Roger C. Carmel

Roger C. Carmel

1932-09-27 – 1986-11-11 (age 54) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Roger Charles Carmel (September 27, 1932, Brooklyn, New York – November 11, 1986, Hollywood, California) was an American actor.

Of his hundreds of roles, he is best remembered for playing the flamboyant and hapless criminal Harry Mudd on the original Star Trek. Other memorable roles include the accountant Doug Wesley on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Colonel Gumm on Batman. He also appeared in roles on Patty Duke Show, I Spy, Hogan's Heroes, Banacek. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Munsters, Hawaii Five-O, and many other shows. He also appeared in such movie classics as Alfred Hitchcock"s North by Northwest. Carmel was also the voice of Smokey Bear in fire safety advertisements, as well as Decepticon Lieutenant Cyclonus, amongst others in the second and third seasons of the popular Transformers animated series. In the TV commercials for the Naugles chain of Mexican fast-food restaurants, he played the character of SeΓ±or Naugles. He also appeared in Jerry Lewis's comeback 1981 film, Hardly Working.

Carmel starred as Roger Buell in the 1967 NBC sitcom The Mothers-in-Law, but was replaced by Richard Deacon. Officially, Carmel had a salary dispute with producer Desi Arnaz, although, according to rumors, he was fired because his drug use interfered with production.

Carmel was slated to reprise his role as Harry Mudd in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season finale episode, The Neutral Zone, but died before filming could commence. He died in Hollywood, California, of congestive heart failure due to an enlarged heart muscle. Carmel is interred in New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.

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Known For

North by Northwest
North by Northwest

1959

as Tall Man in Crowd (uncredited)

The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie

1986

as Cyclonus / Quintesson Leader (voice)

Skullduggery
Skullduggery

1970

as Otto Kreps

Alvarez Kelly
Alvarez Kelly

1966

as Capt. Angus Ferguson

Gambit
Gambit

1966

as Ram

Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge

1970

as Dr. Randolph Spencer Montag

Breezy
Breezy

1973

as Bob Henderson

The Silencers
The Silencers

1966

as Andreyev

Anatomy of a Seduction
Anatomy of a Seduction

1979

as Harry Jackson

Stage Struck
Stage Struck

1958

as Stagehand (uncredited)

The Telephone Book
The Telephone Book

1971

as Analyst

The Venetian Affair
The Venetian Affair

1966

as Mike Ballard

Goodbye Charlie
Goodbye Charlie

1964

as Inspector

A House Is Not a Home
A House Is Not a Home

1964

as Dixie Keeler

My Dog, the Thief
My Dog, the Thief

1969

as McClure

Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning

1977

as Ralph Junior Hunnicutt

Act One
Act One

1963

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz

1982

as Lawrence Brody

The Art of Love
The Art of Love

1965

as Zorgus

Hardly Working
Hardly Working

1980

as Robert Trent