Stanley Adams
Acting • Born 1915-04-07 – Died 1977-04-27
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)
Filmography
153 credits
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Movie • 1961
Rusty Trawler
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Movie • 1965
Lank
Critic's Choice
Movie • 1963
Bartender
Nevada Smith
Movie • 1966
Storekeeper
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Breezy
The Outsider
Movie • 1961
Noomie
The Night Stalker
Movie • 1972
Fred Hurley
Calling Homicide
Movie • 1956
Peter von Elda (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Movie • 1957
Herbert Fay Jr.
Looking for Love
Movie • 1964
Employment Service Official (uncredited)
Dixie Dynamite
Movie • 1976
Dade McCrutchen
Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie • 1955
Hammy
Valerie
Movie • 1957
Dr. Jackson
Thunder Alley
Movie • 1967
Mac
The Grasshopper
Movie • 1970
Buddy Miller
Pirates of Tortuga
Movie • 1961
Montbars
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Movie • 1967
Jed Timmons
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie • 1957
Second Counselor (uncredited)
Trooper Hook
Movie • 1957
Heathcliff
Ship of Fools
Movie • 1965
Hutten
The Clones
Movie • 1973
Carl Swafford
13 West Street
Movie • 1962
Finney
The Killer Is Loose
Movie • 1956
Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
High School Big Shot
Movie • 1959
Harry March
The Bold and the Brave
Movie • 1956
Master Sergeant
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
Movie • 1971
Granger
A House Is Not a Home
Movie • 1964
Harry
Hell Ship Mutiny
Movie • 1957
Roxy
The Rat Race
Movie • 1960
Cab Driver (uncredited)
I Married a Woman
Movie • 1958
Cabbie (uncredited)
The Norliss Tapes
Movie • 1973
Truck Driver
Saddle the Wind
Movie • 1958
Joe (uncredited)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Movie • 1962
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Cop on the Beat
Movie • 1975
Freddy
Death of a Salesman
Movie • 1966
Stanley
Inside Detroit
Movie • 1955
North by Northwest
Movie • 1959
Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
The Atomic Kid
Movie • 1954
Wildcat Hooper
The Alphabet Conspiracy
Movie • 1959
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Movie • 1956
Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Movie • 1974
The Wizard of Baghdad
Movie • 1961
Warden Kvetch
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Movie • 1972
Stomach Operator
Double Trouble
Movie • 1967
Captain Roach
Lilies of the Field
Movie • 1963
Juan Acolito
Act of Vengeance
Movie • 1974
Bernie / Foul Mouth
The Seven Minutes
Movie • 1971
Irwin Blair
One Foot in Hell
Movie • 1960
Pete (uncredited)
Black Patch
Movie • 1957
Drummer
The Errand Boy
Movie • 1961
Grumpy
Wild and Wonderful
Movie • 1964
Mayor of Man La Loquet
Hell's Horizon
Movie • 1955
Dixie
Another Nice Mess
Movie • 1972
President of Persia
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Movie • 2016
(archive footage)
Love Hate Love
Movie • 1971
Wally
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Movie • 1956
Pirelli
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie • 1964
Bernie (uncredited)
Every Man Needs One
Movie • 1972
Bus Driver
Woman in the Rain
Movie • 1976
Noodles
Banyon
Movie • 1971
Eddie Dolan
Operation Moonshot
Movie • 1963
The Gazebo
Movie • 1960
Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Ralph Campbell
Garrison's Gorillas
TV • 1967
The Gallant Men
TV • 1962
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Cyrano Jones
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Lou Manzini
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Pinky Ferguson
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Sure-Shot Wilson
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Batman
TV • 1966
Captain Courageous
Gilligan's Island
TV • 1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Star Trek
TV • 1973
Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Pirelli
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Jack Crandall
Mannix
TV • 1967
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Rollo
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Tybo
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Ross
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Pancho Morado
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Felix
Emergency!
TV • 1972
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Jensen
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Laredo
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Detective Berger
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
TV • 1966
The Monroes
TV • 1966
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
The Lawless Years
TV • 1959
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
My Mother the Car
TV • 1965
Lancer
TV • 1968
Thriller
TV • 1960
Mr. Schwenk
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Vito Conte
M Squad
TV • 1957
Ed - Bartender
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
TV • 1968
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Wendy and Me
TV • 1964
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
TV • 1956
Garreaux
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The Rat Patrol
TV • 1966
El Gamil
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Ila Klarpe
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Captain Morgan
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Larry Gruber
The Detectives
TV • 1959
The Bill Dana Show
TV • 1963
Honey West
TV • 1965
Tobias Quinn
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Blake
The Bing Crosby Show
TV • 1964
Tightrope
TV • 1959
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Alexander Shoates
The Court of Last Resort
TV • 1957
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
TV • 2016
Himself
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Morris
Tallahassee 7000
TV • 1961
Not for Hire
TV • 1959
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Maverick
TV • 1957
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Bartender
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Mike
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Bartender
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Charlie Rath
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Fred Ludden
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Louie
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Harry Norton
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Union Leader
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Cholly Luke
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Mr. Stephens
Thicker than Water
TV • 1973
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Ed
Mannix
TV • 1967
Chip
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
McHale's Navy
TV • 1962
The Chief
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
A.C. the Movie Director /Dept. Store Manager
Hey Mulligan
TV • 1954
Alec Damos
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Monte West
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Jerry Richman
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Square John McWayde
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Morelli
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Cyrano Jones