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Stanley Adams

Stanley Adams

Acting April 7, 1915 (62 years old) April 27, 1977 New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Stocky character actor Stanley Adams had a relatively minor career in motion pictures, with the possible exception of his baby-faced millionaire Rusty Trawler of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) fame. Otherwise, he played innumerable minor ethnic villains, bartenders and avuncular, fast-talking characters, known in the credits only by their first names. In other words, most of his roles were rather small. On television, conversely, he proved himself quite a scene-stealer, particularly in the 1960's and early 70's, when his face appeared on just about every major show. He was at his best as pool hustler Sure-shot Wilson in an episode of The Odd Couple (1970), Rollo, a quirky time-traveling scientist on Twilight Zone (1959), and - famously - as 'asteroid detecting', tribble dealing galactic entrepreneur Cyrano Jones on Star Trek (1966). Alas, he was also a space carrot named Tybo on Lost in Space (1965).... His suicide in April 1977 has been attributed to severe depression as a result of a back injury, sustained earlier in the decade. Apart from the obvious pain, it would almost certainly have limited his employment opportunities. Date of Death 27 April 1977, Santa Monica, California  (suicide)

Movies 63

North by Northwest 8.0

North by Northwest

as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

1959
Breakfast at Tiffany's 7.6

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as Rusty Trawler

1961
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask 6.5

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

as Stomach Operator

1972
The Night Stalker 6.9

The Night Stalker

as Fred Hurley

1972
Somebody Up There Likes Me 7.2

Somebody Up There Likes Me

as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)

1956
Ship of Fools 6.7

Ship of Fools

as Hutten

1965
Nevada Smith 6.7

Nevada Smith

as Storekeeper

1966
Lilies of the Field 7.2

Lilies of the Field

as Juan Acolito

1963
North to Alaska 6.5

North to Alaska

as Breezy

1960
The Killer Is Loose 6.7

The Killer Is Loose

as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

1956
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat 5.1

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

as (voice)

1974
Fate Is the Hunter 6.5

Fate Is the Hunter

as Bernie (uncredited)

1964
Requiem for a Heavyweight 7.2

Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Perelli (as Stan Adams)

1962
A House Is Not a Home 4.9

A House Is Not a Home

as Harry

1964
One Foot in Hell 5.3

One Foot in Hell

as Pete (uncredited)

1960
Act of Vengeance 5.5

Act of Vengeance

as Bernie / Foul Mouth

1974
Requiem for a Heavyweight 8.0

Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Pirelli

1956
Trooper Hook 6.7

Trooper Hook

as Heathcliff

1957
The Grasshopper 5.1

The Grasshopper

as Buddy Miller

1970
Critic's Choice 5.7

Critic's Choice

as Bartender

1963
The Seven Minutes 5.8

The Seven Minutes

as Irwin Blair

1971
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 5.7

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Second Counselor (uncredited)

1957
Looking for Love 5.8

Looking for Love

as Employment Service Official (uncredited)

1964
Saddle the Wind 6.7

Saddle the Wind

as Joe (uncredited)

1958
The Gazebo 6.9

The Gazebo

as Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)

1959
Hell on Frisco Bay 5.3

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Hammy

1955
The Norliss Tapes 6.2

The Norliss Tapes

as Truck Driver

1973
The Bold and the Brave 6.2

The Bold and the Brave

as Master Sergeant

1956
Pirates of Tortuga 6.4

Pirates of Tortuga

as Montbars

1961
Inside Detroit 6.5

Inside Detroit

1955
When the Boys Meet the Girls 4.8

When the Boys Meet the Girls

as Lank

1965
Thunder Alley 5.3

Thunder Alley

as Mac

1967
The Errand Boy 6.2

The Errand Boy

as Grumpy

1961
Black Patch 5.8

Black Patch

as Drummer

1957
Valerie 4.6

Valerie

as Dr. Jackson

1957
The Rat Race 6.7

The Rat Race

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1960
The Outsider 6.5

The Outsider

as Noomie

1961
Move 5.5

Move

as New Tenant

1970
Double Trouble 4.9

Double Trouble

as Captain Roach

1967
The Wizard of Baghdad 7.0

The Wizard of Baghdad

as Warden Kvetch

1961
Cop on the Beat 4.7

Cop on the Beat

as Freddy

1975
Death of a Salesman 6.4

Death of a Salesman

as Stanley

1966
13 West Street 6.1

13 West Street

as Finney

1962
Hell Ship Mutiny 5.5

Hell Ship Mutiny

as Roxy

1957
Every Man Needs One 4.0

Every Man Needs One

as Bus Driver

1972
I Married a Woman 6.4

I Married a Woman

as Cabbie (uncredited)

1958
Woman in the Rain 8.0

Woman in the Rain

as Noodles

1976
Love Hate Love 5.9

Love Hate Love

as Wally

1971
Banyon 9.0

Banyon

as Eddie Dolan

1971
High School Big Shot 3.5

High School Big Shot

as Harry March

1959
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns 6.7

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

as Granger

1971
Another Nice Mess 4.0

Another Nice Mess

as President of Persia

1972
Dixie Dynamite 5.2

Dixie Dynamite

as Dade McCrutchen

1976
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault 5.8

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

as (archive footage)

2016
Calling Homicide 6.1

Calling Homicide

as Peter von Elda (uncredited)

1956
The Atomic Kid 5.0

The Atomic Kid

as Wildcat Hooper

1954
The Clones 4.6

The Clones

as Carl Swafford

1973
Hell's Horizon 5.7

Hell's Horizon

as Dixie

1955
Wild and Wonderful 7.0

Wild and Wonderful

as Mayor of Man La Loquet

1964
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Jed Timmons

1967
Hell Bound 5.8

Hell Bound

as Herbert Fay Jr.

