Stanley Adams

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)

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1915-04-07

Died: 1977-04-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Atomic Kid	Wildcat Hooper	45
2	1955	Hell on Frisco Bay	Hammy	52
3	1955	Hell's Horizon	Dixie	50
4	1956	Inside Detroit		60
5	1956	The Bold and the Brave	Master Sergeant	56
6	1956	The Killer Is Loose	Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)	66
7	1956	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)	73
8	1956	Calling Homicide	Peter von Elda (uncredited)	57
9	1956	Requiem for a Heavyweight	Pirelli	70
10	1957	Trooper Hook	Heathcliff	66
11	1957	Valerie	Dr. Jackson	41
12	1957	Black Patch	Drummer	54
13	1957	Hell Bound	Herbert Fay Jr.	59
14	1957	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Second Counselor (uncredited)	54
15	1957	Hell Ship Mutiny	Roxy	40
16	1958	I Married a Woman	Cabbie (uncredited)	58
17	1958	Saddle the Wind	Joe (uncredited)	65
18	1959	The Alphabet Conspiracy		68
19	1959	North by Northwest	Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)	80
20	1959	High School Big Shot	Harry March	32
21	1960	The Rat Race	Cab Driver (uncredited)	66
22	1960	One Foot in Hell	Pete (uncredited)	53
23	1960	North to Alaska	Breezy	65
24	1961	The Wizard of Baghdad	Warden Kvetch	60
25	1961	Pirates of Tortuga	Montbars	66
26	1961	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Rusty Trawler	76
27	1961	The Errand Boy	Grumpy	61
28	1961	The Outsider	Noomie	64
29	1962	13 West Street	Finney	55
30	1962	Requiem for a Heavyweight	Perelli (as Stan Adams)	72
31	1963	Operation Moonshot		0
32	1963	Critic's Choice	Bartender	55
33	1963	Lilies of the Field	Juan Acolito	72
34	1964	Wild and Wonderful	Mayor of Man La Loquet	63
35	1964	Looking for Love	Employment Service Official (uncredited)	50
36	1964	A House Is Not a Home	Harry	45
37	1964	Fate Is the Hunter	Bernie (uncredited)	64
38	1965	Ship of Fools	Hutten	65
39	1965	When the Boys Meet the Girls	Lank	30
40	1966	Death of a Salesman	Stanley	59
41	1966	Nevada Smith	Storekeeper	68
42	1967	Thunder Alley	Mac	53
43	1967	Double Trouble	Captain Roach	50
44	1967	Pistols 'n' Petticoats	Jed Timmons	0
45	1970	The Grasshopper	Buddy Miller	51
46	1971	Love Hate Love	Wally	58
47	1971	Banyon	Eddie Dolan	0
48	1971	Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns	Granger	55
49	1971	The Seven Minutes	Irwin Blair	55
50	1972	The Night Stalker	Fred Hurley	68
51	1972	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask	Stomach Operator	65
52	1972	Another Nice Mess	President of Persia	10
53	1972	Every Man Needs One	Bus Driver	10
54	1973	The Norliss Tapes	Truck Driver	60
55	1973	The Clones	Carl Swafford	38
56	1974	Act of Vengeance	Bernie / Foul Mouth	57
57	1974	The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat		50
58	1975	Cop on the Beat	Freddy	41
59	1976	Dixie Dynamite	Dade McCrutchen	54
60	1976	Woman in the Rain	Noodles	0
61	2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	(archive footage)	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
3	1951	The Red Skelton Show	A.C. the Movie Director /Dept. Store Manager	74
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Felix	63
6	1954	Hey Mulligan	Alec Damos	67
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Ross	66
8	1955	Gunsmoke	Bartender	66
9	1955	Gunsmoke	Charlie Rath	66
10	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Detective Berger	77
11	1955	Matinee Theater		50
12	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Mike	55
13	1956	The Adventures of Hiram Holliday	Garreaux	50
14	1956	Playhouse 90	Pirelli	76
15	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
16	1957	Wagon Train	Monte West	63
17	1957	The Thin Man		76
18	1957	M Squad	Ed - Bartender	52
19	1957	Perry Mason	Pancho Morado	77
20	1957	Maverick		68
21	1957	The Court of Last Resort		0
22	1958	Peter Gunn		65
23	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
24	1958	The Rifleman		70
25	1959	Rawhide		72
26	1959	The Lawless Years		70
27	1959	Tightrope		55
28	1959	Riverboat	Captain Morgan	62
29	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Morris	63
30	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		58
31	1959	The Twilight Zone	Rollo	85
32	1959	The Twilight Zone	Jensen	85
33	1959	Dennis the Menace		65
34	1959	The Detectives		56
35	1959	Not for Hire		0
36	1959	Mr. Lucky		64
37	1960	Thriller	Mr. Schwenk	64
38	1960	Checkmate	Cholly Luke	41
39	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
40	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Ralph Campbell	76
41	1961	Tallahassee 7000		0
42	1961	87th Precinct		75
43	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Alexander Shoates	55
44	1961	Ben Casey		56
45	1961	The New Breed	Larry Gruber	70
46	1962	The Lucy Show	Louie	70
47	1962	The Lucy Show	Harry Norton	70
48	1962	The Lucy Show	Union Leader	70
49	1962	The Gallant Men		60
50	1962	McHale's Navy	The Chief	67
51	1963	Burke's Law	Lou Manzini	60
52	1963	The Bill Dana Show		60
53	1963	Petticoat Junction	Jack Crandall	58
54	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Vito Conte	57
55	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Pinky Ferguson	53
56	1964	Wendy and Me		0
57	1964	The Bing Crosby Show		50
58	1964	The Addams Family	Ila Klarpe	80
59	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
60	1964	Gilligan's Island		74
61	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Blake	48
62	1965	My Mother the Car		43
63	1965	Lost in Space	Tybo	71
64	1965	Laredo		63
65	1965	Honey West	Tobias Quinn	70
66	1966	Batman	Captain Courageous	73
67	1966	The Monroes		57
68	1966	Star Trek	Cyrano Jones	80
69	1966	The Rat Patrol	El Gamil	72
70	1966	Pistols 'n' Petticoats		75
71	1967	Garrison's Gorillas		78
72	1967	Mannix		67
73	1967	Mannix	Chip	67
74	1968	The Outsider		52
75	1968	The Name of the Game	Mr. Stephens	68
76	1968	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir		64
77	1968	Adam-12	Fred Ludden	70
78	1968	The Mod Squad		63
79	1968	Lancer		47
80	1969	Medical Center		61
81	1969	Love, American Style		61
82	1970	The Odd Couple	Sure-Shot Wilson	78
83	1970	The Odd Couple	Ed	78
84	1972	Emergency!		78
85	1973	Police Story		69
86	1973	Thicker than Water		0
87	1973	Star Trek	Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)	68
88	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker		76
89	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Bartender	76
90	2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	Himself	10

Stanley Adams

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