Also inherent in this hostility is a certain degree of jealousy; Stottlemeyer appears only too aware that he is not nearly the detective that Monk is. His original name for the pilot was Randy Deacon, as part of the creators' homage to Sherlock Holmes' Lestrade (LEland STottlemeyer and RAndy DEacon). He identifies Mills's killer by reading his lips and creating a written translation. Though Glee is an ensemble Joe later appears in Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants when he approaches Natalie, asking Monk to investigate the theft of some firefighting equipment from his firehouse, including a Jaws of Life. The police show up, asking if Marci owns a dog named Otto, who apparently attacked and mauled to death Debbie Ringel, the wife of Marci's neighbor John Ringel. Now serving on the San Francisco City Council, Harold initially votes against Adrian's motion to preserve the parking garage where Trudy was murdered, instead of demolishing it to build a children's playground. At the end of the episode, he tosses something into the ocean. Monk.". Although Mitch is said to have died in the Kosovo War, in reality, the United States did not have any fatalities at all, either as the result of military combat or accidents. Adrian confronts Jack in front of Natalie, just as Jack is conning her into signing a check for an orphanage in Quebec. WebMichael W. Watkins 4 Episodes 2008 Lawrence Trilling 3 Episodes 2003 Dean Parisot 3 Episodes 2009 David Breckman 3 Episodes 2009 Anthony R. Palmieri 3 Episodes 2007 "Monk" Star Stanley Kamel Dies - CBS News When Monk, Natalie, Stottlemeyer, and Disher visit Cassie Drake's house and Stottlemeyer and Disher start tapping messages to each other in Morse code on the door, Natalie chastises them, hinting that Mitch taught her Morse code. Adrian establishes in the above-mentioned episode that Jack wrote school textbooks as his career of choice (although in the episode "Mr. Monk's 100th Case" he is referred to as "a frustrated linen salesman"), similar to Ambrose, and indicating some level of education. Her accomplice, the store's night manager, kills paperboy Nestor Alvarez while trying to steal newspapers that they think are Kevin's (they are actually Monk's papers). #inline-recirc-item--id-9e9fe31c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-9e9fe31c-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { WebThe main cast of Monk (from left); Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher, Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer, Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, and Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming Casting for the show began as early as 1998, when Monk was being developed for ABC. By a stroke of luck, Monk manages to avoid breaking character and tells Harold that he has made a mistake, and threatens to kill him if he does not back away. Rather than recast the role, the writers wrote Dr. Kroger out of the show by having him also die of a heart attack, and cast Hctor Elizondo in the replacement role of Dr. Neven Bell, who is a friend and colleague of Dr. Kroger's, and as such, can sympathize with Monk's feeling of loss. Eventually, Adrian finds that Jack was framed by Daniel Reese, a guard at the prison who was Lindsey's boyfriend and the real killer, and his feelings about Jack start to change. Julie Teeger (played by Emmy Clarke) is Natalie's teenage daughter. Monk is shown to have been fine with T.K. Julie is seventeen years old by the time of the season seven episode "Mr. Monk Is Underwater". Kevin Dorfman (Jarrad Paul) is Monk's talkative upstairs neighbor. Monk must reconcile reality with his fan-boy feelings toward an actress who starred as a child in a Brady Bunch-style sitcom in his youth after an attempt on her life. Rather, she moved Dale into McCabe's place, killed McCabe, and removed his body from the hospital. Ken Monkhouse, also known as Monkey on Highway Thru Hell, died on May 24, 2020 from a heart attack, according to Jamie Davis Towing. Monk Below is a list of actors and actresses that were part of the cast of the American comedy-drama television series Monk. The show's main stars included, at some point, Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford. Benjy and his mother are mentioned in "Mr. Monk Is on the Run (Part Two)", having sent flowers for the "deceased" Monk and flying in to attend his "funeral". Ever since their father left, Ambrose has been obsessed with the idea of his return, even to the point of preparing a dinner plate for him every night, just in case. Stottlemeyer, having known Monk longer than Linda has and aware of Adrian's unwavering devotion to Trudy, instinctively realizes that she is lying. display: none; She left