Mason Adams Filmography

Born:: February 26, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Mason Adams was once described by a colleague as having a "non-actor's face." This has hardly hampered Adams' professional success, which has hinged almost exclusively on his instantly recognizable voice. After receiving an MA in Theater Arts and Speech from the University of Wisconsin, Adams...Read More

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They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Taking Root, 1820-1880

Synopsis: The two-part PBS miniseries They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the United States notes the effects of the influx of Jewish immigrants to America, as well as the development of Jewish heritage within the country after immigration. Part two, Taking Root, 1820-1880, presents famous Jewish Read More

2001
They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States - Present at the Creation, 1654-1820

Synopsis: The first installment in the PBS documentary series They Came for Good: A History of Jews in the United States, this film uses historical reenactments, interviews, and vintage artwork to document the role of Jews in the dawning of American History. They Came for Good: A History of the Jews in the Read More

2001
The West Wing: The Short List

Actors: Dule Hill, Elisabeth Moss, Kathryn Joosten

Synopsis: After Justice Joseph Crouch (Mason Adams) steps down from the Supreme Court, President Bartlett (Martin Sheen) questions his first choice to replace him, Peyton Cabot Harrison III (Ken Howard), when an old brief reveals he does not share the administration's position on privacy rights. Bartlett Read More

1999
From the Earth to the Moon

Actors: David Andrews, Bryan Cranston, Tim Daly, Al Franken, Tony Goldwyn

Synopsis: Originally aired on HBO and directed by Apollo 13 star and space enthusiast Tom Hanks, among others, From the Earth to the Moon explores the ups and downs of space travel, beginning with President Kennedy's famous speech before Congress on May 25, 1961, and chronicling the journey to putting the Read More

1998
Touch

Actors: Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon

Synopsis: This film is the product of an unlikely pairing between novelist Elmore Leonard and maverick screenwriter-director Paul Schrader. Leonard usually writes Detroit-based crime novels; this time, Schrader transports one of Leonard's quirkier, non-crime books to an L.A. scene. Christopher Walken plays Read More

1997
Hudson River Blues

Actors: Rya Kihlstedt, Robert Stanton, Polly Draper, Jane Krakowski, Lois Smith

Synopsis: This comedy-drama is the feature theatrical debut of TV director Nell Cox. Manhattan lawyer Laura (Rya Kihlstedt) is on edge about her promotion to partner at her law firm, while husband Jeff (Robert Stanton) is tired of the grind producing TV commercials. They head upstate for a weekend with Read More

1997
Life Among the Cannibals

Actors: Kieran Mulroney, Juliet Landau, Mason Adams, Bette Ford, Daryl Haney

1996
Houseguest

Actors: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Greist, Stan Shaw

Synopsis: Sinbad offers some unusual advice on how to make friends in this wacky comedy. Kevin Frankin (Sinbad) is a guy who dreams of starting his own business. However, getting it off the ground is another matter altogether, and soon Kevin discovers that the two loan sharks who fronted him money want to Read More

1995
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Synopsis: Bigotry and values are questioned when a Black West Point cadet is singled out and harassed by fellow cadets and senior officers. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Conserving America: Champions of Wildlife

Synopsis: Produced by WQED and the National Wildlife Federation, this film looks at grassroots efforts by ordinary people to save American wildlife and habitats. With gorgeous footage of animals and landscapes, the film celebrates the efforts of conservationists of all ages and backgrounds. The viewer goes Read More

1994
Conserving America: The Challenge on the Coast

Synopsis: Narrated by Mason Adams, this documentary deals with the ongoing battle to conserve the ever-changing U.S. coastline. The video profiles the men and women who work to preserve the coastal environment, including the California Marine Mammal Center, where workers rescue wildlife damaged by human Read More

1994
Son-In-Law

Actors: Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Mason Adams

Synopsis: Meaning to thwart the advances of a hometown boy, a college student takes her California surfer roomie to her Midwestern home for Thanksgiving and passes him off as her husband-to-be. After a few complications, the visiting couple falls for each other, the family finally accepts him and the Read More

