Nick Adams(1931-1968)

Actor
Writer
Producer

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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Nick Adams, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel (1959), played leads and supporting parts in many films of the 1950s, often cast in the same "troubled young man" mold as his good friend, James Dean. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Twilight of Honor (1963). He died in 1968 due to an overdose of drugs he was taking for a nervous disorder.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Invasion of Astro-Monster

6.2

Astronaut Glenn Amer(as Nikku Adamusu)

1965

No Time for Sergeants

7.5

Pvt. Ben Whitledge

1958

Frankenstein vs. Baragon

5.5

Dr. James Bowen(as Nikku Adamusu)

1965

Mister Roberts

7.6

Reber

1955

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Actor

Los asesinos
5.8
- Shannon
- 1968
Mission Mars
4.3
- Nick Grant
- 1968
Fever Heat
6.1
- Ace Jones
- 1968
The Wild Wild West
8.1
TV Series
- Sheriff Dave Cord
- Prince
- 1966–1968
Hondo
7.2
TV Series
- The Apache Kid
- Apache Kid
- 1967
Mosby's Marauders
6.1
- Sgt. Gregg
- 1967
Combat!
8.4
TV Series
- Cpl. Marty Roberts
- Pvt. Mick Hellar
- 1963–1967
The Killing Bottle
6.8
- John Carter (as Nikku Adamusu)
- 1967
The Monroes
7.6
TV Series
- Dave Smith
- 1967
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
- Sgt. Gregg
- 1967
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
4.4
- KEB Agent (uncredited)
- 1966
Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.2
- Astronaut Glenn Amer (as Nikku Adamusu)
- 1965
Die, Monster, Die!
5.6
- Stephen Reinhart
- 1965
Frankenstein vs. Baragon
5.5
- Dr. James Bowen (as Nikku Adamusu)
- 1965
Young Dillinger
5.2
- John Dillinger
- 1965

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Alternative name
- Nikku Adamusu
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- July 10, 1931
- Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- February 7, 1968
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(drug overdose)
Spouse
- Carol NugentMay 11, 1959 - February 7, 1968 (his death, 2 children)
Children
Parents
Other works
(late 1950s) TV commercials: L&M cigarettes
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Trivia
Shortly before his death he bought a plane ticket with his own money and flew to Rome to co-star with Aldo Ray in a sci-fi horror movie called "Murder in the Third Dimension". Once he got there he found out no one had told him the project had been scrapped.

Quotes
I dreamed all my life of being a movie star. Movies were my life. You had to have an escape when you were raised in a basement. I saw all the James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and John Garfield pictures. Odds against the world ... that was my meat.