FILM
Los Asesinos (1968) with Amadee Chabot
Mission Mars (1968) with Darren McGavin
Fever Heat (1968) with Jeannine Riley and Vaughn Taylor
The Killing Bottle (1967)
Mosby's Marauders (1967) with James MacArthur, Kurt Russell, Peggy Lipton, Jeanne Cooper, Michael Forest, and Robert Random
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966) with Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, and Richard Deacon
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965) with Boris Karloff and Suzan Farmer
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Young Dillinger (1965) with Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Mary Ann Mobley, Joy Harmon, Beverly Powers, Victor Buono, John Hoyt, Reed Hadley, and Ted Knight
The Young Lovers (1964) with Peter Fonda and Deborah Walley
Twilight of Honor (1963) with Richard Chamberlain, Claude Rains, Joan Blackman, James Gregory, Joey Heatherton, Pat Buttram, Jeanette Nolan, Don 'Red' Barry, and Linda Evans
The Hook (1963) with Kirk Douglas and Robert Walker Jr.
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962) with Laurence Harvey, France Nuyen, Martha Hyer, Gary Merrill, Michael Wilding, and Steve Brodie
The Interns (1962) with Michael Callan, Cliff Robertson, James MacArthur, Suzy Parker, Anne Helm, Stefanie Powers, Buddy Ebsen, Telly Savalas, Francine York, and Kay Stevens
Hell Is for Heroes (1962) with Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, L.Q. Jones, and Bob Newhart
The FBI Story (1959) with James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Diane Jergens, and Parley Baer
Pillow Talk (1959) with Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Julia Meade, and Hayden Rorke
No Time for Sergeants (1958) with Andy Griffith, Murray Hamilton, Will Hutchins, Don Knotts, Dub Taylor, and Raymond Bailey
Teacher's Pet (1958) with Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren, Peter Baldwin, Marion Ross, Charles Lane, and Jack Albertson
Sing, Boy, Sing (1958) with Tommy Sands, Edmond O'Brien, John McIntire, Diane Jergens, Jerry Paris, and Regis Toomey
Fury at Showdown (1957) with John Derek, John Smith, Carolyn Craig, and Gage Clarke
The Last Wagon (1956) with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig, and Ken Clark
A Strange Adventure (1956) with Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English, and Jan Merlin
Our Miss Brooks (1956) with Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Don Porter, Robert Rockwell, and Richard Crenna
Picnic (1955) with William Holden, Kim Novak, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Raymond Bailey, and Rosalind Russell
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) with James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, and Edward Platt
Mister Roberts (1955) with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Philip Carey, Martin Milner, and Ken Curtis
Strange Lady in Town (1955) with Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell, Adele Jergens, Russell Johnson, and Gregory Walcott
TELEVISION SERIES
Saints and Sinners, 1962-1963 NBC TV series. Adams portrayed Nick Alexander
The Rebel, 1959-1961 ABC TV series. Adams portrayed Johnny Yuma
TELEVISION GUEST APPEARANCES
The Wild Wild West, episode The Night of the Vipers, originally aired January 12, 1968
Hondo, episode Hondo and the Apache Trail, originally aired December 22, 1967
Hondo, episode Hondo and the Apache Kid, originally aired October 13, 1967
Combat!, episode The Masquers, originally aired February 14, 1967
The Monroes, episode Gun Bound, originally aired January 25, 1967
The Wild Wild West, episode The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo, originally aired March 11, 1966
Ben Casey, episode Three Li'l Lambs, originally aired March 29, 1965
Burke's Law, episode Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?, originally aired February 3, 1965
Rawhide, episode Corporal Dasovik, originally aired December 4, 1964
Burke's Law, episode Who Killed Merlin the Great?, originally aired December 2, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, episode Turn Back the Clock, originally aired October 26, 1964
Burke's Law, episode Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel?, originally aired October 21, 1964
The Reporter, episode How Much for a Prince?, originally aired October 9, 1964
The Outer Limits, episode Fun and Games, originally aired March 30, 1964
Arrest and Trial, episode A Roll of the Dice, originally aired February 23, 1964
Burke's Law, episode Who Killed Eleanora Davis?, originally aired December 20, 1963
77 Sunset Strip, episode By His Own Verdict, originally aired November 15, 1963
Burke's Law, episode Who Killed Billy Jo?, originally aired November 8, 1963
Combat!, episode Bridgehead, originally aired September 24, 1963
G.E. True Theater, episode The First Hundred Years, originally aired May 27, 1962
The Dick Powell Theatre, episode Savage Sunday, originally aired May 1, 1962
Checkmate, episode A Chant of Silence, originally aired March 21, 1962
Wagon Train, episode The Traitor, originally aired December 13, 1961
G.E. True Theater, episode A Voice on the Phone, originally aired November 19, 1961
The Dick Powell Theatre, episode Who Killed Julie Greer?, originally aired September 26, 1961
The David Niven Show, episode Portrait, originally aired June 16, 1959
Trackdown, episode The Trick, originally aired April 15, 1959
Tales of Wells Fargo, episode The Tired Gun, originally aired March 30, 1959
Trackdown, episode The Gang, originally aired February 25, 1959
Zane Grey Theater, episode A Thread of Respect, originally aired February 12, 1959
Yancy Derringer, episode The Night the Russians Landed, originally aired January 29, 1959
Steve Canyon, episode Operation Crash Landing, originally aired December 6, 1958
The Loretta Young Show, episode Out of Control, originally aired November 2, 1958
Cimarron City, episode Twelve Guns, originally aired November 1, 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive, episode The Martin Poster, originally aired September 6, 1958
Trackdown, episode The Winter Boys, originally aired April 11, 1958
Wagon Train, episode The Marie Dupree Story, originally aired March 19, 1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, episode Juvenile Jacket, originally aired March 13, 1958
Zane Grey Theater, episode Sundown at Bitter Creek, originally aired February 14, 1958
Playhouse 90, episode The Troublemakers, originally aired November 21, 1957
The People's Choice, episode Sock and Augie, originally aired January 12, 1956
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Born Nicholas Adamschock to a coal-mining family in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1931, Nick Adams' early life was hard-scrabble, as it was with many
Depression-era families. In the mid 1930s, he relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey, where Adams lived out the remainder of his youth and attended college. By
the time he graduated, Adams had decided on an acting career and hitchhiked from New Jersey to Hollywood. After a series of odd jobs and a stint in the Coast
Guard, Adams made his motion picture debut in the Warner Bros. western Strange Lady in Town (1955; with Greer Garson and Dana
Andrews) and followed this up by landing a role in Mister Roberts (1955; with Henry Fonda), a strong beginning for his career.
Adams continued this streak
in Rebel Without a Cause (1955; with James Dean) and Our Miss Brooks (1956; with Eve Arden). After a slew of movie roles
and appearances on television, Adams was cast in the lead role in the ABC television western The Rebel (1959-1961). A total of 78 episodes were shot before
ABC pulled the plug on the show in 1961. Actress Carol Nugent made a guest appearance on the show early in the first season, and after a whirlwind courtship, she
and Adams married in Las Vegas in May 1959. The couple welcomed a daughter in 1960 and a son in 1961.
In 1962, Adams tried his hand at another television series, this time the hour-long drama Saints and Sinners on NBC. However, this show was canceled
in early 1963 after a half-season of episodes had aired. He was also taking on film roles in such movies as The Interns (1962; with Cliff Robertson) and The
Hook (1963; with Kirk Douglas). Adams was nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for Twilight of Honor (1963; with
Richard Chamberlain).
