
Stanley Adams
Born April 7, 1915 · New York City, New York, USA
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)
Notable Appearances
Movies

North by Northwest

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

The Errand Boy

The Night Stalker

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Ship of Fools

Nevada Smith

Lilies of the Field

Hell on Frisco Bay

Fate Is the Hunter

North to Alaska

The Wizard of Baghdad

Requiem for a Heavyweight

The Rat Race

The Gazebo

Saddle the Wind

13 West Street

Double Trouble

The Seven Minutes

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

A House Is Not a Home

One Foot in Hell

The Killer Is Loose

Cop on the Beat

Critic's Choice

Death of a Salesman

Act of Vengeance

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Valerie

The Outsider

When the Boys Meet the Girls

High School Big Shot

The Bold and the Brave

Banyon

The Grasshopper

I Married a Woman

Trooper Hook

Every Man Needs One

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Love Hate Love

The Clones

Inside Detroit

The Norliss Tapes

Hell Bound

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

Looking for Love

The Atomic Kid

Thunder Alley

Black Patch

Pirates of Tortuga

Another Nice Mess

Wild and Wonderful

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Move

Hell Ship Mutiny

Hell's Horizon

Calling Homicide

Dixie Dynamite

The Alphabet Conspiracy
TV Shows

The Andy Griffith Show

Wagon Train

Adam-12

Star Trek

Have Gun, Will Travel

Maverick

Dr. Kildare

The Twilight Zone

Batman

The Rifleman

Emergency!

Matinee Theater

The Donna Reed Show

The Red Skelton Show

Petticoat Junction

Ben Casey

The Name of the Game

The Lucy Show

Medical Center

Rawhide

Burke's Law

Gunsmoke

Lost in Space

The Ed Sullivan Show

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Thriller

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Odd Couple

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Peter Gunn

The Detectives

The Mod Squad

Dennis the Menace

The Addams Family

Laredo

Gilligan's Island

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

M Squad

Playhouse 90

Honey West

Startime

Lancer

McHale's Navy

December Bride

Checkmate

Sam Benedict

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Riverboat

Star Trek

87th Precinct

The New Breed

Mr. Lucky

The Thin Man

Pete and Gladys

Tightrope

The Rat Patrol

Garrison's Gorillas

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir


















