- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMason Morton Abrams
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Mason Adams was well known for playing Pepper Young on the popular radio soap opera series Pepper Young's Family throughout the 1940 and 1950s. He was also heard on most of the successful radio programs during radio's "Golden Age." In the 1970s, Adams was frequently heard on Himan Brown's CBS Mystery Theater radio series. He had a regular running role on the Lou Grant TV series for several seasons and appeared in hundreds of other television series throughout the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s and '90s and can still can be seen playing featured roles in films and on TV.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ron Lackmann
- SpousesMargot Fineberg(1959 - April 26, 2005) (his death, 2 children)Sheila Ruth Tanchan(June 25, 1944 - 1956) (divorced)
- His distinct, warm, gravelly voice
- Distinct, friendly, light gravelly voice that became familiar to television viewers in the 1970s from his Smucker's Jam commercials. These always ended with him saying, "With a name like Smucker's, it HAS to be good!"
- Famous on radio as the voice of the Kryptonite powered "Atom Man" on the "Superman" radio show in the 1940s.
- Earned a Masters degree from the University of Michigan.
- Hosted "HBO Mailbox" throughout the 1980s: a program which answered viewer letters about HBO service and programming.
- Both a member and a teacher at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
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