Tony Adams

Producer

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Also Known As

Anthony Patrick Adams

Birth Place

Dublin, IE

Born

February 15, 1953

Died

October 22, 2005

Cause of Death

Stroke

Biography

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This former assistant to John Boorman, whom he met through his father, has been, since the early 1970s, associated with Blake Edwards, serving as producer or executive producer on Edwards' films and TV productions, including most of the "Pink Panther" sequels, "10" (1980), "S.O.B" (1981) and "Victor/Victoria" (1982). He has also been involved with Julie Andrews' concert tours and TV spec...

Filmography

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Green Street Hooligans (2005)

Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Skin Deep (1989)

Peter Gunn (1989)

Executive Producer

Justin Case (1988)

Photos & Videos

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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser -- (Movie Clip) Be-Bop

Brass Target (1978) -- (Movie Clip) In Case They Have To Bury Me

Family & Companions

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Anne Runolfsson

Wife

Actor, singer. Married February 23, 1997; met when she was stand-by for Julie Andrews in the stage production of "Victor/Victoria".

Biography

This former assistant to John Boorman, whom he met through his father, has been, since the early 1970s, associated with Blake Edwards, serving as producer or executive producer on Edwards' films and TV productions, including most of the "Pink Panther" sequels, "10" (1980), "S.O.B" (1981) and "Victor/Victoria" (1982). He has also been involved with Julie Andrews' concert tours and TV specials.

Tony Adams reportedly first became associated with Edwards and Andrews in the mid-70s as an assistant on "The Tamarind Seed" (1974), with duties that included driving the couple around London. He first earned associate producer status on "Return of the Pink Panther" (1975) and was promoted to executive producer on "Revenge of the Pink Panther" (1978). Adams' first full-fledged producer credit came with the male menopausal "10" and he was at Edwards' side with "Victor/Victoria" as well. While these were box-office successes, Adams also worked with the writer-director on such lesser efforts as "That's Life!" (1986), about male mid-life crisis, and "Switch" (1991), in which a man wakes up one day as a woman. He also produced the last "Pink Panther" sequel, "Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther" (1993).

In 1988, Adams became president of Blake Edwards Entertainment and had his first initiation into TV films producing "Justin Case" (ABC, 1988), a "Disney Sunday Movie" about the ghost of a private investigator come back to work with a kid. The following year, he was executive producer of "Peter Gunn," an ABC TV-movie revising the 50s series that had established Edwards. More recently, Adams was executive producer of "Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway" for PBS' "Great Performances" and was one of the producers of Andrews' Broadway return in the stage version of "Victor/Victoria." Additionally, Adams produced Andrews' 1980 album, "Julie Andrews Live in Concert." In all, with features, TV, concerts and stage, he has collaborated with Edwards over two dozen times and with Andrews more than 10 times.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Green Street Hooligans (2005)

Producer (Feature Film)

Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Skin Deep (1989)

Peter Gunn (1989)

Executive Producer

Justin Case (1988)

Blind Date (1987)

That's Life! (1986)

A Fine Mess (1986)

Micki & Maude (1984)

The Man who Loved Women (1983)

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

Victor/Victoria (1982)

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Revenge of The Pink Panther (1978)

Executive Producer

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Associate Producer

Stunts (Feature Film)

Killpoint (1984)

Director (Special)

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001)

Producer (Special)

The Lullaby of Broadway: Opening Night on 42nd Street (2001)

Executive Producer

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001)

Victor/Victoria (2000)

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999)

Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway (1995)

Misc. Crew (Special)

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Winner Takes All (1998)

Life Events

1971

Joined Blake Edwards as producer

1974

Produced TV specials starring Julie Andrews

1976

Associate produced first feature, "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", directed by Edwards

1979

Executive produced first feature, "Revenge of the Pink Panther"

1988

Became president, Blake Edwards Entertainment and president of The Blake Edwards Company

1988

Produced first TV special, "Justin Case" for "Disney Sunday Movie"

1989

Executive produced first TV special, "Peter Gunn"

1993

Produced "Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther"

1995

Produced TV special "Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway"

1996

Was one of the producers of the stage musical "Victor/Victoria"

Videos

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser -- (Movie Clip) Be-Bop Opening of Clint Eastwood's 1988 documentary, film shot by Michael and Christian Blackmore 20 years earlier, from Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, directed by Charlotte Zwerin.

