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  Don Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don Adams, born Donald James Yarmy, (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote.
Adams was born in New York City to William Yarmy, a Hungarian Jew, and Consuelo Morgan, a Catholic of Dutch and Irish heritage;[1] he was not raised in any religion but became a practicing Catholic later on in his life.
Adams served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theater and later as a drill instructor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Adams   (579 words)

  
 Don A. Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don A. Adams is the current president of the Watch Tower Society, the most important of the Legal instruments of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Don began as a full time preacher and hence was exempted from any country military service.
Don and two brothers began at the headquarters in New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_A._Adams   (268 words)

  
 Don Adams - Biography - Moviefone
Adams would use this voice for the cartoon character of Tennessee Tuxedo in 1963, and that same year expanded on the impression in the role of inept house detective Byron Glick on The Bill Dana Show.
Adams is best known to children of the 1980s as the voice of cartoondom's bionic blockhead, Inspector Gadget.
Don Adams was the brother of another comic actor, the late Richard Yarmy; Adams' cousin Robert Karvelas played secret agent Larrabee on Get Smart.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/don-adams/264/biography   (448 words)

  
 Images from the Oct. 2, 1998 Teamsters Attack on Don Adams
After Don was on the ground, about three layers of Teamsters surrounded him (but not completely because Norma's glasses were knocked off in the fall and as she attempted to recover them, she made a small area by Don inaccessible to her fellow Teamsters).
Don and Teri were taken behind a barrier where the press attempted to interview Don, but the police almost dragged Don to an area away from the press where they remained standing there with him.
Don and Teri were told by a friend in the office that this approval was a political favor (to Morris).
www.ijot.com /DonAdams   (1206 words)

  
 Don Adams -- played lame spy in 'Get Smart'
Adams was also a recognizable voice-over artist, playing the title roles in "Inspector Gadget" and "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales." But he was best known for his lead role on "Get Smart," which ran from 1965 to 1970 and returned from time to time with a new movie or reunion special.
Adams said he didn't mind playing a bit of a buffoon -- especially since he had signed a contract that gave him a third of the profits from the series.
Adams' co-stars said the actor was actually the opposite of his character -- with an incredible memory and a quick wit.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/27/BAG4OEUDL41.DTL   (575 words)

  
 WouldYouBelieve.com - Don Adams
Don Adams was born Donald James Yarmy on April 13, 1923 (yes, that's the correct date) in New York City.
Don was wary of committing to any show, but once he heard that Mel Brooks, Buck Henry, and Leonard Stern were involved, he agreed to do the show without even reading a script.
Don won three Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Max, an Emmy record that was broken by Carroll O'Connor and tied by Kelsey Grammer.
www.wouldyoubelieve.com /dona.html   (1221 words)

  
 ABC News: Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Barbara Feldon and Don Adams, co-stars of the spy spoof show "Get Smart," expose the arsenal of weapons and gimmicks in her coat lining in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 10, 1965.
Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday,Sept. 25, 2005, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said Monday.
Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his friend and former agent Bruce Tufeld said Monday, adding the actor broke his hip a year ago and had been in ill health since.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1160715   (556 words)

  
 "Get Smart" Star Adams Dies - Sep 26, 2005 - E! Online News
Adams' friend and former agent, Bruce Tufeld, confirmed the death Monday, adding that the actor had been in poor health since breaking his hip a year earlier.
Adams was the voice behind the blundering, yet fearless crime fighter from the cartoon character's inception in 1983.
Adams' post-Smart career was marked by numerous cruises on The Love Boat (he even boarded the original 1976 TV-movie), and several failed series, including Don Adams' Screen Test (1974), in which wannabe actors were given their shots at big-screen stardom.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,17449,00.html?tnews   (715 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Adams: 'Smart' and funny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adams, who died late Sunday at 82 of a lung infection, had a relatively short reign as a major prime-time TV star: just five years, from 1965 to 1970.
And at the center was Adams' mad Max, so blindly oblivious to the fact that his partner, Barbara Feldon's Agent 99, both adored him and carried him.
But Adams was too closely identified with a character and with a style of humor that had gone out of fashion in the more serious '70s.
usatoday.com /life/people/2005-09-26-don-adams-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (456 words)

