American actor (born 1919)

Mason Adams

Mason Adams was an American actor. From the late 1940s until the early 1970s, he was heard in numerous radio programs and voiceovers for countless television commercials, the latter of which he resumed in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1970s, he moved into acting and from 1977 to 1983 held perhaps his best-known role, that of Managing Editor Charlie Hume on Lou Grant. He also acted in numerous other television and movie roles, most prominently Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and F/X (1986).

Born

1919

February 26

Died

2005

Era

1910s

Country

—

About

Mason, in brief

Mason Adams was an American actor. From the late 1940s until the early 1970s, he was heard in numerous radio programs and voiceovers for countless television commercials, the latter of which he resumed in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1970s, he moved into acting and from 1977 to 1983 held perhaps his best-known role, that of Managing Editor Charlie Hume on Lou Grant. He also acted in numerous other television and movie roles, most prominently Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and F/X (1986).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

  1. 1919 Born
  2. 2005 Died

Also on February 26

What else happened on this day, through history

See all of February 26 →

The world in 1919

When Mason arrived

Read the year 1919 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 26

Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959– Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey Anton Reicha 1770– Bohemian composer and flautist (died 1836) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Christopher Marlowe 1564–1593 English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593) Giulio Natta 1903–1979 Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979) Honoré Daumier 1808–1879 French illustrator and painter (born 1808) John Harvey Kellogg 1852–1943 American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (born 1852) Margaret Leighton 1922–1976 English actress (died 1976)

See everything on February 26 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1919

Alan Young 1919–2016 English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919) Clifton McNeely 1919– American basketball player and coach (died 2003) David Willcocks 1919–2015 English organist, composer, and conductor (died 2015) Doris Lessing 1919–2013 British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) Edward Brooke 1919–2015 American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919) Émile Bouchard 1919–2012 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919) Eva Gabor 1919–1995 Hungarian-American actress (died 1995) Eva Perón 1919–1952 Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (born 1919) Fritz Langanke 1919–2012 German lieutenant (born 1919)

Read about the year 1919 →

Keep going

More to explore

Mason's birthday February 26 Mason's zodiac Pisces When Mason arrived 1919