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Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)

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Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)

Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock (July 10, 1931 – February 7, 1968), better known as Nick Adams, was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s, including Rebel Without a Cause along with his starring role in the ABC television series The Rebel (1959–1961). He also led the cast of several Japanese productions, including Frankenstein Conquers the World, Invasion of Astro-Monster, and The Killing Bottle. Decades after his death from a prescription drug overdose at the age of 36, his widely publicized friendships with James Dean and Elvis Presley would stir speculation about both his private life and the circumstances of his death. In an AllMovie synopsis for Adams's last film, reviewer Dan Pavlides wrote, "Plagued by personal excesses, he will be remembered just as much for what he could have done in cinema as what he left behind."

Infobox

Born
Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock(1931-07-10)July 10, 1931Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
February 7, 1968(1968-02-07) (aged 36)Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death
Drug overdose
Occupations
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Years active
1952–1968
Spouse
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Children
2

Tables

Film · Filmography
1952
Role(s)
Western Union boy
Notes
Uncredited
1955
Role(s)
Billy the Kid
Role(s)
Reber
Role(s)
Chick
Role(s)
Bomber
Role(s)
Bell Boy
Notes
Uncredited
1956
Role(s)
Gary Nolan
Role(s)
Phil Davis
Notes
Alternative title: White Nightmare
Role(s)
Ridge
Role(s)
Jett Rink
Notes
Voice, Uncredited
1957
Role(s)
Tracy Mitchell
Role(s)
Hot-Dog Stand Customer
Notes
Uncredited
1958
Role(s)
C.K. Judd
Role(s)
Barney Kovac
Role(s)
Pvt. Benjamin B. Whitledge
1959
Role(s)
John Gilbert "Jack" Graham
Role(s)
Tony Walters
1962
Role(s)
Homer Janeczek
Role(s)
Dr. Sid Lackland
1963
Role(s)
Pvt. V.R. Hackett
Role(s)
Ben Brown
Notes
Alternative title: The Charge is MurderNominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1964
Role(s)
Tarragoo
1965
Role(s)
John Dillinger
Role(s)
Dr. James Bowen
Role(s)
Stephen Reinhart
Notes
Alternative titles: Monster of TerrorThe House at the End of the World
Role(s)
Astronaut Glenn
Notes
Alternative titles: Monster ZeroGodzilla vs. Monster Zero
1966
Role(s)
KEB agent
Notes
Uncredited
1967
The Killing Bottle
Role(s)
John Carter
Notes
Alternative titles: International Secret Police: Driven to the Wall Zettai zatsumi
Role(s)
Sgt. Gregg
1968
Role(s)
Ace Jones
Notes
Released posthumously
Role(s)
Nick Grant
