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Actor Stanley Kamel, who played Monk’s shrink, dies
Texarkana Gazette ^ | 4/11/08 | AP

Posted on 04/11/2008 10:38:41 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk’s long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show “Monk,” died Tuesday. He was 65.

Kamel was found dead of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home by his agents, publicist Cynthia Snyder said.

Kamel, born on Jan. 1, 1943, in New Brunswick, N.J., had a nearly four-decade acting career, much of it on television.

For several years, he portrayed Dr. Charles Kroger on the USA Network series “Monk.” As Kroger, he dispensed advice during weekly therapy sessions to Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a brilliant but neurotic private detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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1 posted on 04/11/2008 10:38:41 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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“It’s one thing to work a long time as an actor...for which I am, of course grateful....

To get to play a character as wonderful as Dr. Charles Kroger...

as I’ve said before...

one of the great JOYS of my career. But to have you guys GET IT...to get what I’m trying to do...to get the essence of the whole Kroger-Monk relationship...

makes it all so cool...

can’t tell you fully, how much THAT means to me.”

—Stanley Kamel to his fans, 2006.


2 posted on 04/11/2008 10:39:49 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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How sad. I remember him from when we had cable. Attractive man.


3 posted on 04/11/2008 10:40:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

One of the few shows the wife and I watch. Light humor and well done. Sorry to hear about his death. Peace be with him.


4 posted on 04/11/2008 10:41:00 AM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Very sad...I saw him interviewed on the net a few years back and he seemed to be a very nice, classy, down to earth guy. And a great actor.

You will be missed...but oh my what will Monk do?!!?

RIP Stanley.


5 posted on 04/11/2008 10:41:14 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: RepoGirl

monk bump


6 posted on 04/11/2008 10:41:42 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (sure has a pretty mouth.soooo-weee. soooo-weeee. soooo-weee.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

OH man Monk shrink is dead

I remember that dude


7 posted on 04/11/2008 10:41:49 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I believe he was the AIDS patient on LA Law back in the day.

Good, sensitive character actor. He will be missed.


8 posted on 04/11/2008 10:41:56 AM PDT by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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9 posted on 04/11/2008 10:43:45 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Although I recognize him, I never knew his name. What a shame, only 65.


10 posted on 04/11/2008 10:45:19 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tax-chick
Check out his filmography. It's as long as my arm.

He appeared on every great TV drama ever, including 2 Kojaks and 3 Hill Street Blues.

11 posted on 04/11/2008 10:45:29 AM PDT by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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To: Tax-chick
How sad.

I agree...

12 posted on 04/11/2008 10:46:43 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

65 - way to young.
He was a fine actor.


13 posted on 04/11/2008 10:46:54 AM PDT by svcw (I reject your reality and substitute my own.)
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To: bcsco
One of the few shows the wife and I watch. Light humor and well done.

It's also one of the few shows I watch. I like it so much I bought 5 seasons.

14 posted on 04/11/2008 10:48:01 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Slapshot68
You will be missed...but oh my what will Monk do?!!?

So far it hasn't been possible for Monk to survive without Dr. Kroger...

15 posted on 04/11/2008 10:49:04 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

This is sad. Monk is one of the best shows on TV — the Alice Cooper Wing Back Chair moment is priceless — and I’ve always liked the actor who played his therapist. Never knew his name, but he was one of those “Hey—IT’S THAT GUY!” actors. Good character actor. RIP.


16 posted on 04/11/2008 10:49:11 AM PDT by RepoGirl ("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Undead..." -- Frasier Crane)
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To: Petronski
Good, sensitive character actor. He will be missed.

Yes, he will...

17 posted on 04/11/2008 10:49:54 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

I have been watching Monk every Friday night with my younger (16) son since the show began. Kamel was a great actor not only in Monk, but in about a zillion other shows and movies for the past several decades. RIP He (and his characters) will be missed.


18 posted on 04/11/2008 10:50:55 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: trisham
Although I recognize him, I never knew his name. What a shame, only 65.

Too young...

19 posted on 04/11/2008 10:51:01 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: bcsco

My husband and mother like that show; I don’t. Monk is just too weird for me. But I’m always sorry to see people die.


20 posted on 04/11/2008 10:51:32 AM PDT by twigs
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