Don Adams (I) (1923–2005)

Actor | Director | Writer

Don Adams was born in New York, to a father of Hungarian Jewish descent, and a mother of German and...

Born: April 13, 1923
Died: September 25, 2005 (age 82)

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Filmography

Known For

Get Smart Maxwell Smart / King Charles of Coronia / Floyd Darrow (1965-1970)
The Nude Bomb Maxwell Smart (1980)
Inspector Gadget Brain (1999)
Known For

The Partners Det. Lennie Crooke (1971-1972)
Actor

Pepper Ann Principal Hickey (1997-2000)
Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets Inspector Gadget (segments "The Capeman Cometh" / "Prince of the Gypsies" (1999)
Inspector Gadget Brain (1999)
Gadget Boy's Adventures in History Gadget Boy (1997)
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Principal (1997)
Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget Inspector Gadget (1996)
Gadget Boy and Heather Gadget Boy (1995)
Get Smart Chief Maxwell Smart (1995)
Empty Nest Don Adams (1994)
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas Inspector Gadget (1992)
Get Smart, Again! Maxwell Smart (1989)
Check It Out Howard Bannister (1985-1988)
Back to the Beach Harbor Master (1987)
The Amazing Adventures of Inspector Gadget Inspector Gadget (1986)
Inspector Gadget Gadget (1983-1985)
The Fall Guy Sheriff (1984)
The Love Boat Walter Love (1978-1984)
Jimmy the Kid Harry Walker (1982)
Murder Can Hurt You! Narrator (1980)
The Nude Bomb Maxwell Smart (1980)
Fantasy Island Cornelius Wieselfarber (1979)
The Fantastic Journey Air Port Announcer (1977)
The Love Boat Donald Richardson (1976)
Three Times Daley Bob Daley (1976)
ABC Funshine Saturday Sneak Peek Narrator (1974)
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home Don Gibson Jr. (1973)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies Don Adams (1973)
Saga of Sonora The Old Cowhand / Host (1973)
The Partners Det. Lennie Crooke (1971-1972)
Confessions of a Top Crime Buster Det. Lennie Crooke (1971)
Get Smart Maxwell Smart (1965-1970)
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour Dolf Clem (1970)
The Danny Thomas Hour Harry (1967)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales Tennessee Tuxedo (1963-1966)
A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari Maxwell Smart - Host (1965)
The Bill Dana Show Byron Glick (1963-1964)
Actor

Underdog Tennessee Tuxedo (1964)
Writer

Rickles (1975)
Don Adams' Screen Test (1975)
The Partners (1971-1972)
The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970)
Writer

Get Smart (1968-1969)
Soundtrack

Get Smart (1967)
The Jimmy Dean Show (1964)
Soundtrack

Startime (1960)
Producer

Don Adams' Screen Test (1975)
The Partners (1971)
Producer

The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970)
Director

The Partners (1971)
Director

Get Smart (1967-1970)
Archive footage

History of the Sitcom (2021)
Car Commercials of the 50's & 60's (2018)
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
The Sixties (2014)
Entertainment Tonight (2007)
The Secret History of Get Smart (2006)
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006)
12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006)
Tvist (2005)
Corazón de... (2005)
Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004)
Biography (2002)
Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999)
Bloopers Galore (1989)
Celebrity Commercials (1987)
All-Star TV Bloopers (1987)
Bloopermania (1987)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
The Hollywood Palace (1982)
Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Archive footage

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973)
The Hollywood Palace (1970)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Uninterested in doing the James Bond spoof Get Smart (1965) series at first, he got on board after learning that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry were involved with the pilot script. Tom Poston was the first name being considered for the role, but Adams, ...

Quotes

[interview with Robert DeRossi, 10/27/65] I don't want to change the thinking of the world. My purpose is to make people laugh . . . It would be hypocritical if I said I don't want recognition, but I've never wanted it terribly. I think I'm being ...