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 | 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 | Thicker than Water | 1973-06-13 | |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
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 | Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Granger | 1971-07-01 |
Movie | The Seven Minutes | Irwin Blair | 1971-07-23 |
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 | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The Mod Squad | 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 |
Movie | Nevada Smith | Storekeeper | 1966-06-10 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Series | The Rat Patrol | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
Series | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
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 |
Movie | When the Boys Meet the Girls | Lank | 1965-10-10 |
Series | Honey West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Movie | A House Is Not a Home | Harry | 1964-08-12 |
Movie | Wild and Wonderful | Mayor of Man La Loquet | 1964-06-09 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Movie | Looking for Love | Employment Service Official (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 |
Series | The Addams Family | Unknown | 1964-09-18 |
Series | Wendy and Me | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Series | Gilligan's Island | Unknown | 1964-09-26 |
Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Bernie (uncredited) | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
Movie | Lilies of the Field | Juan Acolito | 1963-06-04 |
Movie | Critic's Choice | Bartender | 1963-02-24 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Bill Dana Show | Unknown | 1963-09-22 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | 13 West Street | Finney | 1962-02-23 |
Movie | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Perelli (as Stan Adams) | 1962-10-16 |
Series | The Gallant Men | Unknown | 1962-10-05 |
Movie | Pirates of Tortuga | Montbars | 1961-08-25 |
Movie | The Wizard of Baghdad | Warden Kvetch | 1961-03-03 |
Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Unknown | 1961-01-24 |
Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The Outsider | Noomie | 1961-12-27 |
Movie | The Errand Boy | Grumpy | 1961-11-28 |
Movie | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Rusty Trawler | 1961-10-06 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | One Foot in Hell | Pete (uncredited) | 1960-09-11 |
Movie | The Rat Race | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1960-07-10 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Movie | North to Alaska | Breezy | 1960-11-07 |
Series | Checkmate | Cholly Luke | 1960-09-17 |
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 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | The Lawless Years | Unknown | 1959-04-16 |
Movie | The Alphabet Conspiracy | 1959-01-26 | |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Series | Not for Hire | Unknown | 1959-10-23 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Dennis the Menace | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | High School Big Shot | Harry March | 1959-10-16 |
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 | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Black Patch | Drummer | 1957-09-15 |
Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Movie | Valerie | Dr. Jackson | 1957-08-01 |
Movie | Trooper Hook | Heathcliff | 1957-07-12 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | M Squad | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Movie | Hell Ship Mutiny | Roxy | 1957-12-06 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Second Counselor (uncredited) | 1957-11-26 |
Series | The Court of Last Resort | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | Hell Bound | Herbert Fay Jr. | 1957-10-01 |
Movie | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Romolo's Attorney (uncredited) | 1956-07-04 |
Movie | Inside Detroit | 1956-01-01 | |
Movie | The Bold and the Brave | Master Sergeant | 1956-01-04 |
Movie | Calling Homicide | Peter von Elda (uncredited) | 1956-09-30 |
Series | The Adventures of Hiram Holliday | Garreaux | 1956-10-03 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
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 |