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Mason Adams

Mason Adams (born Mason Abrams) was heard in numerous radio programs and voiceovers for countless television commercials from the late 1940's to the early 1970's. He rose to fame as Charlie Hume in the television series Lou Grant, and for his work in television commercials for J.M. Smucker Co., voicing the tag-line 'With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good.'

English
Filmography

Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait

2002
as Narrator

Life Among the Cannibals

1999
as Francis

The Lesser Evil

1998
as Derek's Father

Houseguest

1995
as Mr. Pike

Not of This Earth

1995
as Dr. Rochelle

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

1994
as Henry D. Hyde

Son in Law

1993
as Walter Warner Sr.

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

1992
as Judge Colbert

Toy Soldiers

1991
as FBI Dep. Asst. Dir. Otis Brown

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

1991
as Frank Halloran

Knight & Daye

1989

Northstar

1986
as Dr. Karl Janss

Who Is Julia?

1986
as Dr. Gordon

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

1986
as Father Francis Ryan

Under Siege

1986
as Geoffrey Wiggins

F/X

1986
as Col. Mason

The Whimsical World of Oz

1985
as Self / Narrator (voice)

Passions

1984
as Ron Sandler

The Night They Saved Christmas

1984
as Sumner Murdock

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

1984
as Ford

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

1982

Omen III: The Final Conflict

1981
as President

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

1980
as Wally

And Baby Makes Six

1979
as Dr. Eliot Losen

Lou Grant

1977
as Charlie Hume

The Deadliest Season

1977
as Bill Cavins

God Told Me To

1976
as Obstetrician

A Shining Season

as Dr. Ed Johnson

Frontiers of Flight

as Host

Guest Star

Episode American Eats
History on a Bun 		2006
Episode American Eats
More American Eats 		2006
Episode The West Wing
The Short List 		1999
Episode From the Earth to the Moon
Apollo 1 		1998
Episode Murder One
Chapter Thirteen, Year Two 		1997
Episode Family Matters
Citizens' Court 		1991
Episode W.I.O.U.
Do the Wrong Thing 		1990
Episode Murder, She Wrote
The Search for Peter Kerry 		1989
Episode Matlock
The Heiress 		1988
Episode Family Ties
Paper Lion 		1986
Episode Deadline
The Blue Dahlia 		1970
Episode Decoy
Odds Against The Jockey 		1958