Brass Target (1978) -- (Movie Clip) In Case They Have To Bury Me On location, Lake Geneva, for the introduction of Max Von Sydow as assassin Shelley, found by crooked American officer McCauley (Patrick McGoohan), looking to have General Patton (George Kennedy, photo) knocked off before he finds out who stole the Allied gold shipment, in Brass Target, 1978.

That's Life! (1986) -- (Movie Clip) They Be Dumb Dropped off after hitching a ride due to car trouble at his Malibu mansion (the real home of writer-director-producer Blake Edwards, in his independently-financed feature), architect Harvey (Jack Lemmon) doesn't ask how his actress wife Gillian (Julie Andrews, also Mrs. Edwards) is doing, though we know she’s waiting on a cancer test, early in That’s Life, 1986.

That's Life! (1986) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be So Delicious In a shot writer-producer-director Blake Edwards needed several days to get, due to fog on the beach at his own Malibu home, actress Gillian (Julia Andrews, Mrs. Edwards), secretly awaiting results of a cancer test, meets friend and realtor Molly (Sally Kellerman) exercising, in That’s Life, 1986.

That's Life! (1986) -- (Movie Clip) Success Breeds Failure At a posh Malibu restaurant, architect Harvey (Jack Lemmon), going bonkers as his 60th birthday looms, ruminates about a demanding client and his own angst, his actress wife Gillian (Julie Andrews, spouse of writer-director Blake Edwards) riding it out, in That’s Life, 1986.

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Forgot My Tutu Remarkable exchange, candid in the extreme but with language no longer socially acceptable, Dudley Moore as top Hollywood composer George, working in Malibu with his gay professional partner Hugh (Robert Webber), tangling over the latter’s lover (Walter George Alton), in writer-director Blake Edwards’ 10, 1979.

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) She's Always Busy Still trying to reconcile with movie and musical star girlfriend Sam (Julie Andrews) after a fight, and indulging in more fleshy Hollywood Hills telescope voyeurism (Don Calfa his show-off neighbor), even as he subtly pursues the title character (Bo Derek), famous composer George (Dudley Moore) dives into director Blake Edwards’ trademark physical comedy, in 10, 1979.

10 -- (1979) -- (Movie Clip) You A English Fella? In Puerto Vallarta, after his drunk-drugged decision to pursue the title character (Bo Derek) who’s there on her honeymoon, hung-over big-time Hollywood composer George (Dudley Moore), battling the hot sand, meets attendant J. Victor Lopez, and fellow guests John Chappell and Art Kassul, in Blake Edwards’ hit 10, 1979.

Brass Target (1978) -- (Movie Clip) A Friend In The Right Uniform John Cassavetes as grizzled Major Joe DeLucca in post-War Germany, inquiring about stolen Allied gold meets unhinged alcoholic fixer Col. McCauley (Patrick McGoohan), who has acquired his Polish ex-girlfriend Mara (Sophia Loren), her first scene, in Brass Target, 1978.

Brass Target (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Up Your Sweet Red Commie... Profane especially for the period but full marks to George Kennedy, in high octane portrayal of General George Patton, in post-War Germany, tangling with a fictional Russian general (Reinhold Olszewski) over military justice and stolen Allied gold, in Brass Target, 1978.

Spirit Of The Beehive, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Don Jose Can See Timid Ana (Ana Torrent) and sister Isabel (Isabel Telleria) in class, north-central Spain circa 1940, early in Victor Erice's celebrated The Spirit Of The Beehive, 1973.

Spirit Of The Beehive, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Your Last Mushroom Beekeeper Fernando (Fernando Fernan-Gomez) with his daughters Ana (Ana Torrent) and Isabel (Isabel Telleria), discussing mushrooms, in post-Civil War Spain, in Victor Erice's The Spirit Of The Beehive, 1973.

Revenge of the Pink Panther - (Original Trailer) Peter Sellars gave his last performance as Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).

Victor/Victoria - (Original Trailer) An unemployed female singer poses as a female impersonator and becomes a star in Victor/Victoria (1982), directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner and Robert Preston.

Family

Charles Adams

Father

Contractor.

Teresa Adams

Mother

Andrew Adams

Son

Alister Adams

Son

Tess Adams

Daughter

Born in 1998; mother, Anne Runolfsson.

Companions

Anne Runolfsson

Wife

Actor, singer. Married February 23, 1997; met when she was stand-by for Julie Andrews in the stage production of "Victor/Victoria".

Bibliography

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