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Julie Adams
1926-
Updated 3/25/2008 with more films available on DVD!
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Julie Adams was born Betty Adams in Iowa in October 1926. After spending her formative years in Arkansas, she moved to California and worked as a secretary while taking acting lessons and trying to break into films. Her hard work paid off when she was given her first part, a small role in Paramount's Red Hot and Blue (1949), which she followed up with a series of seven quickie westerns produced by Lippert and starring James Ellison and Russell Hayden. By 1951, Adams had landed a contract with Universal; whereas she had used her real name in her previous films, Universal changed her name to Julia Adams. Later in the 1950s, her billing changed again, to Julie Adams. Universal wasted little time in motivating its publicity department to build up the beautiful actress.
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Universal cast Adams in mostly westerns early on, but in 1954 the studio starred her in its 3-D feature Creature from the Black Lagoon, the film for which Adams is best known. The year following that film's release, Adams married actor and fellow Universal contract player Ray Danton in 1955, with whom she starred in The Looters.
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The Lawless Breed (1952)
Scenes from Universal-International's The Lawless Breed with Rock Hudson
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
LEFT: Julie Adams gets friendly with Richard Carlson in Creature from the Black Lagoon, one of Universal's best films from the 1950s. RIGHT: Adams with the Creature
The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
Scenes from the Universal-International comedy The Private War of Major Benson. The right photo includes Charlton Heston
The Looters (1955)
Four Girls in Town (1956)
Adams with George Nader in Four Girls in Town
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
With Richard Egan in the film noir drama Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
The Underwater City (1962)
LEFT: As Dr. Monica Powers in Columbia's science fiction thriller The Underwater City. RIGHT: Smooching with William Lundigan
Psychic Killer (1975)
Julie Adams starred in one of Ray Danton's directorial efforts, the effective, low-budget horror flick Psychic Killer
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By 1960, Adams slowed her output in order to raise her two sons with Ray Danton. In the 1960s, she made just a few films, such as the 1965 Elvis Presley vehicle Tickle Me. However, Adams made numerous guest appearances on popular television shows such as Perry Mason, The Virginian, and The Big Valley. In the 1970s, Adams began taking on more roles, mostly on television. In 1970, she accepted a lead role on the series The Bold Ones, but the show was canceled in 1971. Just a few months later, she took another role on a TV series, this time as Jimmy Stewart's wife on The Jimmy Stewart Show, but this series was canceled in 1971 after just one season. See the filmography below for more information.
Adams and husband Ray Danton worked together a number of times in film and on television. In addition to being in the films The Looters (1955) and Tarawa Beachhead (1958), Adams and Ray Danton guest starred on a January 1972 episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery entitled The Miracle at Camafeo, and Ray Danton directed his wife in the 1975 horror flick Psychic Killer, written by Greydon Clark. Although the couple was married for many years, they divorced in 1981. Julie Adams was still in demand throughout the 1980s on television, and in 1987 accepted a recurring role on the CBS-TV series Murder, She Wrote. And today, Adams is still in front of the camera on such series as Lost and CSI: NY and acted in the film World Trade Center (2006; with Nicolas Cage).
John Wayne: Legendary Heroes Collection [DVD] DVD
Five-disc set includes "Tall in the Saddle," "The Sea Chase," "Blood Alley," "The Train Robbers," and "McQ."
One Step Beyond, Vol. 3 [DVD] DVD
First, a recovering alcoholic's sobriety is put to the test when his son becomes trapped in a well in "Epilogue." With Julie Adams, Charles Aidman. Next, jockeys Walker Burke and Ben Cooper square off against each other at a supernatural racetrack in "Front Runner." Then, grieving actress Margaret Phillips receives a message from her dead child in "Call from Tomorrow." Finally, a family enlists the help of a hypnotist when they become haunted by a strange creature in "Ordeal on Locust Street." Stars Suzanne Lloyd, Gary Campbell. 100 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Legendary Outlaws Double Feature, Vol. 3: The Dalton Gang (1949)/I Shot Billy The Kid [DVD](1950) DVD
First, deputy marshal Donald "Red" Barry, investigating the murders of several local ranchers, gets a tip from a newspaper editor pal that the man he's looking for is the leader of a notorious band of gunmen called "The Dalton Gang." With Robert Lowery, Byron Foulger. And, Barry and Lowery team up again in "I Shot Billy the Kid," which chronicles the tumultuous relationship and fateful final showdown between the infamous gunslinger (Barry) and lawman Pat Garrett (Lowery). Wally Vernon, Tom Neal co-star. 115 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; biographies; theatrical trailer.
