Known for Acting
Jonathan Adams (14 February 1931 – 13 June 2005) was an English actor, born in Northampton, England. Adams appeared in a vast variety of British cinema and television, and is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Born
February 14, 1931
Died
June 13, 2005 (age 74)
Birthplace
Northampton, England, UK
Filmography
27 films, 35 shows


The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995 · 37m
country: United States
This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously available elsewhere) with all the usual suspects involved in the making of the cult film.


Never Rest: A Drama About Farm Safety for Children
1993 · 23m
country: United Kingdom
A ghost story about a modern English farm haunted by the ghost of its former owner. It's rumoured that he murdered four children, but it is slowly revealed that they were child labourers who died in various accidents exacerbated by his carelessness.


The Count of Solar
1992 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown
The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution.


Shoot the Revolution
1990
country: Unknown
During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor Barbu, a member of the Securitate. His brother Octavian was the girl's teacher who "filled her head with the ideas of truth". The question isn't how did she die, but why?


The Bride in Black
1990 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A Brooklyn widow (Susan Lucci) traces the past of her boxer/sculptor husband (David Soul), gunned down on their wedding day.


Two Evil Eyes
1990 · 2h
country: Italy
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.


Danny the Champion of the World
1989 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
A Beginners Guide to Freud
A Beginners Guide to Freud
1989 · 1h
country: United Kingdom
An exploration of Sigmund Freud, including his relationship to German nose and throat specialist Dr. Wilhelm Fliess.


The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987 · 1h 25m
country: United Kingdom
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
The Day After the Fair
The Day After the Fair
1986 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
Based on the short story by Thomas Hardy.


Revolution
1985 · 2h 6m
country: Norway
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
After You, Hugo
After You, Hugo
1985 · 45m
country: Unknown
Music-hall of the 1920s. Mile Entrechat.... Balletic Highlights. Alfonso ... The Singing Gondolier. Neither artiste is enjoying fame or acclaim. But together they make a triple act that can top the bill.


Exploits at West Poley
1985 · 1h 3m
country: United Kingdom
Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and drastically change the lives of the people of two villages.


Squaring the Circle
1984 · 1h 55m
country: United Kingdom
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.


Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 · 2h
country: Unknown
British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union


Antony & Cleopatra
1981 · 2h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.


The Best of the Adventures
1981 · 1h 22m
country: United Kingdom
A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s 'Adventures of a...' series!


Richard II
1978 · 2h 37m
country: United Kingdom
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...


Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.


Danton's Death
1978 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794 when the Reign of Terror, already well established, spills over into a total blood-bath. The play, adapted by director Alan Clarke and Stuart Griffiths, both highly imaginative and closely documentary, shows how the great hero of the early phase of the Revolution, Danton, sickened by the excesses of the guillotine, which he helped to create, wants to call a halt. But Robespierre and Saint-Just, leaders of the Jacobins, with a ferocious puritanical zeal, spur on 'the wild horses of the Revolution'.


Adventures of a Private Eye
1977 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.


The Winslow Boy
1977 · 1h 53m
country: United Kingdom
The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why, moreover, is he hiding in the garden in the rain?


It Could Happen to You
1976 · 1h 18m
country: United Kingdom
An educational film about the perils associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The drama is interspersed with scenes of a medical adviser directly addressing the camera giving advice and information about STDs.


The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.


Three for All
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain


Eskimo Nell
1975 · 1h 25m
country: United Kingdom
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....


The End of Arthur's Marriage
1965 · 1h 13m
country: United Kingdom
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.