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Don Adams

1923 - 2005

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Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor. In his five decades on television, he was best known as bumbling Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86) in the television situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his performance in the series (1967–1969). Adams also provided voices for the animated series Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963–1966) and Inspector Gadget (1983–1986) as well as several revivals and spinoffs of the latter in the 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Adams is the 2,975th most popular actor (down from 2,681st in 2019), the 5,050th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,181st in 2019) and the 1,421st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Don Adams ranks 2,975 out of 13,578. Before him are Dorothy Gibson, Ashley Johnson, Steve Zahn, Margaret Sullavan, Marga López, and Steve James. After him are Pascal Greggory, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Fred MacMurray, Paul Gleason, Harriet Bosse, and Vanessa Angel.

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Among people born in 1923, Don Adams ranks 207. Before him are Carlo Pavesi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Valentin Varennikov, Gerald Götting, and Josep Seguer. After him are Balbir Singh Sr., James Karen, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Jamshid Amouzegar, Sam Rivers, and Rhonda Fleming. Among people deceased in 2005, Don Adams ranks 154. Before him are Jimmy Smith, Erik Balling, Dan O'Herlihy, Camillo Felgen, Else Krüger, and Marga López. After him are Romano Scarpa, Lajos Baróti, Laurel Aitken, Kevin Hagen, Rong Yiren, and Philip Morrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Adams ranks 5,050 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Brownmiller (1935), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Edwin Drake (1819), Steve James (1952), Roy E. Disney (1930), and Ellen Swallow Richards (1842). After him are Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Eve Arnold (1912), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Mickey Mantle (1931), Edgar Leonard (1881), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981).

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Among actors born in United States, Don Adams ranks 1,421. Before him are Lynn Cohen (1933), Dorothy Gibson (1889), Ashley Johnson (1983), Steve Zahn (1967), Margaret Sullavan (1909), and Steve James (1952). After him are Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981), Fred MacMurray (1908), Paul Gleason (1939), Leslie Jones (1967), Michelle Monaghan (1976), and Katherine Helmond (1929).

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