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Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor and stand-up comedian. In his five decades on television, he was best known as bumbling Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86) in the television situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote.
Don Adams. Actor: Get Smart. Don Adams was born in New York, to a father of Hungarian Jewish descent, and a mother of German and Irish ancestry. He had a sister, Gloria, and a brother, Dick Yarmy. He served in the U.S. Marines in World War II and contracted malaria during the fighting on Guadalcanal island.
American comic actor and comedian who gained worldwide fame and three Emmy Awards starring as Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, in the classic television comedy Get Smart (1965).
Sep 26, 2005 · Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, “Get Smart,” has died. He was 82.
Sep 27, 2005 · Don Adams, who played Maxwell Smart in the 1960's sitcom ''Get Smart,'' combining clipped, decisive diction with appalling, hilarious ineptitude, died on Sunday at a Los Angeles hospital. He...
Actor. Though he got his start as a standup comedian, Don Adams is best known for his role as the dull-witted but dedicated secret agent Maxwell Smart on the 1960s sitcom Get Smart . The show, a spoof of James Bond, earned Adams three Emmys and became a cult classic.
Sep 27, 2005 · Los Angeles, CA – Actor Don Adams, who created one of the most indelible characters in television history as the star of the 1960s spy spoof Get Smart, has died. Adams, who was 82 and had been diagnosed with bone lymphoma more than two years ago, passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications of a lung infection.
Sep 26, 2005 · LOS ANGELES — Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, “Get Smart,” has died. He was 82.
Sep 27, 2005 · Don Adams, the Emmy Award-winning comic-actor who played bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart on the hit 1960s spy-spoof series “Get Smart,” has died. He was 82.
Sep 27, 2005 · Actor and comedian Don Adams has died of a lung infection. Adams was best known for his role as the clumsy secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s television comedy Get Smart. According to his agent Bruce Tufeld, Adams died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on Sunday night. He was 82-years-old.
