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.
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.