to remarry her ex-husband in the middle of season three. Stottlemeyer uses this as his leverage to get Fellows to resign and erase his own suspension from the record book. Julie also initially helps Monk out when Dale "the Whale" Biederbeck apparently escapes from police custody while at SF General Hospital undergoing a bypass surgery. Coincidentally, Nash is earlier questioned by Monk and Stottlemeyer when they got the call that Trudy had been killed. In one scene, Marci actually performs Monk's obsessive-compulsive tendencies for him, where she straightens a man's hat and evens out his sleeves in a perfect imitation of Monk's behavior, and all Monk has to do is stand and wait. It is later revealed that the reason he was drawn to her is that she received a cornea transplant from an organ donor, who turned out to be Trudy. Eventually, Monk realizes why Rickover refused to move away from his longtime house and confronts Rickover again in his yard as he is returning home, forcing Rickover at gunpoint to dig up Wendy Stroud's body. Stottlemeyer resents being forced (frequently by the higher-up characters, such as the mayor, the chiefs, or the commissioner) into calling on Monk's assistance, and he is frequently exasperated by Monk's many quirks. 6 Actors From Monk Who Have Sadly Died Monk is a American comedy drama detective mystery television show staring Tony Shalhoub as detective Monk. In Today's video we'll be taking a look at some of the cast members who have sadly died. Stottlemeyer is also skeptical of Monk's ability to perform as a police officer, aware that Monk's psychological problems are a very serious handicap; in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival", he reveals his misgivings about allowing Monk back into the police department to the panel evaluating Monk's request. The affair resulted in Trudy becoming pregnant with his child. It is revealed in the season three episode "Mr. Monk and the Election" that Dr. Kroger is married, had a first wife, has children, and is Jewish. Luke Perry played Fred Andrews on "Riverdale." Jackass star and TNA wrestler Stevie Lee has died at the age of 54. Karen is mentioned, but does not appear, in "Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert". Even before the operation, Monk believes Dale will try to use this as an opportunity to escape. Later, when Monk and Dr. Kroger are being held hostage in the back of Francis Merrigan's truck, Harold, who has followed the truck, is the one who alerts the police to their whereabouts. Natalie has a photo of Kevin on display, which she at first claims took over two hours to take because she wanted one where he was not talking, but upon noticing a skeptical look from Monk, admits to having used Photoshop. However, she reappears in "Mr. Monk's 100th Case", interviewed in a television show, reverting once again to her obsession with Monk. What The Cast Of Wings Is Doing Now Vicki then tries killing Kevin by stopping their car at a certain point in the road and drugging him - which happens to be on a grade crossing right as the lights begin to flash and the gates begin to lower. To Adrian's surprise, he later admits that Jack Jr. is an unemployed buffoon who smokes marijuana all day and steals money from his wallet. In "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife", Monk is forced to take Jared and his brother to lunch because Karen is hospitalized after a tow truck driver is shot and killed by a sniper, causing the truck to veer into Karen's oncoming van, and because Leland is working the homicide case. Harold prefers the horizontal top row to have three, the middle row have two, and the bottom row have one (in an arrangement similar to the style of bowling pins), and wants them arranged by type, instead of in alphabetical order. For instance, in her breakout role in Mr. Monk on the Couch, Devlin uses herself in a pair of sting operations to catch two different related killers. The company wrote In "Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend", Stottlemeyer's duties and the fact that Linda has moved uptown to Richmond means that she can only talk to him at 6:30p.m. each night on webcam dates. Monk initially believes Molly to be dead, based on the information given to him by Trudy in her video to him. Despite the fact that Monk is always shown to be annoyed by Kevin, he is seen crying after Kevin's murder, hinting at a possible friendship they had. