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Tributes have been paid to Crossroads<\/a> actor Tony Adams<\/a>, who has died at the age of 84.<\/p>\n Anthony Sawley Adams was born in Anglesey<\/a>, Wales<\/a>, in 1940 and later trained as an actor at the Italia Conti theatre school.<\/p>\n Following performances on the stage, he made his name as Dr Neville Bywaters in the 1970s soap General Hospital and appeared in the Dr Who series The Green Death.<\/p>\n In 1978, he took on the role of accountant Adam Chance in soap Crossroads \u2013 the role for which he became best known.<\/p>\n The series ended in 1988 after more than 4,500 episodes, with Adams staying until the end.<\/p>\n He was one of the original cast members, including Jane Rossington and Kathy Staff, who returned when the soap was revived in 2001.<\/p>\n Adams then appeared in the stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium Theatre, where he played Grandpa Potts, in 2004.<\/p>\n In 2023, he had a cameo role in Nolly \u2013 a three-part drama created by Russell T Davies which tells the story of Crossroads actress Noele Gordon.<\/p>\n Actor Augustus Prew, who played Adams in the drama, described him as a \u201cmagical man\u201d during interviews at the time.<\/p>\n