  
 Don Adams
Don was a Marine and served in Guadalcanal.
Don is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, there was first a memorial service was held on October 5th at The Writers Guild.
Don Knotts was invited, and planned to be there – but called the day of the memorial to say he was not well and could not attend.
www.findadeath.com /Deceased/a/donadams/adams.htm   (737 words)

  
 Don Adams: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Don Adams's summary was automatically generated using 68 references found on the Internet.
Adams, 39, has been in sport management for 16 years, the past nine in the position of executive director with the Canadian Amateur Diving Association Inc. In that time, he worked with a dedicated group of staff and volunteers to reorganize the association and attract sponsorship.
Adams, who will remain in his post until Friday May 26, 2006, plans to attend the upcoming International Equestrian Federation (F.E.I.) meetings with FEI representative Francois Ferland before finishing a number of other projects before his departure.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Adams_Don_8444686.htm   (463 words)

  
 Beloit College - Buccaneers
BELOIT, Wis. – Don Adams – a former NCAA Division I assistant women’s basketball coach at two universities, including Wisconsin – has been hired to take over the reigns of the Beloit College women’s basketball program, Athletic Director Kim Chandler announced today.
Adams spent the last two seasons as the assistant women’s basketball coach at the University of Maine at Orono and helped guide the Black Bears to a pair of America East Conference regular-season championships.
Adams earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Lacrosse University in Madisonville, La. He also has an associate degree in hospitality management from Madison Area Technical College.
www.beloit.edu /~sportcnt/general/facultyandstaff/don_adams.html   (761 words)

  
 Don Adams
Don Adams, most famous for his role as Agent Maxwell Smart on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart, was born Donald James Yeary to an Irish Catholic mother and a Hungarian Jewish father.
Agent Smart shared many of the qualities of Don Adams, who said in an interview that "Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental." All kidding aside, Adams is also well-known for his forgetfulness.
Adams said he had wanted the show to focus on social issues, but the studio and network vetoed that in favor of comedy.
www.nndb.com /people/171/000023102   (684 words)

  
 Marine Corps Stories - Famous Marines
Their bitter foe is still K.A.O.S., but the "international organization of evil" has evolved into a ruthless multinational corporation equally adept at raping the environment and industrial spying.
Adams has eight children spread among three ex-wives.
Born Donald James Yarmy in New York city, Adams served four hellish years in the U.S. Marine Corps and headed for a softer climate in Florida upon discharge in 1945.
www.corpsstories.com /AdamsDon.htm   (876 words)

  
 Don Adams: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Don Adams's summary was automatically generated using 5 references found on the Internet.
Adams says Maxwell Smart's son is not a carbon copy of his bumbling dad.
Adams believes a project such as Get Smart is best served in weekly half- hour doses.
www.zoominfo.com /people/adams_don_46654559.aspx   (490 words)

  
 Actor Don Adams dead at 82 - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
Adams was very intelligent, she said, a quality that suited the satiric show that had comedy geniuses Mel Brooks and Buck Henry behind it.
Adams, who married and divorced three times and had seven children, served as the voice for the popular cartoon series, “Inspector Gadget” as well as the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo.
Adams’ survivors include six of his children; a sister; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9493390   (942 words)

  
 Don Adams, TV's Maxwell Smart, Dies at 82 : People.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Don Adams, the star of the 60's TV spy spoof Get Smart and the cartoon voices of the leading characters on Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget, died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, says his former agent.
Adams was 82 and had been in ill health for a year, since breaking a hip, the Associated Press reports.
Adams began doing standup in New York nightclubs after the war, trying out material at night while working as a commercial artist by day.
people.aol.com /people/article/0,26334,1109836,00.html   (611 words)

  
 DON ADAMS - Glick, Tennessee Tuxdeo, Smart and... loving it!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Don's major television debut where a 'discoverer' (a noted celebrity) introduced each talent and the winner was selected by an applause meter.
Don did the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo, the bowtie and hat wearing penguin alongside Chumley the walrus (Bradley Bolke) and Phineas J. Whoopie (Larry Storch).
Don appeared in a series of TV Commercials produced by his advertising agency Adams, Dana, Silverstein that he formed in 1966 and even won two Clio awards for his efforts.
www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Underground/9798/donadams1.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Biography for Don Adams (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adams returned in a new series in 1971, "The Partners"; (1971), which, though slightly more serious than Get Smart, still had him playing a bumbling law-enforcement officer.
Except for the intriguing but unsuccessful "Don Adams' Screen Test" (1975) (a contest show in which Adams directed famous stars and amateurs in scenes from classic movies), he did not return to series television for fourteen years.
Dana used Adams on his own TV show, "The Bill Dana Show" (1963) from 1963 to 1965, by incorporating one of Adams' stand-up characters, inept house detective Byron Glick.
us.imdb.com /Bio?Adams,+Don+(I)   (1840 words)

