Nick Adams' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Rebel Johnny Yuma Hondo Apache Kid The Celebrity Game Nick Adams

Main Movie Roles 1991 - Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1965 - Die, Monster, Die! 1962 - Hell Is for Heroes 1959 - Pillow Talk 1958 - Teacher's Pet 1958 - No Time For Sergeants 1957 - Sweet Smell of Success 1956 - Giant 1956 - The Last Wagon 1955 - Mister Roberts 1955 - Picnic 1955 - I Died a Thousand Times 1955 - Rebel Without a Cause

BIOGRAPHY:

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 (I). 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.


TRIVIA:

• He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1952, allegedly to avoid being drafted into the Army during the Korean War.
• Screen and television actor.
• He is a graduate of St. Peter's College.
• He became a close friend of 'James Dean (I)' (qv) after playing a small role in _Rebel Without a Cause (1955)_ (qv) and reportedly was devastated when Dean was killed. Adams began behaving recklessly and was arrested for speeding nine times in one year. He was placed on probation, but the larger studios ignored the young actor, who had become a pariah.
• Children: 'Allyson Adams (I)' (qv), born in 1960, and 'Jeb Stuart Adams' (qv), born in 1961.
• Brother-in-law of 'Judy Nugent (I)' (qv).
• His death has been cited in articles and books on Hollywood's unsolved mysteries along with allegations that Adams was murdered, including claims that no trace of the liquid sedative paraldehyde (one of two drugs Adams died from) was ever found in his home, but a story in The Los Angeles Times reported that stoppered bottles with prescription labels were found in the medicine cabinet near the upstairs bedroom where Adams' body was discovered. Actor 'Robert Conrad (I)' (qv) (his best friend) has consistently maintained Adams' death was accidental. Some people have pointed out the fact that Adams died shortly before his friend 'Elvis Presley' (qv) filmed his "Memphis Comeback" concert, _Elvis (1968) (TV)_ (qv).
• Raised in Garfield, NJ