Roger C. Carmel
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Roger Charles Carmel (September 27, 1932–November 11, 1986) was an American character actor.
Of his hundreds of roles, he is best remembered for playing the flamboyant and hapless criminal Harry Mudd on the original Star Trek. Other memorable roles include the accountant Doug Wesley on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Colonel Gumm on Batman. He also appeared in roles on I Spy, Hogan's Heroes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Munsters, Hawaii Five-O, and many other shows. Carmel was also the voice of Smokey Bear in fire safety advertisements, as well as Decepticon lieutenant Cyclonus in the popular Transformers animated series. In the TV commercials for the Naugles chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants, the character of Señor Naugles was played by Roger C. Carmel. He appeared in Jerry Lewis' comeback 1981 film, Hardly Working.
Carmel starred as Roger Buell in the 1967 NBC sitcom The Mothers-In-Law, but was replaced by Richard Deacon. Officially, Carmel had a salary dispute with producer Desi Arnaz, although, according to rumors, [attribution needed] he was fired because his drug use interfered with production.
Carmel was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died in Hollywood, California of congestive heart failure due to an enlarged heart muscle, likely the result of chronic alcoholism and drug abuse. He is interred in New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.
[edit] External links
- Roger C. Carmel at the Internet Movie Database
- Roger C. Carmel article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
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