Stanley Kamel
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| Stanley Kamel | |
 Kamel as Dr. Charles Kroger |
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| Born | Stanley Kamel January 1, 1943 South River, New Jersey, USA |
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| Died | April 8, 2008 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, USA |
Stanley Kamel (January 1, 1943 - April 8, 2008)[1] was an American actor, best known for his role as 'Dr. Charles Kroger' on the American television series Monk.
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[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 thirty 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), Mod Squad, McMillan & Wife, Kojak, Quincy, M.E., Charlie's Angels, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Cagney & Lacey, Knight Rider, LA Law, Mr. Belvedere, Matlock, The Golden Girls, MacGyver, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, ER, 7th Heaven, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Murder One, Dark Angel, Six Feet Under, The West Wing and Monk. In addition to guest starring on dozens of television series, his film work included Domino, Inland Empire, and The Urn.
He was most recently known for his role as 'Dr. Charles Kroger' in the popular USA Network television series Monk, playing the infinitely patient and ever supportive psychiatrist, to the main character Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub).
[edit] Death
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][5]
The Monk episode "Mr. Monk Buys a House" was dedicated in his memory.
[edit] References
- ^ IMDb Retrieved on September 16, 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). http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/theshow/characterprofiles/stanley/bio.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
- ^ "‘Monk’ star Stanley Kamel dies at 65". MSN.com. 2008-04-09. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24033500/. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
- ^ "Stanley Kamel, Actor on ‘Monk,’ Dies at 65". Associated Press (New York Times). 2008-04-11. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/arts/television/11kamel.html?ex=1365652800&en=a33f8bcc39349df1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
[edit] External links
- Stanley Kamel at the Internet Movie Database
- Stanley Kamel at TV.com
- New York Times: Stanley Kamel, 65, Actor on ‘Monk,’ Is Dead
- Stanley Kamel at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Stanley Kamel at Find a Grave
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