Los Asesinos
Role(s)
Shannon
Notes
Released posthumously (final film role)
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1952
Somebody Loves Me
Western Union boy
Uncredited
1955
Strange Lady in Town
Billy the Kid
Mister Roberts
Reber
Rebel Without a Cause
Chick
Picnic
Bomber
I Died a Thousand Times
Bell Boy
Uncredited
1956
Our Miss Brooks
Gary Nolan
A Strange Adventure
Phil Davis
Alternative title: White Nightmare
The Last Wagon
Ridge
Giant
Jett Rink
Voice, Uncredited
1957
Fury at Showdown
Tracy Mitchell
Sweet Smell of Success
Hot-Dog Stand Customer
Uncredited
1958
Sing, Boy, Sing
Judd
Teacher's Pet
Barney Kovac
No Time for Sergeants
Pvt. Benjamin B. Whitledge
1959
The FBI Story
John Gilbert "Jack" Graham
Pillow Talk
Tony Walters
1962
Hell is for Heroes
Homer Janeczek
The Interns
Dr. Sid Lackland
A Girl Named Tamiko
1963
The Hook
Pvt. V.R. Hackett
Twilight of Honor
Ben Brown
Alternative title: The Charge is MurderNominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1964
The Young Lovers
Tarragoo
1965
Young Dillinger
John Dillinger
Frankenstein vs. Baragon
Dr. James Bowen
Die, Monster, Die!
Stephen Reinhart
Alternative titles: Monster of TerrorThe House at the End of the World
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronaut Glenn
Alternative titles: Monster ZeroGodzilla vs. Monster Zero
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
KEB agent
Uncredited
1967
The Killing Bottle
John Carter
Alternative titles: International Secret Police: Driven to the Wall Zettai zatsumi
Mosby's Marauders
Sgt. Gregg
1968
Fever Heat
Ace Jones
Released posthumously
Mission Mars
Nick Grant
Los Asesinos
Shannon
Released posthumously (final film role)
Television · Filmography
1956
Role(s)
Augie
Notes
Episode: "Sock and Augie"
1957
Role(s)
Sandy
Notes
Episode: "The Troublemakers"
1958
Role(s)
Mickey Houseman
Notes
Episode: "Juvenile Jacket"
Role(s)
Andy Martin
Notes
Episode: "The Martin Poster"
Role(s)
John Hartman Jr.
Notes
Episode: "Twelve Guns"
Role(s)
Chip Davidson
Notes
Episode: "Out of Control"
Role(s)
Sgt. Korman
Notes
Episode: "Operation Crash Landing"
1958–1959
Role(s)
Zane Grey Theatre
Notes
Lynn ParsonsGeorge Pelletti
1958–1959
Role(s)
Trackdown
Notes
Various roles
1958–1961
Role(s)
Wagon Train
Notes
Antonio "Tonio"Sam Upton
1959
Role(s)
Duke Alexis
Notes
Episode: "The Night the Russians Landed"
Role(s)
Ira Watkins
Notes
Episode: "The Tired Gun"
Notes
Episode: "Portrait"
1959–1961
Role(s)
The Rebel
Notes
Johnny Yuma
1961–1962
Role(s)
The Dick Powell Show
Notes
Nick PhillipsGeorge Townsend
1961–1962
Role(s)
General Electric Theater
Notes
Paul MadsenRichard Martin
1962
Role(s)
Weiler aka "Kid"
Notes
Episode: "A Chant of Silence"
Role(s)
Singer Snooky Bradford
Notes
Episode: The Big Date
1962–1963
Role(s)
Saints and Sinners
Notes