1993
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

Actors: Chris Burke

Synopsis: This true story tells of the loving adoption of a Down Syndrome boy by a volunteer following the decision of the boy's parents to not allow a life-extending operation. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Toy Soldiers

Actors: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Dead Poets Society and Die Hard bash heads in this action drama set in a Northeastern prep school. The film opens as a crazed Central American terrorist, Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff), goes on a shooting spree, attempting to gain his drug baron father's release from extradition to the United States. Read More

4/26/91
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

Actors: Raymond Burr, Paul Anka, Mike Nader, Mason Adams, Barbara Hale

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason must reevaluate his legal principles when an old buddy asks him to represent the gangster suspected of murdering his wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Murder, She Wrote: The Search for Peter Kerry

Synopsis: Just before attending the funeral of an old friend, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) makes the acquaintance of young Rick Banner (Marc Singer), former college roommate of the dead woman's long-lost son Peter. When Rick hears a song written by Peter, the ball starts rolling for a onslaught of intrigue Read More

1989
Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait

Synopsis: This film presents a portrait of the artist Norman Rockwell. Famous and beloved for his idealized oil paintings of small-town America, Rockwell's work appeared on over 300 covers of The Saturday Evening Post. Many other magazines featured his illustrations, including Collier's, Look, and Life. Read More

1987
F/X

Actors: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams

Synopsis: A man who simulates death for a living finds himself unwittingly tied into the real thing in this suspense drama. Special effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) makes his living simulating gory mayhem and photogenic violence for movies such as "I Dismember Mama." Tyler is given a chance to expand Read More

2/7/86
Under Siege

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Peter Strauss

Synopsis: Under Siege was first telecast in February 1986, a time when the notion of foreign terrorists in America was still speculative fiction. A militant group sets off explosives at US Army bases, then branches out to such civilian targets as crowded shopping centers. FBI director Peter Strauss Read More

1986
Who Is Julia?

Synopsis: Who Is Julia? was based on author Barbara H. Harris' "speculative fiction" page-turner. Mary Frances (Mare Winningham) is a dull, drab housewife suffering from brain disease. Julia (Judy Ledford) is a drop-dead-gorgeous model who is killed in a car accident. Out of desperation, the surgeons decide Read More

1986
Northstar

Actors: Greg Evigan, Deborah Wakeham, Mitchell Ryan

Synopsis: In this sci-fi film an astronaut finds himself endowed with superhuman powers after he was exposed to severe radiation resulting from a solar disturbance during the time he was in space. He uses those powers to find the one who murdered his colleague. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

Actors: Angela Lansbury, Michael Nouri, Jaclyn Smith, Ken Howard

Synopsis: This two-part TV movie was the sequel to the ratings-grabbing 1983 miniseries Rage of Angels; both were based on the best-seller by Sidney Sheldon. Jaclyn Smith returns as dynamic New York trial lawyer Jennifer Parker, while Ken Howard likewise reprises his role as Jennifer's married lover Read More

1986
The Night They Saved Christmas

Actors: Art Carney, Jaclyn Smith, Paul Williams

Synopsis: Art Carney effectively portrays a weary, wisecracking Santa Claus (not the department store variety, but the real McCoy) in the made-for-TV The Night They Saved Christmas. Right now, Santa has very little to be jolly about: his North Pole toy factory is threatened with demolition by greedy oil Read More

1985
Passions

Synopsis: When wealthy businessman Richard Kennerly (Richard Crenna) dies, he leaves behind a great many unresolved issues. More specifically, he leaves behind a wife named Catherine (Joanne Woodward) a mistress named Nina (Lindsay Wagner)--and the children from both liasons. Upon learning of Nina's Read More

1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Synopsis: Half Slave, Half Free is the reissue title for African-American director Gordon Parks' TV movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey. Based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave, the film relates the story of Solomon Northup, a black freedman who, in 1841, was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and sold into Read More