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Randy Disher, is a source of much comedic strife. For the first three seasons Sharona Fleming was Monk's assistant. Her last words to a paramedic were "bread and butter", a message to Adrian meaning that she would never leave him, as this was something she always told her husband when they had to temporarily let go of each other for some reason or another. While Stottlemeyer is initially concerned that Trudy's name would upset Monk, Monk is enthused, saying that everyone should have a Trudy in their life. 12 Actors Who Passed Away While Their Shows Were Still display: block; As a championship fight nears, Stottlemeyer believes that there will be The episode also establishes that their marriage is not necessarily stable, to such an extent that when Randy informs Leland that Karen wants to see him, Leland panics and has Randy keep her occupied while he gets his office reorganized (hanging a dreamcatcher from his lamp, hiding some of his personal junk, and installing a waterfall (that he fills with coffee). Guilt-ridden, Ambrose avoided all contact with Adrian for seven years after the incident. 6 Actors From Monk Who Have Sadly Died Monk is a American comedy drama detective mystery television show staring Tony Shal Show more Tony Shalhoub As stated by Adrian in "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", Ambrose has not left his house for 32 years, having last set foot outside in 1972. The next day, Marci shows Monk how much she loves him, wearing his old pants, serving his drink in his old glass, even showing him a diorama of them based on the season two episode "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", while singing him a song on her guitar about him. Natalie temporarily coaches the team with Monk as her assistant. At first, she confesses to murdering Brad's ex-wife, and Monk is convinced. In the season eight episode "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse", it is revealed that Natalie's superstitions about voodoo result from when she and Mitch lived on a military base in South Carolina. As a result, all of Dale's privileges are revoked: his furniture, custom bed, telephone, and laptop are confiscated, his window is blocked up, his special meal deliveries and manicure appointments are cancelled, and he is reduced to eating in the prison cafeteria and sleeping in a cramped bunk bed. Like her mother, Julie is introduced during the season three episode "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring". April 9, 2008 5:00am Stanley Kamel, a veteran TV actor who played Adrian Monks long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show Monk, died April 8 of a Frank Nunn shows no remorse. Sparks fly between the two, and by the end, she has set him up with a new apartment across the street from her own. He allegedly abandoned his men and took their supplies, but Natalie does not believe the reports, as revealed by Natalie in "Mr. Monk and the Election. Much of what is known about Mitch is known through the Monk novel series by Lee Goldberg. In the first sting operation, she and Natalie wear mini-dresses to pose as hookers who seduce a crime scene cleaner named William Tong, suspected of assisting his partner Jerry Yermo in the murder of a train engineer named Stuart Hewson over stolen diamonds. When they go to apologize to Tony Gamelobo, the driver, they find him dead from a heart attack, and find a map in the back of his car plus satchels from a bank that was recently robbed. In this episode, he was portrayed by Jesse James. He has a biting and sarcastic personality, often insulting his employees and the police without fear of repercussion. Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show "Monk," has died. He was 65. Kamel was found dead of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday by his agents, publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement. The actor also had recurring roles on Days of Our Lives , Melrose Place , and Dr. Malcolm Nash (Ed Begley Jr.), the director of the clinic where Stroud worked, discovers the truth about Trudy's child while digitizing the records from old paper records to computer files. Jack Monk Sr. left him and his mother Darlene after ten years of marriage. In "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink", it is revealed that he has a wife, Madeline, and a rebellious adolescent son, Troy, who denies that he is their child and has been arrested by Randy on more than one previous occasion. Monk decides to meet Molly, and the two of them quickly start bonding and forming a friendship. When Monk decodes the message as saying "247 Marshall Avenue, Angel, California", he goes there alone, taking along his old police-issue pistol. Despite these tensions, however, Stottlemeyer also has a great deal of sympathy and respect for Monk; even Stottlemeyer cannot deny Monk's abilities. Still believing Monk to be wrong about his suspicions toward Linda, he asks her about whether she has seen Monk. He was portrayed by Cameron