Actor nick adams biography

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Nick Adams Biography

Date of Birth:
Jul 10, Birth Place:
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Though never a major Hollywood star, actor Nick Adams nonetheless strove to become one through hard work, a will to succeed and cozying up to Hollywood stars. After landing a small role in "Mister Roberts" (), Adams struck up a friendship with James Dean and had a small part in "Rebel Without a Cause" (). Following Dean's sudden death in late , Adams capitalized on their friendship to gain publicity, while also glomming onto Elvis Presley during the King's movie debut, "Love Me Tender" (). From there, Adams ingratiated himself into any social circle he could, which typically paid off with guest starring roles on multiple television shows and supporting parts on the big screen. Adams began taking matters into his own hands when he created and starred in his own series, "The Rebel" (ABC, ), which earned critical acclaim during its three seasons on air. He continued to travel back and forth between television and film, landing another acclaimed role on the short-lived series "Saints and Sinners" (NBC, ) while appearing opposite Steve McQueen in "Hell is for Heroes" (). He reached the height of his film career with his Oscar-nominated performance in "Twilight of Honor" (),

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Nick Adams (actor, born )

American actor, author (–)

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Early woman and career

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Adams was foaled as Saint Aloysius Adamshock in Algonquin, Pennsylvania assume Catherine (Kutz) and Dick Adamshock, implicate anthracitecoal miner; both his parents were of Slavic ancestr

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Best known for the role of Johnny Yuma from the Rebel TV show and astronaut Glenn from Invasion of Astro-Monster (), Nick Adams is one of the better known Toho actors of the Showa era to American fans. Adams' first role in a Toho film was that of Doctor James Bowen in Frankenstein vs. Baragon (). Adams could hardly speak Japanese, so, like other Caucasian actors of his time, his lines were dubbed over in the Japanese print of the film; furthermore, this would also happen in his later two Toho films. His next movie was Invasion of Astro-Monster (), followed by The Killing Bottle (), which was part of the International Secret Police "series". Coincidentally, Adams starred alongside actress Kumi Mizuno in all three films, which caused rumors about an affair between the two to blossom. Whether these rumors are true or not is up for debate, but Mizuno later admitted that Adams had actually proposed to her, while he was staying in Japan, but she turned him down as she already had a fiancé. If there was more to the story than that, one may never know, but unfortunately by the time he got back to the states it had already severed his marriage with actress Carol Nugent. A few random pieces of trivia about Nick Adams is that he was good friends with James D