Nick Alexander
1963
Role(s)
Max Dent
Notes
Episode: "By His Own Verdict"
1963–1965
Role(s)
Burke's Law
Notes
Various roles
1963–1967
Role(s)
Combat!
Notes
Pvt. Mick HellarCpl. Marty Roberts
1964
Role(s)
Ronnie Blake
Notes
Episode: "A Roll of the Dice"
Role(s)
Mike Benson
Notes
Episode: "Fun and Games"
Role(s)
Roger
Notes
Episode: "How Much for a Prince?"
Role(s)
Jason Kemp
Notes
Episode: "Turn Back the Clock"
Role(s)
Corporal Dasovik
Notes
Episode: "Corporal Dasovik"
1965
Role(s)
Orin Reid
Notes
Episode: "Three Li'l Lambs"
1966–1968
Role(s)
The Wild Wild West
Notes
Prince/Sheriff Dave Cord
1967
Role(s)
Sergeant Gregg
Notes
2 episodes
Role(s)
Dave
Notes
Episode: "Gun Bound"
Role(s)
Apache Kid
Notes
2 episodes
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1956
The People's Choice
Augie
Episode: "Sock and Augie"
1957
Playhouse 90
Sandy
Episode: "The Troublemakers"
1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Mickey Houseman
Episode: "Juvenile Jacket"
1958
Wanted Dead or Alive
Andy Martin
Episode: "The Martin Poster"
1958
Cimarron City
John Hartman Jr.
Episode: "Twelve Guns"
1958
Letter to Loretta
Chip Davidson
Episode: "Out of Control"
1958
Steve Canyon
Sgt. Korman
Episode: "Operation Crash Landing"
1958–1959
Zane Grey Theatre
Lynn ParsonsGeorge Pelletti
2 episodes
1958–1959
Trackdown
Various roles
3 episodes
1958–1961
Wagon Train
Antonio "Tonio"Sam Upton
2 episodes
1959
Yancy Derringer
Duke Alexis
Episode: "The Night the Russians Landed"
1959
Tales of Wells Fargo
Ira Watkins
Episode: "The Tired Gun"
1959
The David Niven Show
Episode: "Portrait"
1959–1961
The Rebel
Johnny Yuma
76 episodesWrote 38 episodes, credited as creator
1961–1962
The Dick Powell Show
Nick PhillipsGeorge Townsend
2 episodes
1961–1962
General Electric Theater
Paul MadsenRichard Martin
2 episodes
1962
Checkmate
Weiler aka "Kid"
Episode: "A Chant of Silence"
1962
'The Joey Bishop Show'
Singer Snooky Bradford
Episode: The Big Date
1962–1963
Saints and Sinners
Nick Alexander
18 episodes
1963
77 Sunset Strip
Max Dent
Episode: "By His Own Verdict"
1963–1965
Burke's Law
Various roles
5 episodes
1963–1967
Combat!
Pvt. Mick HellarCpl. Marty Roberts
2 episodes
1964
Arrest and Trial
Ronnie Blake
Episode: "A Roll of the Dice"
1964
The Outer Limits
Mike Benson
Episode: "Fun and Games"
1964
The Reporter
Roger
Episode: "How Much for a Prince?"
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Jason Kemp
Episode: "Turn Back the Clock"
1964
Rawhide
Corporal Dasovik
Episode: "Corporal Dasovik"
1965
Ben Casey
Orin Reid
Episode: "Three Li'l Lambs"
1966–1968
The Wild Wild West
Prince/Sheriff Dave Cord
Episode/S3 E18
1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sergeant Gregg
2 episodes
1967
The Monroes
Dave
Episode: "Gun Bound"
1967
Hondo
Apache Kid
2 episodes

