American actor (1932?1986)
Roger C. Carmel
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Mothers_in_law_parents_%28cropped%29.JPG) Carmel in a publicity photo from
The Mothers-in-Law
(1967)
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Born
| Roger Charles Carmel
(
1932-09-27
)
September 27, 1932
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Died
| November 11, 1986
(1986-11-11)
(aged 54)
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Resting place
| New Mount Carmel Cemetery in
Glendale, Queens
, New York
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1958?1986
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Roger Charles Carmel
(September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986) was an American actor.
[1]
He originated several roles on
Broadway
, played scores of guest roles in television series, was a lead in the sitcom
The Mothers-in-Law
and appeared in motion pictures. He is most famous for his three appearances as the conniving Harry Mudd in
Star Trek
.
Career
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Carmel worked on Broadway from the late 1950s into the mid-1960s. He played multiple parts in
The Power and the Glory
(1958). He originated the roles of the 3rd Poet in
Caligula
(1960), Pasha in
Once There Was a Russian
(1961), The Deputy in
Purlie Victorious
(1961), and Mr. Andrikos in
The Irregular Verb to Love
(1963). He replaced Jack Creley in the role of Cardinal Wolsey in
A Man for All Seasons
(in 1962) and also replaced James Grout in
Half a Sixpence
(in 1966).
[2]
On television Carmel starred as the henpecked husband Roger Buell in the 1967 first season of the NBC sitcom
The Mothers-in-Law
, but was replaced by
Richard Deacon
in season two. When the first season ended, creator and producer
Desi Arnaz
told the entire cast that the show had a five-year guarantee but there was no money to give the contractual raises for the second season. While the other cast members agreed to forgo their salary increases, Carmel refused to forgo his. Carmel believed that Arnaz was illegally taking four salaries from the series?producer, creator, writer, and director?and this led him to quit the show (incidentally, the series was canceled the following year).
[3]
Carmel's television guest roles included the accountant Doug Wesley on
CBS
's
The Dick Van Dyke Show
and Colonel Gumm on
ABC
's
Batman
. He played the flamboyant and hapless galactic criminal
Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd
in two episodes of the original series of
Star Trek
, "
Mudd's Women
" (1966) and "
I, Mudd
" (1967),
[4]
and one episode of
Star Trek: The Animated Series
, "
Mudd's Passion
" (1973). He also appeared in roles on
The Patty Duke Show
;
I Spy
;
Blue Light
;
The Everglades
;
Hogan's Heroes
;
Car 54, Where Are You?
;
Banacek
;
[4]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
;
The Munsters
;
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
;
Hawaii Five-O
;
The High Chaparral
;
McMillan & Wife
;
All in the Family
,
[4]
and
The San Pedro Beach Bums
. He was a regular contestant on
Pantomime Quiz
, also known as
Stump the Stars
. His film roles included
Gambit
,
Myra Breckinridge
,
Breezy
,
Thunder and Lightning
,
[4]
and
Jerry Lewis
's comeback film
Hardly Working
(1981).
Later life and death
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Later in his career, Carmel was a frequent voice actor. He voiced
Smokey Bear
in fire safety advertisements and
Decepticon
deputy leader
Cyclonus
in the third season of the
Transformers
animated series (having originated the role in 1986's
The Transformers: The Movie
and voicing other characters in the series' second season). In the television commercials for the
Naugles
chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants, he played the character of Senor Naugles.
Carmel was found dead in his
Hollywood
apartment on November 11, 1986.
[5]
His death certificate listed
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
as the cause.
[6]
Prior to his autopsy, police had speculated a "narcotics overdose."
[5]
He was interred in
New Mount Carmel Cemetery
in
Glendale
,
Queens
,
New York City
.
[6]
His plot is in the section dedicated to his parents' synagogue, Temple Beth Emeth.
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References
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