Job Actor
Years active 1952-1968
Top Roles Barney Kovac, Tony Walters, Ridge, Hot, Chick
Top GenresDrama, Romance, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Crime, Western
Top TopicsBook-Based, Romance (Drama), Romance (Comic)
Top Collaborators (Director), (Director), (Producer),
Shares birthday with Sam Wood, John Gilbert, Robert Barrat  see more..

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The Hook

The Hook

Fan rating: 9.00
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

Fan rating: 8.50
Giant

Giant

Fan rating: 8.00

Nick Adams Overview:

Actor, Nick Adams, was born Nicholas Aloysius Adamschock on Jul 10, 1931 in Nanticoke, PA. Adams died at the age of 36 on Feb 7, 1968 in Beverly Hills, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Adams was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1963Best Supporting ActorTwilight of Honor (1963)Ben BrownNominated
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Nick Adams Quotes:

Homer: Why you no like Homer?
Pvt. John Reese: You got no business up here. When the Krauts come, they'll capture you and pull your fingernails. Then you'll tell them everything they want to know.
Homer: No!

Stephen Reinhart: I see it, but I don't believe it!

Stephen Reinhart: I've seen a glow like that once before - in a radiation lab.

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Best Supporting Actor Oscar 1963
WINNER
Melvyn Douglas
(as Homer Bannon)
in Hud
Nominee
Nick Adams
(as Ben Brown)
in Twilight of Honor
Nominee
Bobby Darin
(as Corp. Jim Tompkins)
in Captain Newman, M.D.
Nominee
Hugh Griffith
(as Squire Western)
in Tom Jones
Nominee
John Huston
(as Cardinal Glennon)
in The Cardinal
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Nick Adams Facts
He once worked at the Warners Theater in Beverly Hills as a doorman, usher and maintenance man, but was fired after putting his own name up on a marquee board as a promoting stunt. He also freely used his friendships with James Dean and Elvis Presley for self-promotion. He once claimed he was being stalked by a crazed female James Dean fan and had himself photographed at Dean's grave, pensively clutching flowers.
The son of Peter Adamshock and Catherine Kutz, Nick's father was a Ukrainian-born anthracite coal miner. Despite being broke, the family left town when Nick was five years old, after his uncle was killed in a mining accident, and wound up in Jersey City, New Jersey.
On the night of Feb 7, 1968, Nick was supposed to have dinner with Erwin Roeder, his lawyer and friend. Nick never showed up. Concerned, Roeder then went to Adams' home, found the actor's car in his garage, broke a window to enter the house, and discovered the actor dead in his bedroom.
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