  
 ArkMo
Don had stated that he had confronted some influential people approximately 20 yrs.
Springfield police officers examine the body of Arkansas lawyer Donald Joe Adams, who was found shot to death Tuesday in a vehicle in the parking lot of St. John's Regional Health Center.
Adams, who was known as a fun-loving guy, had been the subject of an extensive search in his home county.
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 Douglas Adams Page
Douglas Adams also has a net address, but I will not give it, as he gets quite annoyed by mail from people saying "You aren't the real Douglas Adams, are you?" He got a lot of this after trying to contribute to discussion of the Aquatic Ape Theory.
Adams was behind adventure games for the late, great Infocom, starting with (oddly enough) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Adams is busy with the complex of projects called The Digital Village.
www.panix.com /~wlinden/adams.html   (635 words)

  
 Don Adams Photos - Don Adams News - Don Adams Information
Don Adams dies at age 82 2005-09-26 14:03:00
Don: I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15.
Don: I was married awfully young and I felt trapped.
www.tv.com /don-adams/person/19159/summary.html   (523 words)

  
 Don Adams biography, information, news, links, pictures and products (actor/comedian: Maxwell Smart)
Don Adams (born "Donald James Yarmy" on April 13, 1923 in New York City) is an American actor, best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV sitcom Get Smart (1965-1970), for which he also directed and wrote.
Don Adams and the Sole of Wit (WashingtonPost.com: Sept. 27, 2005)
Marriages of Don Adams, The (Sheri and Bob Stritof: About.com: Sept. 26, 2005)
www.popstarsplus.com /actors_donadams.htm   (644 words)

  
 Don Adams Of 'Get Smart' Dies, Actor, 82, Was Also Voice Of Inspector Gadget & Tennessee Tuxedo - CBS News
Adams' friend and former agent, Bruce Tufeld, says the actor died of a lung infection Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Adams as Agent 86 found himself constantly outpaced by brainy and beautiful Agent 99, portrayed by Barbara Feldon.
As the inept Agent 86 of the super-secret federal agency CONTROL, Adams captivated TV viewers with his antics in combating the evil agents of KAOS.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/09/26/entertainment/main885720.shtml   (619 words)

  
 Don Adams (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Of Irish-Hungarian heritage, Don Adams had a sister Gloria, brother...
If they do a biography on Don Adams.....
Find where Don Adams is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0010915   (357 words)

  
 Don Adams Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
A whimsical and sophisticated sage, archy the cockroach entertained readers with icnonclastic observations on pretensions, politics, and our place in the cosmos during Marquis' career as a New York newspaper columnist in the 1920s and '30s.
by Don Adams, Nihal Amerasinghe (Foreword by), Akira Seki (Foreword by)
Adams and Salvaterra show how block scheduling can help teachers become more creative in instructional strategies and find higher satisfaction on the job.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Don_Adams   (543 words)

  
 Don Adams Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Don Adams is a Northwest Artist, whose award-winning Fine Art Nature Photographs are enjoyed by collectors worldwide.
Don enjoys giving slideshow presentations and has spoken professionally on topics including wildlife, conservation, travel and sport fishing.
Today, Don continues to produce new fine art images and spends most of his time enjoying the recreation, scenery and photographic opportunities in
www.donadamsphoto.com /bio.htm   (155 words)

  
 Classic TV Shows - Get Smart, Don Adams, Barbara Feldon
Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL (Don Adams) was inept, bumbling and just not that bright.
Edward Platt died in 1994 of a heart attack and King Moody in 2001.
Don Adams died of a lung infection in 2005.
www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/get-smart.htm   (225 words)

  
 Get Smart's Don Adams Passes Away - ComingSoon.net
Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s television spoof of James Bond movies, Get Smart, has died.
CBS picked up the series but the ratings fell off as the jokes seemed repetitive, and it was canceled after four seasons.
Adams, who married and divorced three times and had seven children, served as the voice for the popular cartoon series, Inspector Gadget.
comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=11333   (230 words)

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