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Adam Wade

Actor

Died July 7, 2022 (87 years)

Patrick Henry Wade, known professionally as Adam Wade, is an American singer, musician and actor. Wade is perhaps most known for his stint as the host of the CBS game show Musical Chairs (1975), which noted him as the first Black game show host.

Filmography

2004
Brother to Brother · as Sam, the Bartender
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Unknown
1989
True Blue (TV Series) · as actor
1982
Kiss Me Goodbye · as Roscoe
1981
Texas Lightning · as Highway Patrolman
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Internal Affairs Officer
1979
The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Dr. Homer Willis
1979
The Super Globetrotters (TV Series) · as Louis 'Sweet Lou' Dunbar / Gizmo (voice)
1976
What's Happening!! (TV Series) · as Unknown
1975
Musical Chairs (TV Series) · as Host
1975
The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Unknown
1974
Claudine · as Owen
1974
Crazy Joe · as J.D.
1974
Good Times (TV Series) · as Unknown
1974
Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown
1974
1973
Gordon's War · as Hustler
1973
Kojak (TV Series) · as Roland Weeks
1972
Across 110th Street · as Patrolman
1972
1972
Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Unknown
1971
Shaft · as Brother #1
1968
Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Ron Thompson
1966
Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ellis Deavers
1958
The Dick Clark Show (TV Series) · as Unknown

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