Nick Adams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-10 (37 years old)

Deathday

1968-02-07

Place of Birth

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Nick Adams

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nick Adams (July 10, 1931 – February 7, 1968) was an American film and television actor. He has been noted for his supporting roles in successful Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s along with his starring role in the ABC television series The Rebel (1959). Decades after Adams' death from a prescription drug overdose at the age of 36, his widely publicized friendships with James Dean and Elvis Presley would stir speculation about both his private life and the circumstances of his death. In an Allmovie synopsis for Adams' last film, reviewer Dan Pavlides wrote, "Plagued by personal excesses, he wil...

Acting

1965

1959

Pillow Talk

as Tony Walters

1962

Hell Is for Heroes

as Homer Janeczek

1965

Die, Monster, Die!

as Stephen Reinhart

1958

Teacher's Pet

as Barney Kovac

1955

1956

1968

Los Asesinos

as Shannon

1955

Picnic

as 'Bomber'

1966

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

as KEB Agent (uncredited)

1965

Invasion of Astro-Monster

as Astronaut F. Glenn

1967

Mosby's Marauders

as Sgt. Gregg

1958

No Time for Sergeants

as Benjamin Whitledge

1959

The FBI Story

as John Gilbert ('Jack') Graham

1956

Our Miss Brooks

as Gary Nolan

1968

Mission Mars

as Nick Grant

1955

Strange Lady in Town

as Billy the Kid

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

as Bellboy (uncredited)

1999

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1965

Young Dillinger

as John Dillinger

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Dr. James Bowen (archive footage)

1963

Twilight of Honor

as Ben Brown

1957

Fury at Showdown

as Tracy Mitchell

1956

A Strange Adventure

as Phil Davis

1952

Somebody Loves Me

as Western Union boy

1962

The Interns

as Dr. Sid Lackland

1963

The Hook

as Pvt. V.R. Hackett

1964

The Young Lovers

as Tarragoo

1958

Sing Boy Sing

as C.K. Judd

1987

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

as (archive footage)

1961

Who Killed Julie Greer?

as George Townsend

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

as Self - 'Chick' (archive footage)

1967

The Killing Bottle

as John Carter

1968

Fever Heat

as Ace Jones

Production

2024

The Woods Are Real

as Production Assistant

1967

The Killing Bottle

as Associate Producer

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