1957
The Alphabet Conspiracy 7.1

The Alphabet Conspiracy

as Theatrical Agent

1959
Operation Moonshot

Operation Moonshot

1963

TV Shows 96

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Cyrano Jones

1993
Star Trek 8.0

Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones

1966
The Andy Griffith Show 7.6

The Andy Griffith Show

as Ralph Campbell

1960
Perry Mason 7.7

Perry Mason

as Pancho Morado

1957
Matinee Theater 5.3

Matinee Theater

1955
Mannix 6.9

Mannix

1967
Mannix 6.9

Mannix

as Chip

1967
Mannix 6.9

Mannix

as Alby

1967
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

as Monte West

1957
Love, American Style 6.2

Love, American Style

1969
The Red Skelton Show 7.4

The Red Skelton Show

as AC / Store Manager

1951
Batman 7.3

Batman

as Captain Courageous

1966
The Twilight Zone 8.5

The Twilight Zone

as Rollo

1959
The Twilight Zone 8.5

The Twilight Zone

as Jensen

1959
Adam-12 7.0

Adam-12

as Fred Ludden

1968
Have Gun, Will Travel 7.3

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957
Maverick 7.1

Maverick

1957
Emergency! 7.9

Emergency!

as Man with Heart Attack

1972
The Rifleman 7.1

The Rifleman

1958
Petticoat Junction 5.9

Petticoat Junction

as Jack Crandall

1963
The Donna Reed Show 6.5

The Donna Reed Show

1958
Dr. Kildare 5.7

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Alexander Shoates

1961
Lost in Space 7.2

Lost in Space

as Tybo

1965
The Lucy Show 7.0

The Lucy Show

as Louie

1962
The Lucy Show 7.0

The Lucy Show

as Harry Norton

1962
The Lucy Show 7.0

The Lucy Show

as Union Leader

1962
The Ed Sullivan Show 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1948
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 7.2

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964
Rawhide 7.3

Rawhide

1959
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Vito Conte

1963
Ben Casey 5.9

Ben Casey

1961
Medical Center 6.4

Medical Center

1969
Medical Center 6.4

Medical Center

as Arlo McNally

1969
The Odd Couple 7.8

The Odd Couple

as Sure-Shot Wilson

1970
The Odd Couple 7.8

The Odd Couple

as Ed

1970
Burke's Law 6.2

Burke's Law

as Lou Manzini

1963
The Addams Family 8.0

The Addams Family

as Ila Klarpe

1964
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 6.3

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Morelli

1959
Gilligan's Island 7.4

Gilligan's Island

1964
Peter Gunn 6.6

Peter Gunn

1958
McHale's Navy 6.7

McHale's Navy

as The Chief

1962
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Ross

1955
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Bartender

1955
Gunsmoke 6.7

Gunsmoke

as Charlie Rath

1955
The Name of the Game 7.0

The Name of the Game

as Mr. Stephens

1968
Thriller 6.7

Thriller

as Mr. Schwenk

1960
Dennis the Menace 6.6

Dennis the Menace

as Jerry Richman

1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Detective Berger

1955
The Detectives 6.7

The Detectives

1959
December Bride 6.2

December Bride

as Henry Clark

1954
M Squad 5.4

M Squad

as Ed - Bartender

1957
Kraft Suspense Theatre 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Pinky Ferguson

1963
Laredo 6.4

Laredo

1965
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 5.3

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 7.7

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 7.7

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Bartender

1974
The Mod Squad 6.1

The Mod Squad

1968
The Mod Squad 6.1

The Mod Squad

as Braden

1968
Playhouse 90 7.5

Playhouse 90

as Pirelli

1956
Checkmate 4.8

Checkmate

as Cholly Luke

1960
Star Trek 6.8

Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)

1973
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 6.8

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Morris

1959
The Rat Patrol 7.2

The Rat Patrol

as El Gamil

1966
Startime 6.8

Startime

as Dale

1959
Lancer 5.6

Lancer

1968
The Thin Man 7.6

The Thin Man

1957
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 6.6

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

1968
Riverboat 6.5

Riverboat

as Captain Morgan

1959
Pete and Gladys 6.2

Pete and Gladys

1960
Honey West 7.2

Honey West

as Tobias Quinn

1965
Mr. Lucky 6.7

Mr. Lucky

1959
The New Breed 7.7

The New Breed

as Larry Gruber

1961
Garrison's Gorillas 8.1

Garrison's Gorillas

1967
Sam Benedict 6.7

Sam Benedict

as Square John McWayde

1962
Tightrope 6.8

Tightrope

1959
The Lawless Years 7.0

The Lawless Years

1959
87th Precinct 7.8

87th Precinct

1961
My Mother the Car 4.8

My Mother the Car

1965
The Outsider 6.0

The Outsider

1968
The Legend of Jesse James 5.8

The Legend of Jesse James

as Blake

1965
Pistols 'n' Petticoats 7.6

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Felix

1953
Wendy and Me 8.0

Wendy and Me

1964
The Gallant Men 8.0

The Gallant Men

1962
The Monroes 6.8

The Monroes

1966
The Bill Dana Show 6.2

The Bill Dana Show

1963
Not for Hire

Not for Hire

1959
Hey, Jeannie! 6.2

Hey, Jeannie!

as Mike

1956
Hey Mulligan 6.8

Hey Mulligan

as Alec Damos

1954
Tallahassee 7000 8.5

Tallahassee 7000

1961
The Bing Crosby Show 6.0

The Bing Crosby Show

1964
The Court of Last Resort 9.0

The Court of Last Resort

1957
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday 7.3

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

as Garreaux

1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
Thicker than Water

Thicker than Water

as Dr. Hale

1973
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault 1.0

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

as Himself

2016

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