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Adam Wade
Actor
Born March 17, 1935Died July 17, 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.
Adam Wade Filmography
| 2010 | The Big C (TV Series) · as Church Member #2 |
| 2004 | Brother to Brother · as Sam The Bartender |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme (TV Series) · as Lenny Kelly |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Noah |
| 1989 | True Blue (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye · as Roscoe |
| 1981 | Texas Lightning · as Highway Patrolman |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Internal Affairs Officer |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) · as Jim Benedict |
| 1979 | The Super Globetrotters (TV Series) · as Louis 'sweet Lou' Dunbar / Gizmo (voice) |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) · as Dr. Homer Willis |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) · as Jim Benedict |
| 1977 | Sanford Arms (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Street Killing · as J.d. Johnson |
| 1976 | What's Happening!! (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Musical Chairs (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Phantom of the Paradise · as Reporter |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Tony Orlando And Dawn (TV Series) · as Regular (1976) |
| 1974 | Claudine · as Owen |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe · as J.d. |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Roland Weeks |
| 1973 | Gordon's War · as Hustler |
| 1972 | Across 110th Street · as Patrolman |
| 1972 | Come Back Charleston Blue · as Benjy |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Shaft · as Brother #1 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Ron Thompson |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ellis Deavers |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as John Burroughs (1970) |
| 2016 | Bright Lights · as Self |
| 1974 | Tattletales (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Black Journal (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Shindig (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Vocalist |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |