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. After the war he began a career as a stand-up comic. He married ...
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.
Movie | The Amazing Adventures of Inspector Gadget | Inspector Gadget | 2017 |
Series | Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget | Inspector Gadget | 2017 |
Series | Tvist | Unknown | 2016-02-10 |
Series | The Sixties | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Get Smart | Unknown | 2008-06-20 |
Movie | Get Smart Reunion Seminar | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself - Memorial Tribute | 2006-08-27 |
Movie | The Secret History of Get Smart | Maxwell Smart / Byron Glick | 2006-11-15 |
Movie | Don Adams' 75th Birthday Roast at the Playboy Mansion | Himself | 2006-11-13 |
Movie | 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Himself - In Memoriam | 2006-01-29 |
Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion | Unknown | 2002-02-10 |
Movie | TV Land Presents Blast from the Past | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Inside TV Land: Get Smart | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Inspector Gadget | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | Pepper Ann | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Series | Gadget Boy's Adventures in History | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary | Unknown | 1997 |
Series | Showbiz Today | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher | Unknown | 1996 |
Series | Gadget Boy and Heather | Unknown | 1995 |
Series | Get Smart | Chief Maxwell Smart | 1995-01-08 |
Movie | The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame | Himself | 1993-03-06 |
Series | Empty Nest | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas | Inspector Gadget | 1992-12-04 |
Movie | Get Smart, Again! | Unknown | 1989 |
Movie | Back to the Beach | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
Series | The New Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Series | Check It Out | Howard Bannister | 1985-10-02 |
Series | Inspector Gadget | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | Two Top Bananas | Unknown | 1982 |
Movie | Jimmy the Kid | Harry Walker | 1982-11-12 |
Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Movie | Murder Can Hurt You! | Unknown | 1980 |
Movie | The Nude Bomb | Unknown | 1980 |
Series | Billy | Unknown | 1979-02-26 |
Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Unknown | 1977 |
Series | Fantasy Island | Unknown | 1977-01-14 |
Series | Match Game 73 | Unknown | 1976 |
Movie | Celebration: The American Spirit | Himself | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Three Times Daley | Unknown | 1976 |
Movie | Joys | Himself | 1976-03-05 |
Movie | The Love Boat | Donald Richardson | 1976-09-17 |
Movie | Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck | Unknown | 1975 |
Movie | Rickles | Himself | 1975-11-19 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Don Adams' Screen Test | Unknown | 1975 |
Movie | Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy | Himself | 1974-03-07 |
Series | Celebrity Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1974-04-01 |
Series | Dinah! | Unknown | 1974-10-21 |
Movie | A Couple of Dons | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Flip | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Celebrity Bowling | Unknown | 1973 |
Movie | Saga of Sonora | The Old Cowhand | 1973-05-03 |
Movie | Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking | Unknown | 1972 |
Series | Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | Unknown | 1972-09-12 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1971 |
Movie | Changing Scene III | Unknown | 1971 |
Movie | Confessions of a Top Crime Buster | Unknown | 1971 |
Series | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1971-08-01 |
Series | The Partners | Unknown | 1971 |
Movie | The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood | Unknown | 1970 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1970 |
Movie | The Many Sides of Don Rickles | Unknown | 1970 |
Series | Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1970-01-22 |
Series | Playboy After Dark | Unknown | 1969 |
Series | The Andy Williams Show | Unknown | 1969-09-20 |
Series | The David Frost Show | Unknown | 1969-07-07 |
Movie | The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | 1969-06-08 |
Movie | Where the Girls Are | Himself / Various | 1968-04-23 |
Series | The Don Rickles Show | Unknown | 1968-09-27 |
Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Unknown | 1968 |
Series | It's Happening | Unknown | 1968-01-06 |
Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
Series | The Danny Thomas Hour | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
Series | Everybody's Talking | Unknown | 1967 |
Series | The Kraft Music Hall | Unknown | 1967 |
Movie | First Annual All-Star Celebrity Baseball Game | Unknown | 1967 |
Series | The Hollywood Squares | Unknown | 1966-10-17 |
Movie | Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies | Unknown | 1966 |
Series | Get Smart | Unknown | 1966 |
Series | The Dean Martin Show | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari | Unknown | 1965 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1965 |
Series | Hullabaloo | Unknown | 1965 |
Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
Series | Underdog | Unknown | 1964-10-03 |
Series | The Jimmy Dean Show | Unknown | 1963-09-19 |
Series | Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales | Unknown | 1963 |
Series | The Match Game | Unknown | 1963 |
Series | You Don't Say | Unknown | 1963-04-01 |
Series | The Bill Dana Show | Unknown | 1963-09-22 |
Series | The Andy Williams Show | Unknown | 1962-09-20 |
Series | The Jack Paar Program | Unknown | 1962-09-21 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Jack Paar Tonight Show | Unknown | 1961 |
Series | Startime | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
Series | The Garry Moore Show | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | The Lux Show | Unknown | 1957-09-26 |
Series | The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle | Unknown | 1956 |
Series | Tonight! | Unknown | 1955 |
Series | The Bob Hope Show | Unknown | 1952-10-12 |
Series | Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Unknown | 1948-12-24 |