Frank Adamson

Acting

Frank Adamson

Frank Adamson is a Canadian actor, director, writer, and casting director born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His career spans from 1972 to the present with over 60 credited roles. He worked at CBC in the 1960s before transitioning into full-time acting, directing, and producing. His film credits include Mrs. Soffel (1984), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Big White (2005), Something Beneath (2007), and Wait…

Known For

Night HunterNight Hunter · 2019
Night Hunter
★ 6.62019
MovieDramaThriller
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
Short Circuit 2Short Circuit 2 · 1988
Short Circuit 2
★ 6.21988
MovieComedyFamily
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
The Lazarus ProjectThe Lazarus Project · 2008
The Lazarus Project
★ 6.02008
MovieDramaThriller
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
Dolores ClaiborneDolores Claiborne · 1995
Dolores Claiborne
★ 7.31995
MovieCrimeDrama
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
The Big WhiteThe Big White · 2005
The Big White
★ 6.22005
MovieComedyCrime
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Population 436Population 436 · 2006
Population 436
★ 5.82006
MovieHorrorThriller
A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Perfect SistersPerfect Sisters · 2014
Perfect Sisters
★ 5.82014
MovieThrillerDrama
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
On Thin IceOn Thin Ice · 2003
On Thin Ice
★ 4.92003
MovieDramaTV Movie
Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons trying to gather all the money she has to pay for her car, bills, and her son's medication, all of which she can barely afford. She turns to dealing drugs and becomes addicted to crystal meth.

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Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
★ 7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.

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