Stanley Adams
- Acting
- April 7, 1915 · New York City, New York, USA
- April 27, 1977
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)
Known for
Filmography
- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault · (archive footage)
- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault · Self
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Cyrano Jones
- Woman in the Rain · Noodles
- Dixie Dynamite · Dade McCrutchen
- Cop on the Beat · Freddy
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat · Voice
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker · Bartender
- Act of Vengeance · Bernie / Foul Mouth
- Star Trek · Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
- The Clones · Carl Swafford
- Thicker than Water · Dr. Hale
- The Norliss Tapes · Truck Driver
- Every Man Needs One · Bus Driver
- Another Nice Mess · President of Persia
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask · Stomach Operator
- Emergency!
- The Night Stalker · Fred Hurley
- The Seven Minutes · Irwin Blair
- Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns · Granger
- Banyon · Eddie Dolan
- Love Hate Love · Wally
- The Odd Couple · Sure-Shot Wilson, Ed
- Move · New Tenant
- The Grasshopper · Buddy Miller
- Love, American Style
- Medical Center
- The Mod Squad · Braden
- Lancer
- The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Adam-12 · Fred Ludden
- The Name of the Game · Mr. Stephens
- The Outsider
- Mannix · Chip, Alby
- Hondo · Writer
- Garrison's Gorillas
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats · Jed Timmons
- Double Trouble · Captain Roach
- Thunder Alley · Mac
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats
- T.H.E. Cat · Writer
- The Rat Patrol · El Gamil
- Star Trek · Cyrano Jones, Writer
- The Monroes
- Nevada Smith · Storekeeper
- Death of a Salesman · Stanley
- Batman · Captain Courageous
- When the Boys Meet the Girls · Lank
- Honey West · Tobias Quinn
- Laredo
- Lost in Space · Tybo
- My Mother the Car
- The Legend of Jesse James · Blake
- Ship of Fools · Hutten
- Fate Is the Hunter · Bernie (uncredited)
- Gilligan's Island
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Addams Family · Ila Klarpe
- Wendy and Me
- The Bing Crosby Show
- A House Is Not a Home · Harry
- Looking for Love · Employment Service Official (uncredited)
- Wild and Wonderful · Mayor of Man La Loquet
- Kraft Suspense Theatre · Pinky Ferguson
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Vito Conte
- Petticoat Junction · Jack Crandall
- The Bill Dana Show
- Burke's Law · Lou Manzini
- Lilies of the Field · Juan Acolito
- Critic's Choice · Bartender
- Operation Moonshot
- Requiem for a Heavyweight · Perelli (as Stan Adams)
- McHale's Navy · The Chief
- The Gallant Men
- The Lucy Show · Louie, Harry Norton
- Sam Benedict · Square John McWayde
- 13 West Street · Finney
- The Outsider · Noomie
- The Errand Boy · Grumpy
- Breakfast at Tiffany's · Rusty Trawler