Stanley Kamel January 1 1943 April 8 2008 was an American actor best known for his role as Dr Charles Kroger on the American television series Monk Kamel was born to a Jewish family and raised in South River New Jersey and attended Rutgers Preparatory School He started his acting career offBroadway and broke into television with a role in Days of Our Lives as Eric Peters Kamel had a recurring role on Melrose Place in 1994 as Bruce Teller the chief executive officer of DD Advertising where Amanda Heather Locklear and Allison Courtney ThorneSmith were employed During the first part of the sixth season of Beverly Hills 90210 Kamel appeared on several episodes as Anthony Marchette an organized crime figure Kamel was most known for his role as Dr Charles Kroger in the USA Network television series Monk playing the infinitely patient and eversupportive psychiatrist to the main character Adrian Monk Tony Shalhoub Though his last appearance was in the sixth season of Monk clips of his character were seen later in the series finale