Legendary Outlaws Collector's Set [DVD] DVD
Three-disc set includes "The Great Jesse James Raid," "Renegade Girl," "The Return of Jesse James," "Gunfire" (1950), "The Dalton Gang," and "I Shot Billy The Kid."
Bend Of The River [DVD](1952) DVD
James Stewart is an outlaw-turned-wagon scout who must help settlers reach Oregon Territory in an exciting frontier action tale. Also stars Arthur Kennedy as Stewart's treacherous rival, Julie Adams, Harry Morgan and Rock Hudson. 91 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish, French; theatrical trailer.
James Stewart: The Western Collection [DVD] DVD
Six-disc set includes "Destry Rides Again," "Winchester '73" (1950), "Bend of the River," "The Far Country" (1955), "Night Passage," and "The Rare Breed."
Classic Western Round-Up, Vol. 1 [DVD] DVD
One-time desperadoes Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie go straight and join "The Texas Rangers" (1936) in their fight to uphold the law in Lone Star territory. When one of their former partners continues his outlaw ways, MacMurray and Oakie are called on to catch him. Lloyd Nolan, Jean Peter co-star. Next, the Oregon Territory of the 1850s is the setting for a bitter rivalry between scout-turned-general store owner Dana Andrews and crooked banker Brian Donlevy--a rivalry that intensifies when beautiful Susan Hayward comes between them--in "Canyon Passage" (1946). Audie Murphy stars as a young Jesse James, who becomes the protege of notorious outlaw William Quantrill (Donlevy) before making history as leader of his own gang, in "Kansas Raiders" 1950). With Marguerite Chapman, Tony Curtis. And, in his fir st starring role, Rock Hudson plays famed frontier badman John Wesley Hardin in director Raoul Walsh's well-crafted Western biodrama "The Lawless Breed" (1953). Julia Adams, John McIntyre and Lee Van Cleef also star. 6 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailers.
Classic Western Round-Up, Vol. 2 [DVD] DVD
Prairie fires, snowstorms, hostile Indians, and a gun-smuggling Joan Bennett are just some of the problems trail boss Randolph Scott has to cope with on a 10,000-head cattle drive to Kansas, in "The Texans" (1938). With May Robson, Robert Cummings, Walter Brennan. Barbara Stanwyck is a gambling queen with a shady past who joins forces with an Army deserter and an old-time miner to face off against a powerful land baron, in "California" (1946). Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald also star. Then, Audie Murphy is a gunman who is wrongly accused of helping the Dalton gang in a train robbery--then joins them for real, in "The Cimarron Kid" (1952). With Beverly Tyler, James Best. Finally, Glenn Ford stars as "The Man from the Alamo" (1953), Branded a coward for his actions at the doomed fortress, Ford must fight to prove himself during the Mexican War. Julia Adams, Victor Jory, Hugh O'Brian co-star. 6 hrs. total on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailers.
Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection [DVD] DVD
This two-disc set collecting the cinematic adventures of everybody's favorite scary--and scaly--monster opens with "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954), in which a team of scientists in the Amazon is hunted by a water-breathing, half-human gillman. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams star. Not in 3-D. Next, it's the "Revenge of the Creature" (1955), as he torments tourists at a Florida aquarium. John Agar, Lori Nelson star. Then, "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956) after scientists mutate the beastie so that he can live on land--and terrorize San Francisco. Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason star. 4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
Francis Joins The WACs [VHS](1954) VHS
A clerical miscue lands Donald O'Connor back in the service, but as a WAC, and with equine pal Francis in tow. The Army gals, who are used to strict protocol, soon grow accustomed to all-out wackiness. Julia (Julie) Adams, Mamie Van Doren, ZaSu Pitts and Chill Wills, in voice and in person, also star. 95 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
Creature From The Black Lagoon [DVD](1954) DVD
A team of scientists on an expedition down the Amazon finds more than they bargained for in the form of a water-breathing, half-human gillman, and soon the hunters become the hunted! Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning star in this classic sci-fi chiller. Not in 3-D. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French; audio commentary; biographies; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer.
