Tom Adams
Acting
Biography
Anthony Frederick Charles "Tom" Adams (9 March 1938 – 11 December 2014) was an English actor with roles in adventure, horror and mystery films and several TV shows. He was best known for his role as Daniel Fogarty in several series of The Onedin Line. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born: March 9, 1938
Known For
The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
UFO
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Lovejoy
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Remington Steele
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
Z-Cars
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
A Prize of Arms
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Filmography
as Andrew Manelli
as Magistrate
as J.P. Gilbert
as Westcott
as Westcott
as Vorshak
as Richard Moreland
as Det Chief Insp Nick Lewis
as Max Stein
as Major Sullivan
as Piers Emerson
as Owen
as Dominick / Richard (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
as Captain Lauritzen
as Peter Langley
as Charles Vine
as Mike
as Henry O'Neill
as Charles Vine
as John Corbett
as Charles Vine
as Al
as Paul
as The Boy Next Door
as Commander Vorshak
as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
as Cpl. Glenn
as Reporter
as Grenville
as Charlie Mann
as Johnny Orwell
as Jack Montelbetti