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)
Movie | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | (archive footage) | 2016-12-05 |
Movie | Dixie Dynamite | Dade McCrutchen | 1976-05-13 |
Movie | Cop on the Beat | Freddy | 1975-05-06 |
Movie | Act of Vengeance | Bernie / Foul Mouth | 1974-01-02 |
Series | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | The Norliss Tapes | Truck Driver | 1973-02-21 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | Thicker than Water | 1973-06-13 | |
Series | Star Trek | Unknown | 1973-09-08 |
Movie | The Clones | Carl Swafford | 1973-08-01 |
Movie | The Night Stalker | Fred Hurley | 1972-01-11 |
Series | Emergency! | Unknown | 1972-01-22 |
Movie | Another Nice Mess | President of Persia | 1972-08-23 |
Movie | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | Stomach Operator | 1972-08-06 |
Movie | Every Man Needs One | Bus Driver | 1972-12-13 |
Movie | Love Hate Love | Wally | 1971-02-09 |
Movie | The Seven Minutes | Irwin Blair | 1971-07-23 |
Movie | Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Granger | 1971-07-01 |
Movie | The Grasshopper | Buddy Miller | 1970-05-27 |
Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Unknown | 1968-09-21 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Thunder Alley | Mac | 1967-03-22 |
Movie | Double Trouble | Captain Roach | 1967-04-05 |
Series | Garrison's Gorillas | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Death of a Salesman | Stanley | 1966-05-07 |
Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Movie | Nevada Smith | Storekeeper | 1966-06-10 |
Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The Rat Patrol | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Star Trek | Cyrano Jones | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Ship of Fools | Hutten | 1965-07-29 |
Series | My Mother the Car | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Honey West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | When the Boys Meet the Girls | Lank | 1965-10-10 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | A House Is Not a Home | Harry | 1964-08-12 |
Movie | Wild and Wonderful | Mayor of Man La Loquet | 1964-06-09 |
Series | Wendy and Me | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | Looking for Love | Employment Service Official (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 |
Series | The Addams Family | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Bernie (uncredited) | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Gilligan's Island | Unknown | 1964-09-26 |
Series | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Movie | Critic's Choice | Bartender | 1963-02-24 |
Series | The Bill Dana Show | Unknown | 1963-09-22 |
Movie | Lilies of the Field | Juan Acolito | 1963-06-04 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | 13 West Street | Finney | 1962-02-23 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Series | The Gallant Men | Unknown | 1962-10-05 |
Movie | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Perelli (as Stan Adams) | 1962-10-16 |
Movie | Pirates of Tortuga | Montbars | 1961-08-25 |
Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Unknown | 1961-01-24 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The Wizard of Baghdad | Warden Kvetch | 1961-03-03 |
Movie | The Outsider | Noomie | 1961-12-27 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Rusty Trawler | 1961-10-06 |
Movie | The Errand Boy | Grumpy | 1961-11-28 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | One Foot in Hell | Pete (uncredited) | 1960-09-11 |
Movie | The Rat Race | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1960-07-10 |
Series | Checkmate | Cholly Luke | 1960-09-17 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Movie | North to Alaska | Breezy | 1960-11-07 |
Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | North by Northwest | Lieutenant Harding (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Movie | The Alphabet Conspiracy | 1959-01-26 | |
Series | The Lawless Years | Unknown | 1959-04-16 |
Movie | High School Big Shot | Harry March | 1959-10-16 |
Series | Not for Hire | Unknown | 1959-10-23 |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Dennis the Menace | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Movie | I Married a Woman | Cabbie (uncredited) | 1958-03-01 |
Movie | Saddle the Wind | Joe (uncredited) | 1958-03-20 |
Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Black Patch | Drummer | 1957-09-15 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Movie | Trooper Hook | Heathcliff | 1957-07-12 |
Series | M Squad | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Movie | Valerie | Dr. Jackson | 1957-08-01 |
Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Movie | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Second Counselor (uncredited) | 1957-11-26 |
Movie | Hell Ship Mutiny | Roxy | 1957-12-06 |
Movie | Hell Bound | Herbert Fay Jr. | 1957-10-01 |
Series | The Court of Last Resort | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Bold and the Brave | Master Sergeant | 1956-01-04 |
Movie | Inside Detroit | 1956-01-01 | |
Movie | The Killer is Loose | Honor Farm Guard (uncredited) | 1956-02-03 |
Movie | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Pirelli | 1956-10-11 |
Series | The Adventures of Hiram Holliday | Garreaux | 1956-10-03 |
Movie | Calling Homicide | Peter von Elda (uncredited) | 1956-09-30 |
Movie | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Romolo's Attorney (uncredited) | 1956-07-04 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Hell on Frisco Bay | Hammy | 1955-12-31 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | The Atomic Kid | Wildcat Hooper | 1954-12-08 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |