# Harvey Adams

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{{short description|Australian actor}}
'''Harvey Adams''' (1889, [Warrington](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Daily_News_(Perth%2C_Western_Australia)) |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](/source/The_Mercury_(Hobart)) |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](/source/Table_Talk_(magazine)) |location=Melbourne |date=6 September 1928 |accessdate=28 September 2014 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> played leading man for [Muriel Starr](/source/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)](/source/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==
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1934|| ''[Clara Gibbings](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tall_Timbers_(film))'' || Stephen Burbridge ||
|-
|1938|| ''[Mr Chedworth Steps Out](/source/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](/source/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](/source/His_Majesty_O'Keefe)'' || Herr Friedlander ||
|-
|1954|| ''[Long John Silver](/source/Long_John_Silver_(film))'' || Sir Henry Strong ||
|-
|1958|| ''[His Excellency](/source/His_Excellency_(TV_film))'' || || TV movie
|-
|1959|| ''[On the Beach](/source/On_the_Beach_(1959_film))'' || Sykes || Uncredited, (final film role)
|}

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

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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

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