Stanley Kamel
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| Stanley Kamel | |
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 Stanley Kamel as Dr. Charles Kroger |
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| Born | January 1, 1943 South River, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 2008 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, United States |
Stanley Kamel (January 1, 1943[1] - April 8, 2008) was an American television actor best known for his role on the USA Network series Monk as Dr. Charles Kroger, Adrian Monk's psychiatrist.
[edit] Biography
Born and raised in South River, New Jersey,[2] Kamel attended Rutgers Preparatory School.[3] He started his acting career off-Broadway, and broke into television with a role in Days of Our Lives as Eric Peters.
In his forty years of professional acting, Kamel was a guest star on well over eighty television shows including Mission Impossible (his first television role, for which he went uncredited), The Mod Squad, McMillan & Wife, Kojak, Charlie's Angels, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Knight Rider, Mr. Belvedere, Matlock, The Golden Girls, MacGyver, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, ER, 7th Heaven, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Murder One, Six Feet Under, and The West Wing. In addition to guest starring on dozens of television series, his film work included Domino (2005), the David Lynch film Inland Empire (2006), and The Urn (2008).
On April 8, 2008, Kamel was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home. Police investigators ruled that the cause of death was a heart attack. He was 65.[4] He is survived by his brothers, Stephen and Robert.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ E! News - Monk Psychiatrist Dies Accessed April 9, 2008
- ^ "Shrink on Murder One Is No Sleaze, Actor Says", Greensboro News & Record, March 10, 1996. Accessed December 20, 2007.
- ^ Monk TV Show and Television Series - Cast Bios:Stanley Kamel (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
- ^ ‘Monk’ star Stanley Kamel dies at 65. MSN.com (2008-04-09). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ "Stanley Kamel, Actor on ‘Monk,’ Dies at 65", Associated Press, New York Times, 2008-04-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
[edit] External links
- Stanley Kamel at the Internet Movie Database
- Stanley Kamel at TV.com
- Stanley Kamel article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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| NAME | Kamel, Stanley |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South River, New Jersey, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2008 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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