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Max Showalter (June 2, 1917 – July 30, 2000), also credited as Casey Adams, was an American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a composer, pianist, and singer. One of Showalter's most memorable roles was as Jean Peters' character's husband in the 1953 film Niagara.
Known For
Sixteen Candles
(1984)
Grandpa Fred
10
(1979)
Reverend
Niagara
(1953)
Ray Cutler
Bus Stop
(1956)
Life Magazine Reporter
Sex and the Single Girl
(1964)
Holmes
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Deaf Man (uncredited)
The Music Man
(1962)
Salesman On Train (uncredited)
How to Murder Your Wife
(1965)
Tobey Rawlins
Racing with the Moon
(1984)
Mr. Arthur, Piano Teacher
The Anderson Tapes
(1971)
Bingham
Move Over, Darling
(1963)
Hotel Desk Clerk
Return to Peyton Place
(1961)
Nick Parker
It Happened to Jane
(1959)
Selwyn Harris
Bonnie's Kids
(1973)
Frank
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Roger Doremus
Indestructible Man
(1956)
Lt. Richard Chasen
Full Filmography
Acting
Always Leave Them Laughing
(1949)
Comet Pen Salesman
With a Song in My Heart
(1952)
Harry Guild
What Price Glory
(1952)
Lieutenant Moore
My Wife's Best Friend
(1952)
Pete Bentham
Dangerous Crossing
(1953)
Jim Logan (as Casey Adams)
Vicki
(1953)
Larry Evans
Niagara
(1953)
Ray Cutler
Destination Gobi
(1953)
Walter Landers
Naked Alibi
(1954)
Det. Lt. Parks (as Casey Adams)
Down Three Dark Streets
(1954)
Dave Millson
Night People
(1954)
Frederick S. Hobart
The Return of Jack Slade
(1955)
Billy Wilcox
Bus Stop
(1956)
Life Magazine Reporter
Indestructible Man
(1956)
Lt. Richard Chasen
Never Say Goodbye
(1956)
Andy Leonard
Dragoon Wells Massacre
(1957)
Phillip Scott
The Monster That Challenged the World
(1957)
Dr. Tad Johns
Voice in the Mirror
(1958)
Don Martin
The Female Animal
(1958)
Charlie Grant
The Naked and the Dead
(1958)
Colonel Dalleson
It Happened to Jane
(1959)
Selwyn Harris
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
Deaf Man (uncredited)
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Roger Doremus
Return to Peyton Place
(1961)
Nick Parker
The Music Man
(1962)
Salesman On Train (uncredited)
Bon Voyage!
(1962)
The Tight Suit
Smog
(1962)
Paul Prescott
Move Over, Darling
(1963)
Hotel Desk Clerk
My Six Loves
(1963)
B. J. Smith
Fate Is the Hunter
(1964)
Dan Crawford
Sex and the Single Girl
(1964)
Holmes
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
(1964)
Walter
How to Murder Your Wife
(1965)
Tobey Rawlins
Lord Love a Duck
(1966)
Howard Greene
A Talent for Loving
(1969)
Franklin
The Moonshine War
(1970)
Mr. Worthman
The Anderson Tapes
(1971)
Bingham
Bonnie's Kids
(1973)
Frank
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1978)
Ernest Shears
10
(1979)
Reverend
A Gun in the House
(1981)
Peter Schechter
Sixteen Candles
(1984)
Grandpa Fred
Racing with the Moon
(1984)
Mr. Arthur, Piano Teacher
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)