Robyn Adair

Acting

Robyn Adair

Born February 11, 1884 · Miles City, Montana, USA

Died February 1, 1965 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

Train Order Number Forty-FiveTrain Order Number Forty-Five · 1915
Train Order Number Forty-Five
1915
MovieThriller
Borden, who nurses a secret grievance against Helen, awaits an opportunity for revenge. The girl telegrapher receives a message which informs her that the freight of which Easton is conductor, is to wait at Workman until the Fast Mail passes.
A Mile a MinuteA Mile a Minute · 1915
A Mile a Minute
1915
MovieThriller
Hume and Frintz, while riding in a boxcar, see a trunk in the unguarded baggage car of a passenger train. By a daring leap from the freight to the passenger, Hume steals the trunk, throws it into one of the boxcars, and then leaps back. The trunk is missed and the loss reported from Helen's station.
A Test of CourageA Test of Courage · 1915
A Test of Courage
1915
MovieThriller
Confronting Helen at the Lone Point Switch Tower, Denning and his pal imprison the girl in a clothes closet and then steal everything of value. In making their getaway, the crooks accidentally upset a lantern and set the tower afire. Helen, by picking the lock in the door with a hairpin, barely escapes death in the flames.
The Girl Who Doesn't KnowThe Girl Who Doesn't Know · 1916
The Girl Who Doesn't Know
★ 9.01916
MovieDrama
The Girl Who Doesn't Know is a 1916 American silent film directed by Charles Bartlett.
The Girl Who DaredThe Girl Who Dared · 1916
The Girl Who Dared
1916
MovieThriller
The smugglers seem in a fair way to escape on a stolen engine when Helen, unhitching a team from a nearby wagon, races down the road towards the railroad bridge from which a rope is hanging directly over the track. Standing astride the two speeding horses Helen leaps to the rope, and swaying in mid-air makes a perilous drop to the stolen engine as it dashes past.
A Race for a LifeA Race for a Life · 1916
A Race for a Life
1916
MovieThriller
A college boy's prank imperils the life of the railroad president's son who has worked his way up to engineer in his course that starts "from the bottom." Tied to the engine, the son is speeding on a runaway engine toward the Flicker Creek bridge which has been swept away by the floods.
A Matter of SecondsA Matter of Seconds · 1915
A Matter of Seconds
1915
MovieThriller
Dawson, a newcomer to the division, meets Helen while the girl is riding in the freight engine with Star, his engineer. Helen ignores the fireman's offensive stares, knowing that trouble would instantly result, if she reported the matter to Star. The following day, Dawson approaches the girl telegrapher and, seizing her in his arms, kisses her.
At the Risk of Her LifeAt the Risk of Her Life · 1916
At the Risk of Her Life
★ 10.01916
MovieThriller
Tony, a half-breed Mexican is kicked from pillar to post, but he grasps a chance for revenge on society when he peers through the station window and sees Helen, the operator at Lone Point, opening the express company bag containing a valuable shipment to a local rancher.

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