The actor Tony Adams, who has died aged 84 after suffering from a heart condition, was best known for roles in two ITV soap operas. He played Dr Neville Bywaters in General Hospital for its entire seven-year run (1972-79) before joining Crossroads as the womanising accountant Adam Chance (1978-88), described by one critic as “an intriguing hybrid of love rat and lounge lizard”.
General Hospital began as a twice-weekly afternoon serial before switching to a weekly peak-time slot in 1975. As a smooth-talking consultant paediatrician at the fictional Midland General, Adams set female hearts a-flutter both on screen – eventually marrying a doctor – and off.
