Tom Adams (born 1926) is an illustrator most famous for his Agatha Christie paperback cover designs. First published in the sixties, seventies and eighties in the UK by Fontana and in the USA by Pocket Books, they have been reproduced throughout the world by many other publishers. He also designed a series of Raymond Chandler covers produced for Ballantine Books, New York.
Tom Adams has also produced some notable paintings for hardbacks, including covers for John Fowles' The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman. Also Patrick White'sThe Vivisector, David Storey's Saville (described by John Fowles as a "quite literal dream of a jacket"); Ghost Story by Peter Straub and a Daliesque cover for Kingsley Amis' (writing as Robert Markham) James Bond pastiche, Colonel Sun.
Tom Adams (born march 9, 1938 in London, England) is a burly English actor with roles in horror and mystery films, and several TV shows.
He starred as Charles Vine in Licensed to Kill (1965 film) (aka The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World) and the sequels Where The Bullets Fly (1966) and Somebody's Stolen Our Russian Spy (1967).
His television credits include General Hospital (1972); The Onedin Line as Daniel Fogarty (1977-1979); Doctor Who as Vorshak in Warriors of the Deep (1984); and Emmerdale Farm as Malcolm Bates (1987).
For many years in the 1980s and 90s he was the face of furniture stores dfs.
Thomas Miles Adams (born 2 May 1808 at Gravesend, Kent; died 20 January 1894 at Gravesend) was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century. He was a member of the great Kent team of the 1840s and played for both MCC and the All-England Eleven. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled medium pace roundarm style.
He made his known debut in the 1836 season and had 157 known appearances in major matches from 1836 to 1858.
Tom Adams stood as umpire in 20 major matches from 1852 to 1865.
