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]
Je chante (1938) [a]
La Glu (1938) [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]
Farandole (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]
Mon ami Sainfoin (1950) [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]
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]
Le Gendarme de Champignol (1959) [a]
1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs (1960) [w]
Comment qu'elle est! (1960) [a]
La Belle Américaine (1961) [a,w]
Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) [a]
Françoise ou La vie conjugale (1963) [a]
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963) [a]
Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964) [a]
Le Caïd de Champignol (1966) [a]
Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966) [a]
Arrriva Dorellik (1967) [a]
Lo Straniero (1967) [a]
Sous le signe du taureau (1968) [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]
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