Roger C. Carmel

Roger C. Carmel
Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd in Star Trek: The Original Series
Born	Roger Charles Carmel September 27, 1932(1932-09-27) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	November 11, 1986 (aged 54) Hollywood, California, United States

Roger Charles Carmel (September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986) was an American 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 Patty Duke Show, I Spy, Hogan's Heroes, Banacek. 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, he played the character of Señor Naugles. He also 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, he was fired because his drug use interfered with production.^[1]

Carmel was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died in Hollywood, California of congestive heart failure due to an enlarged heart muscle.^{[citation needed]} He is interred in New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.

References

External links

• Roger C. Carmel at the Internet Movie Database
• Roger C. Carmel at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• news from me Archives: Roger (Over and Out)
• The Death of Roger C. Carmel?

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