Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-02-05

Deathday

2016-03-10 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Also Known As

Klaus Hugo Adam

Ken Adam

Biography

Sir Kenneth Hugo Adam, OBE was a British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove. He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction.

Known For

7.1%

Everything or Nothing

Oct 5, 2012

6.2%

The Owl and the Pussycat

Nov 3, 1970

5.6%

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

May 5, 2000

7.9%

The Secrets of 007

Dec 4, 1997

6.8%

Inside 'From Russia with Love'

Jun 23, 2000

5.1%

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

Apr 10, 2000

6.9%

Inside 'Dr. No'

May 16, 2000

4.9%

Istintobrass

Aug 30, 2013

4.8%

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles

Jul 25, 2000

7.2%

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

Oct 17, 2000

7.4%

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

Jan 1, 2000

6.8%

Inside 'Moonraker'

May 16, 2000

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Acting

2017

This Is the War Room! as Self

2013

Istintobrass as Self

2012		Everything or Nothing as Self
2012		Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style as Self

2002

Best Ever Bond as Self

2000		Inside 'You Only Live Twice' as Self
2000		Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' as Self
2000		Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles as Self
2000		Inside 'From Russia with Love' as Self
2000		Inside 'Dr. No' as Self
2000		Inside 'Moonraker' as Self
2000		Terence Young: Bond Vivant as Self
2000		Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' as Self - Production Designer
2000		The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove as Self
2000		Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' as Self
2000		Harry Saltzman: Showman as Self
2000		Ken Adam: Designing Bond as Self

1999

Stanley and Us as Self

1998

The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self

1997

The Secrets of 007 as Self

1996

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man as Self

1995		Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' as Self
1995		Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' as Self

1992

30 Years of James Bond as Self

1977

The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' as Self

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self

1970

The Owl and the Pussycat as Middle-Aged Man (uncredited)

1965

The Incredible World of James Bond as Self (archive footage)

Art

2002

Taking Sides as Production Design

1999

The Out-of-Towners as Production Design

1997

In & Out as Production Design

1996

Bogus as Production Design

1995

Boys on the Side as Production Design

1994

The Madness of King George as Production Design

1993		Addams Family Values as Production Design
1993		Undercover Blues as Production Design

1991		Company Business as Production Design
1991		The Doctor as Production Design

1990

The Freshman as Production Design

1989

Dead Bang as Production Design

1988

The Deceivers as Production Design

1986

Crimes of the Heart as Production Design

1985		Agnes of God as Production Design
1985		King David as Production Design

1981

Pennies from Heaven as Production Design

1979

Moonraker as Production Design

1977

The Spy Who Loved Me as Production Design

1976		The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Production Design
1976		Salon Kitty as Production Design

1975

Barry Lyndon as Production Design

1973

The Last of Sheila as Production Design

1972

Sleuth as Production Design

1971

Diamonds Are Forever as Production Design

1970

The Owl and the Pussycat as Production Design

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Production Design

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Production Design

1967

You Only Live Twice as Production Design

1966

Funeral in Berlin as Production Design

1965		Thunderball as Production Design
1965		The Ipcress File as Production Design

1964		Goldfinger as Production Design
1964		Woman of Straw as Production Design
1964		Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Production Design

1962		Dr. No as Production Design
1962		Sodom and Gomorrah as Production Design

1960

The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Production Design

1959		The Rough and the Smooth as Production Design
1959		The Rough and the Smooth as Art Direction
1959		The Angry Hills as Production Design
1959		Web of Evidence as Art Direction
1959		Ten Seconds to Hell as Art Direction

1958

Gideon's Day as Art Direction

1957

Night of the Demon as Production Design

1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as Production Design
1956		Child in the House as Art Direction

1954

Star of India as Assistant Art Director

1952

The Crimson Pirate as Assistant Art Director

1950

Your Witness as Assistant Art Director

1949

Obsession as Assistant Art Director

Production

1981

Pennies from Heaven as Associate Producer

1963

In the Cool of the Day as Production Designer