LOS ANGELES (AP / WCBS 880) -- Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk's long-suffering psychiatrist on the TV detective show ``Monk,'' died Tuesday. He was 65.
Kamel was found dead of a heart attack in his Hollywood Hills home by his agents, publicist Cynthia Snyder said.
Kamel, born on Jan. 1, 1943, in New Brunswick, N.J., had a nearly four-decade acting career, much of it on 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.
Kamel began acting off-Broadway and got his first television break playing Eric Peters on ``Days of Our Lives'' in the 1970s. He appeared in several movies.
For several years, he portrayed Dr. Charles Kroger on the USA Network series ``Monk.'' As Kroger, he dispensed advice during weekly therapy sessions to Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a brilliant but neurotic private detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Kamel also played the scientist simply known as Kosinski in the first season episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" entitled "Where No One Has Gone Before."
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