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Mason Adams(1919-2005)

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  • Additional Crew
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Mason Adams in Lou Grant (1977)
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The Lesser Evil (1998)
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Mason Adams was well known for playing Pepper Young on the popular radio soap opera series Pepper Young's Family throughout the 1940 and 1950s. He was also heard on most of the successful radio programs during radio's "Golden Age." In the 1970s, Adams was frequently heard on Himan Brown's CBS Mystery Theater radio series. He had a regular running role on the Lou Grant TV series for several seasons and appeared in hundreds of other television series throughout the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s and '90s and can still can be seen playing featured roles in films and on TV.
BornFebruary 26, 1919
DiedApril 26, 2005(86)
BornFebruary 26, 1919
DiedApril 26, 2005(86)
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
    • 4 nominations total

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Known for

Carla Gugino, Pauly Shore, Mason Adams, Cindy Pickett, and Lane Smith in Son in Law (1993)
Son in Law
5.9
  • Walter Warner Sr.
  • 1993
Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)
Lou Grant
7.3
TV Series
  • Charlie Hume
Mason Adams and Bob Holt in The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
6.5
TV Short
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • Narrator(voice)
  • 1982
Kim Greist, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Chauncey Leopardi, Kim Murphy, Talia Seider, and Carl the Dog in Houseguest (1995)
Houseguest
5.9
  • Mr. Pike
  • 1995

Credits

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  • Oz (1997)
    Oz
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Mr. Hoyt
    • 2003
  • Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)
    The West Wing
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Justice Joseph Crouch
    • 1999
  • Life Among the Cannibals (1999)
    Life Among the Cannibals
    6.7
    • Francis
    • 1999
  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mr. Trapwell (segment "The Scoop")
    • 1998
  • The Lesser Evil (1998)
    The Lesser Evil
    6.5
    • Derek's Father
    • 1998
  • From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
    From the Earth to the Moon
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Clinton Anderson
    • 1998
  • Metropolitan Hospital
    TV Movie
    • 1997
  • Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997)
    Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Sidney Pomerantz
    • 1997
  • Jane Krakowski, Mason Adams, Polly Draper, Tovah Feldshuh, Rya Kihlstedt, and Lois Smith in Hudson River Blues (1997)
    Hudson River Blues
    5.8
    • Grandpa
    • 1997
  • Mary McCormack, Daniel Benzali, Michael Hayden, J.C. MacKenzie, and Grace Phillips in Murder One (1995)
    Murder One
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Sidney Pomerantz
    • 1997
  • Touch (1997)
    Touch
    5.6
    • Father Nestor
    • 1997
  • Not of This Earth (1995)
    Not of This Earth
    4.7
    TV Movie
    • Dr. Rochelle
    • 1995
  • Kim Greist, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Chauncey Leopardi, Kim Murphy, Talia Seider, and Carl the Dog in Houseguest (1995)
    Houseguest
    5.9
    • Mr. Pike
    • 1995
  • Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
    Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Henry D. Hyde
    • 1994
  • Carla Gugino, Pauly Shore, Mason Adams, Cindy Pickett, and Lane Smith in Son in Law (1993)
    Son in Law
    5.9
    • Walter Warner Sr.
    • 1993

Additional Crew



  • American Eats (2006)
    American Eats
    8.2
    TV Series
    • narrator
    • 2006
  • Dream No More (1948)
    Dream No More
    • narrator: English language
    • 1948

Soundtrack



  • Mason Adams and Bob Holt in The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
    The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
    6.5
    TV Short
    • performer: "A Beelzeberry Day", "Relax-ification", "Psychiatry Song", "The Mother Song"
    • 1982
  • Marty Brill, Didi Conn, Paul Dooley, Niki Flacks, Hetty Galen, Sheldon Harnick, George S. Irving, Joe Silver, Arnold Stang, Fred Stuthman, Alan Sues, Allen Swift, and Mark Baker in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976)
    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
    6.7
    • performer: "I Look, And What Do I See?", "I'm Just a Rag Dolly/Poor Babette/A Miracle", "I'm Home", "Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers (Reprise)"
    • 1976

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The Lesser Evil
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The Lesser Evil
Monsters: A New Woman
Trailer 1:53
Monsters: A New Woman

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • February 26, 1919
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 26, 2005
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(natural causes)
  • Spouses
      Margot Fineberg1959 - April 26, 2005 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    (1980s) TV commercial: Mattel Aquarius Home Computer (limited test markets).

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  • Trivia
    Distinct, friendly, light gravelly voice that became familiar to television viewers in the 1970s from his Smucker's Jam commercials. These always ended with him saying, "With a name like Smucker's, it HAS to be good!"
  • Trademark
      His distinct, warm, gravelly voice

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