Roger C. Carmel

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Roger Charles Carmel September 27 1932 Brooklyn New York November 11 1986 Hollywood California was an American actor Of his hundreds of roles he is best remembered for playing the flamboyant and hapless criminal Harry Mudd on the original Star Trek Other memorable roles include the accountant Doug Wesley on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Colonel Gumm on Batman He also appeared in roles on Patty Duke Show I Spy Hogans Heroes Banacek The Man from UNCLE The Munsters Hawaii FiveO and many other shows He also appeared in such movie classics as Alfred Hitchcocks North by Northwest Carmel was also the voice of Smokey Bear in fire safety advertisements as well as Decepticon Lieutenant Cyclonus amongst others in the second and third seasons of the popular Transformers animated series In the TV commercials for the Naugles chain of Mexican fastfood restaurants he played the character of Señor Naugles He also appeared in Jerry Lewiss comeback 1981 film Hardly Working Carmel starred as Roger Buell in the 1967 NBC sitcom The MothersinLaw but was replaced by Richard Deacon Officially Carmel had a salary dispute with producer Desi Arnaz although according to rumors he was fired because his drug use interfered with production Carmel was slated to reprise his role as Harry Mudd in the Star Trek The Next Generation first season finale episode The Neutral Zone but died before filming could commence He died in Hollywood California of congestive heart failure due to an enlarged heart muscle Carmel is interred in New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale Queens New York Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger C Carmel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia