |1954|| ''Long John Silver'' || Sir Henry Strong || |- |1958|| ''His Excellency'' || || TV movie |- |1959|| ''On the Beach'' || Sykes || Uncredited, (final film role) |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0011010}} *[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226704 Harvey Adams Australian theatre credits] at AusStage

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Harvey}} Category:20th-century English male actors Category:English directors Category:English male film actors Category:1889 births Category:1960 deaths Category:English emigrants to Australia

Category:Male actors from Warrington