Acting
Frank Adamson
EN cinema · 33 credits
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 Till Helen Comes (2016). On television he has appeared in Friday the 13th: The Series, Cashing In (2010–2014), and Sunnyside (2015). He also directed a short film and served as casting director on Nostradamus (1994). His date of birth is unconfirmed. No major awards are on record.
Known for
Filmography
Night Hunter
as Elderly Man
Stegman Is Dead
as Harry
Wait Till Helen Comes
as Mr. Simmonds
Perfect Sisters
as Judge
The Lazarus Project
as Danny
Something Beneath
as Lowell Kent
The Stone Angel
as Mr. Oakley
Population 436
as Mayor Grateman
The Big White
as Detective Boyle
Six Figures
2005
Six Figures
as Ruth, as Alan
On Thin Ice
as John Moran
Fear X
as Adamson
Cowboys & Indians
as Judge Enns
A Season on the Brink
as President Ryan
A Marriage of Convenience
as Frank Sellers
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
as Wilf Curtis
The Arrow
as Air Marshal Wilf Curtis
Dolores Claiborne
as Detective Supervisor
Heads
as Photographer
Harvest for the Heart
as Colin Scott
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Martin Labine
In Defense of a Married Man
as Judge Perini
Hitler's Daughter
as Mitchell
Short Circuit 2
as Desk Sergeant
The Wake
1986
The Wake
as Crawford
Martin's Day
as Garby
Perry Mason Returns
as Mr. Williams
Draw!
as Lenny
Mrs. Soffel
as Swinehart
The Terry Fox Story
as Rolly Fox
A House on The Prairie
1978
A House on The Prairie
as Narration (voice)