The Gunfight At Dodge City [DVD](1959) DVD
This classic Western stars Joel McCrea as gunfighter-turned-lawman Bat Masterson. When his brother is brutally killed, he decides to run for county sheriff against the corrupt man he believes is responsible for his sibling's death. But when he wins the position and learns that the killer is someone else, Bat sets out to make things right--almost losing his new job and his life in the process. With Julie Adams, John McIntire. 81 min. Soundtrack: English.
Tickle Me [DVD](1965) DVD
A light-hearted Elvis romp, with the handsome crooner playing a former rodeo star who signs on to work at a health ranch whose clientele includes bevies of beautiful girls. With Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane. Songs include "If It Feels So Right" and "I'm Yours." 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; theatrical trailer.
Go Ask Alice [DVD](1973) DVD
Desperate for attention, a shy high school girl takes up with a crowd of drug users and is drawn into a world of narcotics, alcohol and prostitution. Based on the powerful "real-life diary" and shot in a cinema verite style, this acclaimed TV drama stars Jamie Smith-Jackson, Julie Adams, William Shatner, Jennifer Edwards, and Andy Griffith. 73 min. Soundtrack: English.
Go Ask Alice(1973) VHS
The unforgettable true story of a shy high school girl who, desperate for attention, takes up with a crowd of drug users and is drawn into a world of narcotics, alcohol and prostitution. Filmed in a gritty, cinema verite style, this acclaimed TV drama based on the diary of Alice, stars Jamie Smith-Jackson, Julie Adams, William Shatner and Andy Griffith. 74 min.
McQ [DVD](1974) DVD
Dirty Harry has nothing on the Duke in this crime thriller about a cop pushed to his limits. John Wayne stars as a tough-as-nails Seattle police lieutenant who quits the force and goes up against department corruption in order to clear his late partner's name. Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, David Huddleston, Roger E. Mosley also star. 111 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; featurette; theatrical trailers.
Six Characters In Search Of An Author [DVD](1976) DVD
A bold reimagining of Pirandello's classic finds the play's typical theater setting transplanted to a TV studio, where a group of actors about to rehearse an adaptation of another Pirandello play are replaced by mysterious strangers. The new personalities take the actors and directors to task, claiming they have a better story to tell. Stacy Keach directs a top-notch cast that includes Andy Griffith, John Houseman, Julie Adams, Beverly Todd and James Keach. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Black Roses [DVD](1988) DVD
Heavy metal superstar Damien (Sal Viviano) packs a lot more than secret messages in his songs...the music actually turns normal, fun-loving teens into savage creatures! And you thought those parental advisory stickers would save the souls of your children. Rockin' good shocker stars John Martin, Julie Adams, Carla Ferrigno, and music master Carmine Appice. 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary.
Backtrack [DVD](1989) DVD
In this gangster thriller directed by Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster plays a woman who changes her identity and moves to another town after witnessing a mob murder. A hit man (Hopper) sent to kill her has found her, but soon he falls in love with his target, and they're both dodging the mob and feds. Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Fred Ward and Bob Dylan also star. Special director's cut version; 102 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; photo gallery; interactive menus; scene access.
World Trade Center (Widescreen Version) [DVD](2006) DVD
Oliver Stone's harrowing, heroic September 11th drama tells the inspiring true story of New York City Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena). Trapped under the debris of the twin towers while attempting to rescue others, McLoughlin and Jimeno endure a nightmarish ordeal of physical and spiritual anguish, as their families await news of their fate. Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal also star. 128 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Stone and 9/11 survivors and rescuers; deleted scenes.
