Gerald Drayson Adams

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Gerald Drayson Adams

Born June 25, 1900 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Died August 23, 1988 · aged 88

No biography available.

Known For

The Duel at Silver CreekThe Duel at Silver Creek · 1952
The Duel at Silver Creek
7.01952
MovieWestern
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.
War DrumsWar Drums · 1957
War Drums
5.81957
MovieWestern
The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman
Kissin' CousinsKissin' Cousins · 1964
Kissin' Cousins
4.71964
MovieComedyMusic
Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.
Dead ReckoningDead Reckoning · 1946
Dead Reckoning
6.91946
MovieCrimeMystery
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
The Prince Who Was a ThiefThe Prince Who Was a Thief · 1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief
5.71951
MovieAdventureRomance
An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.
The Desert HawkThe Desert Hawk · 1950
The Desert Hawk
5.41950
MovieActionAdventure
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
His Kind of WomanHis Kind of Woman · 1951
His Kind of Woman
6.81951
MovieCrimeComedy
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Son of Ali BabaSon of Ali Baba · 1952
Son of Ali Baba
5.61952
MovieFantasyAction
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

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Surfside 6Surfside 6 · 1960
Surfside 6
6.31960
SeriesDrama
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.

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Northwest PassageNorthwest Passage · 1958
Northwest Passage
7.31958
SeriesDramaAction & Adventure
Northwest Passage is a 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer about Major Robert Rogers during the time of the French and Indian War. The show derived its title and the main characters Rogers, Towne, and Marriner from the 1937 novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts, and from the 1940 MGM feature film based on the novel. The scope of the novel was much broader than that of the series, and the second half of the book included an historically based attempt by Rogers to find a water route through North America as a "passage" to the Pacific Ocean. This attempt, lending its name to the novel and used by Roberts as a metaphor for the questing human spirit, is referenced in the first episode. One of the earlier series telecast in color, Northwest Passage aired new episodes on NBC from September 14, 1958, to March 13, 1959. Keith Larsen played the lead role; Buddy Ebsen, later the star of CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones, appeared as Sergeant Hunk Marriner, and Don Burnett co-starred as Ensign Langdon Towne.

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