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- Birth nameAnthony Patrick Adams
- Tony Adams was born on February 15, 1953 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a producer and actor, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and Son of the Pink Panther (1993). He was married to Anne Runolfsson, Debrah Farentino and Avril Adams. He died on October 22, 2005 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesAnne Runolfsson(February 23, 1997 - October 22, 2005) (his death, 1 child)Debrah Farentino(June 16, 1990 - 1994) (divorced, 1 child)Avril Adams
- Frequent Collaborations with Blake Edwards - 20 Features (1975-1993)
- Got his start in film business as director John Boorman's personal assistant on the film Deliverance. The picture's star, Burt Reynolds, heard that Adams wanted to stay in the U.S. and offered him a job on his Florida ranch. Reynolds also facilitated an introduction to Blake Edwards.
- Had four children.
- Father, with Debrah Farentino, of daughter Molly Adams, born in 1991.
- Was a founding board member of the world relief organization Operation USA, a charity that has won many accolades, most notably a share of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its part in the International Campaign To Ban Landmines and the 1983 President's Volunteer Action Award, which Mr. Adams accepted from President Ronald Reagan on behalf of the charity. He traveled extensively with the group and was among the first assembly of Westerners back into Cambodia after the reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge (1979), where he delivered medicines and photographed victims of the Khmer Rouge which were published worldwide.
- At the time of his death death, was a senior managing member of Hello Entertainment, a theatre producing company actively developing and producing Off-Broadway and Broadway shows.
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