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FILM
The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993) with Veronica Hamel and Kevin Dobson
Backtrack (1989) with Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Vincent Price, and John Turturro
Black Roses (1988)
Champions (1984) with John Hurt
Code Red (1981) with Lorne Greene, Andrew Stevens, and Sam J. Jones
The Fifth Floor (1978) with Bo Hopkins, Robert Englund, John David Carson, and Mel Ferrer
Goodbye, Franklin High (1978) with Ann Dusenberry, Darby Hinton, and William Windom
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976) with Reb Brown, Pat Ast, Andy Griffith, Patricia Hitchcock, and John Houseman
The Killer Inside Me (1976) with Stacy Keach, Don Stroud, Tisha Sterling, and John Carradine
Psychic Killer (1975) with Paul Burke, Jim Hutton, Nehemiah Persoff, Neville Brand, Rod Cameron, Whit Bissell, Della Reese, and Greydon Clark
The Wild McCullochs (1975) with Forrest Tucker, Max Baer Jr., Don Grady, and William Demarest
McQ (1974) with John Wayne, Clu Gulager, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, and Colleen Dewhurst
Go Ask Alice (1973) with William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Andy Griffith, Robert Carradine, and Mackenzie Phillips
The Last Movie (1971) with Dennis Hopper and Toni Basil
The Trackers (1971) with Sammy Davis Jr., Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Davis
Valley of Mystery (1967) with Richard Egan, Peter Graves, Lois Nettleton, Fernando Lamas, Karen Sharpe, and Lee Patterson
Tickle Me (1965) with Elvis Presley, Merry Anders, Allison Hayes, and Bill Williams
Gold, Glory and Custer (1962) with Clint Walker
The Underwater City (1962) with William Lundigan
Raymie (1960) with David Ladd, John Agar, and Richard Arlen
The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) with Joel McCrea
Tarawa Beachhead (1958) with Ray Danton, Kerwin Mathews, Karen Sharpe, and William Boyett
Slim Carter (1957) with Jock Mahoney, William Hopper, Barbara Hale, Ben Johnson, Joanna Cook Moore, and Bill Williams
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) with Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, and Mickey Hargitay
Four Girls in Town (1956) with George Nader and Grant Williams
Away All Boats (1956) with Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Jock Mahoney, and Keith Andes
The Private War of Major Benson (1955) with Charlton Heston
One Desire (1955) with Rock Hudson and Anne Baxter
Six Bridges to Cross (1955) with George Nader
The Looters (1955) with Rory Calhoun and Ray Danton
Francis Joins the Wacs (1954) with Mamie Van Doren, Mara Corday, and Allison Hayes
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) with Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell
The Man from the Alamo (1953) with Glenn Ford, Chill Wills, Victor Jory, Hugh O'Brian, Jeanne Cooper, and
Guy Williams
The Stand at Apache River (1953) with Stephen McNally, Hugh Marlowe, Hugh O'Brian, Russell Johnson, and Jack Kelly
Wings of the Hawk (1953) with Van Heflin, Abbe Lane, George Dolenz, and Noah Beery
The Mississippi Gambler (1953) with Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, William Reynolds, and Guy Williams
The Lawless Breed (1952) with Rock Hudson, John McIntire, Hugh O'Brian,
Dennis Weaver, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Garland, and Glenn Strange
Horizons West (1952) with Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr, James Arness, Dennis Weaver, and Frances Bavier
Bend of the River (1952) with James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Frances Bavier, and Stepin Fetchit
The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952) with William Powell, Rosemary DeCamp, and Charles Drake
Finders Keepers (1951) with Tom Ewell, Richard Reeves, Jack Elam, Harvey Lembeck, and Madge Blake
Hollywood Story (1951) with Richard Conte, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, and Francis X. Bushman
Bright Victory (1951) with Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Will Geer, Jim Backus, and Richard Egan
Crooked River (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
Fast on the Draw (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
Hostile Country (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
Marshal of Heldorado (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
West of the Brazos (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
Colorado Ranger (1950) with James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, and Tom Tyler
The Dalton Gang (1949) with Don 'Red' Barry, Robert Lowery, and Byron Foulger
Red, Hot and Blue (1949) with Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc, and William Talman
TELEVISION SERIES
Murder, She Wrote, 1984-1996 CBS-TV series. Adams portrayed Eve Simpson for five seasons (1987-1993)
Capitol, 1982-1987 CBS-TV soap opera. Adams portrayed Paula Denning
Code Red, 1981-1982 TV series. Adams portrayed Ann Rorchek
The Jimmy Stewart Show, 1971-1972 TV series. Adams portrayed Martha Howard
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, 1969-1973 TV series. Adams portrayed Mrs. David Craig during the 1970-1971 season.
General Hospital, 1963-present ABC-TV soap opera. Adams portrayed Denise Wilton in 1968
Yancy Derringer, 1958-1959 TV series starring Jock Mahoney. Adams portrayed Amanda Eaton
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