Cush in this episode. The novel Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu offers an explanation for the apparent contradiction between Randy's seeming ineptitude at solving cases and his continuing role as a ranked police officer: Stottlemeyer, in a covert meeting with Monk and Natalie, states that Randy in fact has a high clearance and conviction rate; the cases he solves are simply not high profile or unusual enough to be mentioned in the press (or covered in a Monk adventure). Later he appears to be of some use, as the police find papers in Frank Nunn's apartment connecting Trudy's murder with a mysterious figure known as "The Judge". She then begs Monk to take the case, which he eventually does, though reluctantly. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Eventually, Monk finds an article, dated the same day that Trudy's illegitimate child was born, detailing how Wendy Stroud saved a child. With Molly filling the void that Trudy's death left in his life, Monk initially decides to retire from detective work. Observing the rescue efforts from afar, Monk belatedly realizes Dale arranged it and has made his move. Rickover realizes any information regarding these events could be potentially damaging to his political career and has Stroud killed to keep her quiet, burying her body in his backyard. When Monk discovers that Hodge murdered models Clea Vance and Natasia Zorelle, Natalie forbids her daughter to participate in the show, causing Julie to run away from home to be in the show. His first appearance in any Monk-related material after he and Sharona left the television show is in the Lee Goldberg novel Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, where Sharona returns to San Francisco because Trevor has been accused of murder. When Monk and Natalie talk to Linda at her office, they come to the shocking conclusion that she is the killer, after Monk realizes that Linda has a strong motive (her victim was planning on starting his own real estate agency and taking many of their clients with him), she knows how to use a shotgun (as he notices a photo of a younger Linda with her deceased grandfather on a hunting trip, carrying a 12 gauge shotgun), she is 5'7" (the killer's height as described by the two eyewitnesses), she has a house key, and she wears the very shade of lipstick one witness remembered the shooter as wearing. During the season six finale ("Mr. Monk Is on the Run"), Adrian finds the six-fingered man, named Frank Nunn, but unfortunately, he is shot and killed by John Rollins, a corrupt Angel County sheriff recruited by Dale in a plot to incriminate Adrian. The advertising on her cast is a clue Monk utilizes to prove that mystery writer Ian Ludlow killed a local shoe salesman and tried to frame Natalie for it. In that episode, Julie is 11 years old. What Happened To The Monk Cast? - Screen Rant However, any chance of figuring out where Dale is through her ends when she tries to kill the three by suicide-bombing her house (the three survive, though Stottlemeyer breaks his right arm when the resulting fireball throws him through the air and he lands the wrong way). In 1993, Trudy was involved in a lawsuit with the financier Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck because she referred to him as the "Genghis Khan of Finance". After the show, Torini strangles and kills Kevin in his dressing room with a piece of piano wire, then leaves the building disguised as a repairman. Over the course of the novel, Benjy develops a friendship with Julie Teeger. The episode "Mr. Monk Fights City Hall" reveals that Dr. Bell served on the city council in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but he got bored with the job and started sending his secretary as his proxy. Later, Vicki kills the accomplice by stabbing him with a cream soda bottle while he is making the store's night deposit. Stottlemeyer mentions in "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever" that he was the youngest officer in the history of the SFPD to make detective, giving him at least a few years of seniority on Monk. This implies that at one point Jared had to repeat a grade. Monk turns on some Hawaiian music on the stereo, at which point Linda turns off the camera, exasperated. Similarly, Dr. Kroger also (usually unintentionally) helps Monk find something that solves his current case. She visits Sharona in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater", just when Gail is framed for murder. In that episode, the people at Tiger Bay happen to confuse Adrian for Jack Jr., because they do not know about Adrian and Ambrose, the other two sons of Jack Sr. Adrian enjoys bonding with Jack, and even goes so far as to protect him by giving him the phony name of Jack Gretzky and claiming that Jack is his penpal (despite the name, Adrian has to tell others that Jack is not related to Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky). In his final appearance, "Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy", Monk finds himself sharing group therapy sessions with Harold when his HMO refuses to compensate him for any more individual sessions with Dr. Bell. Dr. Neven Bell (portrayed by Hctor Elizondo) becomes Monk's therapist in the season seven premiere "Mr. Monk Buys a House", replacing Dr. Kroger. 