1984
Adam

Actors: Daniel J. Travanti, JoBeth Williams, John Boston

Synopsis: Adam is the heartbreakingly true story of the disappearance of 6-year-old Adam Walsh (John Boston) at a South Florida shopping mall. Adam's anguished parents John and Reve Walsh (Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams) turn to the FBI for help in finding their son, only to discover that the Read More

1983
The Kid with the Broken Halo

Actors: Gary Coleman

Synopsis: Gary Coleman stars as a teen-age angel who must return to Earth to help out three troubled families in order to earn his wings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
The Final Conflict

Actors: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Leueen Willoughby

Synopsis: The second sequel to the 1976 horror hit The Omen finds Damien Thorn assuming the full mantle of the Antichrist and preparing for a final, all-out battle with "the Nazarene." Now in his thirties, Damien (Sam Neill) has elevated the family business, Thorn Industries, into the world's biggest Read More

1981
Lou Grant: Season 05

Actors: Ed Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden

1981
Flamingo Road

Actors: John Beck, Howard Duff, Cristina Raines

Synopsis: Ever anxious to enter the "nighttime serial" market engendered by Dallas, NBC commissioned Flamingo Road, a casual remake of the 1949 Joan Crawford film of the same name. The TV-movie pilot, which aired in May of 1980, introduces the dramatiis personae. Howard Duff plays the corrupt political boss Read More

1980
Lou Grant: Season 04

Actors: Ed Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden

1980
Revenge of the Stepford Wives

Synopsis: According to the NBC publicity packet, the made-for-TV Revenge of the Stepford Wives was "based on characters created by Ira Levin" -- specifically, those characters created by Levin for his fantasy-suspense novel The Stepford Wives, which was transformed into a theatrical film in 1975. On this Read More

1980
Lou Grant: Season 03

Actors: Ed Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden

1979
And Baby Makes Six

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Timothy Hutton

Synopsis: Middle-aged Colleen Dewhurst shocks her family-and herself-when she announces she is pregnant. Partly out of concern for her health, and partly out of selfishness, the family argues over whether or not she should go to term. Husband Pat Hingle is indecisive until he witness the baby's development Read More

1979
A Shining Season

Synopsis: Timothy Bottoms stars as the real-life John Baker in the made-for-TV A Shining Season. A champion University of New Mexico track athlete, the 25-year-old Baker is only momentarily halted when he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. His efforts to coach a losing girls' track team in his last months Read More

1979
Lou Grant: Season 02

Actors: Ed Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden

1978
Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure

Actors: Didi Conn

Synopsis: This animated children's film tells the story of the two popular dolls who go off to find a pretty French doll who has been stolen by pirates. Many songs from popular children's composer Joe Raposo ensue, including: "I Look and What Do I See!," "No Girl's Toy," "Rag Dolly," "Poor Babette," "A Read More

1977
The Deadliest Season

Synopsis: The title of the made-for-TV The Deadliest Season obscures the fact that this is a film about hockey. Michael Moriarty stars as a popular defenseman whose take-no-prisoners approach to the game results in the serious--and ultimately fatal--injury of another player. Moriarty is outwardly blase Read More

1977
Lou Grant: Season 01

Actors: Ed Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden

1977
God Told Me To

Actors: Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Lynch, Sylvia Sidney

Synopsis: Released theatrically as God Told Me To, this inventive film from "B"-movie auteur Larry Cohen was later re-named Demon after television distributors refused to air it under the original title. The convoluted, tabloid-flavored storyline (predating the kind of stories frequently featured on The Read More

1976
The Happy Hooker

Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lovelady Powell, Elizabeth Wilson

Synopsis: Lynn Redgrave stars as New York madam Xaviera Hollander in this romp based on Hollander's rise to the top of the sex-for-hire industry. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
Dream No More

Synopsis: Though filmed after the British occupation troops left Palestine, Dream No More is set just before the troops' departure. The film follows the trials and tribulations of Jewish refugee Shlomo Vollmus, played by Avraham Doryon. Finally able to legally emigrate to the Holy Land, Shlomo joins a Read More

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