References

  1. Ukrainian: Ніколас Алоізіус Адемшок, romanized: Nikolas Aloizius Ademshok
  2. Dan Pavlides, Fandango, Fever Heat synopsis. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
    http://www.fandango.com/feverheat_v91230/summary
  3. Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases
    https://books.google.com/books?id=3rmJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Nick+Adams%22+ukrainian&pg=PA8
  4. Crimemagazine.com
    http://www.crimemagazine.com/nick-adams-his-hollywood-life-and-death
  5. Hyams, Joe. "It's More Than A Role: TV's Nick Adams Is The Rebel", The Tuscaloosa News, December 25, 1960. Accessed July
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rhUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DpoEAAAAIBAJ&dq=nick-adams%20henry-snyder&pg=7162%2C3709864
  6. Adams, Nick, EM2 - Deceased. Together We Served. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
    https://coastguard.togetherweserved.com/uscg/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=LegacySBV&type=Person&ID=10000
  7. This commercial is widely and reliably cited as James Dean's first paid work as an actor, but Adams's participation is o
  8. Jack Grinnage, American Legends, James Dean. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
    http://www.americanlegends.com/actors/james%20dean/jack_grinnage.html
  9. James Dean, Tribute to a Legend, Bio Archived January 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
    http://www.deanfan4ever.com/bio2.htm
  10. Elaine Dundy, Elvis and Gladys (University Press of Mississippi, 2004), p.260, He wrote to Dundy saying, "I was a friend
  11. Photograph of Adams at Dean gravesite in Fairmount, Indiana, abt 1956, viewed December 7, 2007
  12. See Nick Adams' letter to a certain Caroline (obverse) Archived October 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine(reverse) Archiv
    http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/HNAI/75/616/616001065o.jpg
  13. Peter Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, page 328 "On his second day of filming on the set of Love Me Tender he met twent
  14. Elaine Dundy, Elvis and Gladys (1985) p. 250
  15. Elaine Dundy, Elvis and Gladys, p. 250.
  16. Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, pp. 336, 339.
  17. See Red West Interview Archived October 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Memphis Mafia member Red West later wrote Adams
    http://www.elvispresleynews.com/RedWest01.html
  18. Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, pp. 339–340.
  19. Her account is supported by Robert W. Dye, The Mid-south Fair, (Tn): Celebrating 150 Years (2006), p.114. After Presley
  20. Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, p. 410.
  21. Cited in Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, pp. 347–348. "He started telling her all about Nick and Nick's friends and Ji
  22. Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis, pp. 347–348.
  23. See Trude Forsher Archive, Letter of Authenticity from Mrs. Forsher's son. From 1956–1961, Trude Forsher was Elvis Presl
  24. Allyson Adams
    https://www.allysonadams.com/rebelandtheking
  25. Johnson, Brett (2012). "'The Rebel and the King': Allyson Adams Finds Late Father's Book About Elvis, Decides to Publish
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/the-rebel-and-the-king-allyson-adams_n_2070082.html
  26. Television Obscurities, The Rebel[permanent dead link], October 14, 2003. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
    http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/rebel/
  27. discogs.com
    https://www.discogs.com/master/1406976-Nick-Adams-It-Could-Have-Been-Different-Tired-And-Lonely-Rebel
  28. davidjschow.com, The Outer Limits — Fun and Games Archived February 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, episode reviews wr
    http://www.davidjschow.com/limits/ol_episodes2.html#fun
  29. Adams once asked Tsuchiya how to say "good morning" in Japanese, but he instead taught Adams how to say "I'm hungry" (Ad
  30. IMDb
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061875/
  31. Gary Westfahl, the SciFi site, Nick Adams. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20040821214351/http://www.sfsite.com/gary/adam01.htm
  32. The Tuscaloosa News
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19661129&id=LQAdAAAAIBAJ&pg=5030,5225226
  33. Lawrence Journal-World
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19680208&id=DLgrAAAAIBAJ&pg=7184,3997770
  34. Steve Ryfle, Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G.", p.130.
  35. Susan Strasberg, Bittersweet
  36. Steve Ryfle, Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G.", p.130
  37. Barret, Miss Rona (1974)
  38. See Val Holley, Mike Connolly and the Manly Art of Hollywood Gossip (2003), p. 22.
  39. See American Film, published by the American Film Institute, 1986, p. 48.
  40. Leigh W. Rutledge, The Gay Book of Lists (2003), p. 27. Rutledge writes that James Dean "claimed to have worked, with hi
  41. cybersleuths.com, Bill Kelly, The Unsolved Death of Nick Adams Archived December 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retri
    http://www.cybersleuths.com/features/features2a.html
  42. Albert Goldman, Elvis (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981), p. 215.
  43. John Gregory Dunne, Regards: The Selected Nonfiction of John Gregory Dunne (2005), p.242.
  44. See Eric Braun, Frightening the Horses: Gay Icons of the Cinema (2002), p.186.
  45. Byron Raphael with Alanna Nash, "In Bed with Elvis", Playboy, November 2005, Vol. 52, Iss. 11.
  46. Gavin Lambert, Natalie Wood: A Life (2004) p. 199
  47. See Robert Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson (2005), p.205.
  48. Suzanne Finstad, Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood, p.190.
  49. Michael G. Fitzgerald and Boyd Magers, Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent E
  50. Bill Kelly, The Unsolved Death of Nick Adams Archived December 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved December 5, 2
    http://www.cybersleuths.com/features/features2a.html
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