's name, believing that everyone should have a Trudy in their life. While fleeing the scene, a police car pulled her over for speeding and Stephanie was forced to hide the pistol she used inside Leland's tuxedo bag. She calls Leland saying that Jared has skipped school and most likely has gone to a rock concert where Kris Kedder is performing, which leads Leland, Monk, and Natalie to go to the San Francisco Band Jam. Monk Cast | List of All Monk Actors and Actresses - Ranker He is also revealed to be an amateur magician himself. }, First published on April 10, 2008 / 4:10 PM. Though Monk eventually is able to snap himself out of his hypnotic state by looking at a reflection of himself, hypnotherapy backfires on Harold when his feelings of euphoria lead him to take off all of his clothes in public, causing him to get arrested for indecent exposure (which Monk happens to witness). The episode "Mr. Monk and the Three Julies" and the novel Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop establish that Mitch taught Natalie how to shoot a gun, though Natalie's firearms skill are called into question in "Mr. Monk on Wheels". Dr. Kroger is instrumental in trying to get Monk reinstated as a detective, all while discussing his problems and progress as a person. Trevor admits to her that his reason for wanting to get back together with her was because his rich uncle had cut him off when he got divorced, and he wanted to get back together so that he would have access to his fortune. Throughout the episode, Leland tries to figure out what her nickname T.K. The two butt heads constantly, even to the point that when two of their other group members are killed under mysterious circumstances, Harold accuses Monk of being the killer. After checking into their hotel in Reno, Nevada, Torini drives back to the Magic Castle Theater and sneaks in posing as a repairman. During the first few novels, Julie's role is minimal, but she occasionally, knowingly or not, gives Monk crucial information that is key to solving a murder case. Monk (TV series The episode gives Julie an integral role. This is mentioned in the season 4 episode "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding". They ultimately find that Karen is not seeing someone, as first suspected, but is meeting with a divorce lawyer. She is eventually adopted by a family and becomes a movie critic for the fictional East Bay Chronicle. Dale remains an important adversary of Adrian's, especially when it is revealed that he was hiding something he knew about Trudy's death. While skateboarding and ditching school with his friends Ridley and Pez, one of their skateboards hits the side of a parked car. This six-fingered man detonated the bomb from a distance with a cellular phone. Stanley Kamel, the actor known for playing Dr. Charles Kroger on USA's hit series "Monk," was found dead of a heart attack at his Hollywood home Tuesday, his Seeing Harold so happy, Monk cannot concentrate on the case, so he decides to ignore the risks, goes to Dr. Climan and comes out acting like a six-year-old. When Natalie asks where he got the suit, Monk reveals that Kevin lent it to him. In the season six episode "Mr. Monk and the Three Julies", Julie receives her driver's license. In the season five episode "Mr. Monk Is On the Air", Kevin and Natalie are shown one of Monk's old home videos, where Kevin lightheartedly comments that seeing his friends' old home videos 'always makes him feel better about his own family', and later that night, when Monk is preparing to face Max Hudson on the radio, Kevin gives him some of his uncle's jokes for use as Monk prepares to accuse Max of murdering his wife Jeanette. Dale is revealed to be the mastermind of the plot and of a simultaneous plot to assassinate the governor of California, who had previously refused to commute his sentence. Julie bonds with Monk after he rescues her pet fish. He has a romantic interest in Natalie Teeger, Adrian's second assistant. Natalie begins dating Joe during the investigation, but she dumps him when she realizes she is becoming way too attracted to him. Biederbeck smugly refuses to confirm or deny Monk's suspicions, but later