News: ‘Monk’ Actor, Stanley Kamel, Passes Away

Stanley Kamel, known as Monk’s psychiatrist on the hit USA show, has suddenly passed away. The New York Times reports:

The cause was a heart attack, his publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement.

Mr. Kamel was born on Jan. 1, 1943, in New Jersey and worked as an actor for nearly four decades, mostly in television. He had a recurring role as an unscrupulous psychiatrist, Dr. Graham Lester, in the 1995 television series “Murder One” and other recurring roles on “Days of Our Lives,” “Melrose Place” and “Beverly Hills 90210,” as well as smaller roles on many other shows.

Mr. Kamel began acting off Broadway and received his first substantial television role playing Eric Peters on “Days of Our Lives” in the 1970s. He also appeared in several movies.

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

Mr. Kamel is survived by his brothers, Stephen and Robert.

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