Monk proves that the doctor is not Trudy's killer. Adrian's attempt to solve the case of her murder is the show's longest-running plot arc. During a luau-themed sendoff party at the police station, Stottlemeyer and Linda dance with each other. Harold J. Krenshaw (Tim Bagley) is another patient of Dr. Kroger and later Dr. Bell who also suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Scarlett Pomers (Kyra Hart) Pomers dropped off the Hollywood radar after Reba ended, telling StarTrek.com in 2014 that she was pretty much done with acting. Monk finds a form for a rental truck on a table in the front hallway, and a barrel cleaner and bottle of gun oil stashed in Linda's closet, but Linda comes home while he is searching, having been tipped off, and she attempts to seduce Monk. She attended the Ashton Preparatory School and graduated valedictorian in 1977, at the age of 15. Morrow lives on the East Coast, where the remainder of season one was filmed (in Toronto). Marci even offers to be Monk's personal assistant for free, which would relieve him of having to write a paycheck. Her career, as revealed in her first appearance in Mr. Monk on the Road, began in the Vice Division. Despite sharing the same disorder, Monk and Harold are constantly at odds, mostly over which of them is liked better by Dr. Kroger or Dr. Bell, or which of them have made more progress in overcoming their various problems. to scare her, even setting Leland's car on fire and setting off a bomb at the wedding rehearsal. Her second appearance is in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater". In the first season, he is played by Adam Arkin, in the second by Tim Curry, and in the sixth by Ray Porter, all of them wearing fat suits. Monk opens the door to the dressing room minutes later to find Kevin's dead body. Monk frequently comments that Harold has more psychological problems than does Monk himself; while Monk suffers from just OCD, Harold also suffers from acute paranoia and narcissism (in "Mr. Monk and the Daredevil," for example, Monk recalls that Harold was stricken by an attack of vertigo when Dr. Kroger reupholstered his office with thicker carpet. Paris police Inspector Guy Gadois knows the lyrics and music of the song by heart. An NYPD police captain makes a deal with Monk and his party: if they can solve the recent murder of a foreign ambassador, he will arrange for them to visit Tennyson. Mitch is portrayed by Monk co-producer Doug Nabors, and can be seen in Natalie's pictures in her house and her car. He offers Monk a deal: find the killer and Biederbeck will share what he knows about Trudy's murder. Menu. She spent numerous years working undercover to infiltrate and shut down drug operations. Stottlemeyer's attitude toward Randy Disher, his immediate subordinate in the SFPD frequently shifts between amused tolerance and frustration. Below is a list of actors and actresses that were part of the cast of the Fearing he might be caught, Torini and his assistant Tanya Adams come up with a plot to kill Kevin on the night of his debut. On February 27, 2015, Nimoy passed away at the age of 83 due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (via The New York Times ). As Monk and Natalie observe at Kevin's wake, this trait actually appears to be genetic. Ambrose Monk, played by John Turturro, is Adrian's older agoraphobic brother. Monk points out that it is not a "perfect" palindrome because the first N is capitalized. It is also revealed that he had an uncle who was a comedian that knew Uncle Miltie. Kevin first appears in "Mr. Monk and the Paperboy", where he wins a $43 million lottery, although his "girlfriend" Vicki Salinas (Nicole DeHuff), a clerk at the nearby Stop-N-Go convenience store, tries to hide it from him with the objective of eventually getting it all. Kevin is mentioned once more in the season seven episode "Mr. Monk Takes a Punch", when Monk, after learning that he has to pass a physical fitness test to continue his work as a consultant for the police, shows up at a track field dressed in a purple jogging suit. "Actor Stanley Kamel was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday, April 8, by his long time agents and friends, Donna Massetti and Marilyn Szatmary. Stottlemeyer then pushes up the rear door to find Monk sitting in a recreation of Linda's bedroom, that she had used for her alibi. Dale J. Biederbeck III, better known as Dale "The Whale" because of his morbid obesity, his practice of working through both public avenues and the criminal underworld (much as a whale, being an aquatic mammal, must spend time both underwater and above water), and the convenient fact that "whale" rhymes with his first name, is a recurring villain, appearing in three episodes.