Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
147
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-04-07 (110 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2016

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault as (archive footage)

1976

Dixie Dynamite as Dade McCrutchen

1976

Woman in the Rain as Noodles

1975

Cop on the Beat as Freddy

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Not available

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Bartender

1974

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat as Not available

1974

Act of Vengeance as Bernie / Foul Mouth

1973

Police Story as Not available

1973

Star Trek as Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)

1973

Thicker than Water as Not available

1973

The Norliss Tapes as Truck Driver

1973

The Clones as Carl Swafford

1972

Emergency! as Not available

1972

The Night Stalker as Fred Hurley

1972

Every Man Needs One as Bus Driver

1972

Another Nice Mess as President of Persia

1971

Banyon as Eddie Dolan

1971

The Seven Minutes as Irwin Blair

1971

Love Hate Love as Wally

1970

The Odd Couple as Sure-Shot Wilson

1970

The Odd Couple as Ed

1970

The Grasshopper as Buddy Miller

1969

Love, American Style as Not available

1969

Medical Center as Not available

1968

Adam-12 as Fred Ludden

1968

The Name of the Game as Mr. Stephens

1968

The Mod Squad as Not available

1968

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir as Not available

1968

Lancer as Not available

1968

The Outsider as Not available

1967

Mannix as Not available

1967

Mannix as Chip

1967

Garrison's Gorillas as Not available

1967

Double Trouble as Captain Roach

1967

Thunder Alley as Mac

1967

Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Jed Timmons

1966

Batman as Captain Courageous

1966

Star Trek as Cyrano Jones

1966

The Rat Patrol as El Gamil

1966

The Monroes as Not available

1966

Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Not available

1966

Nevada Smith as Storekeeper

1966

Death of a Salesman as Stanley

1965

Lost in Space as Tybo

1965

Laredo as Not available

1965

Honey West as Tobias Quinn

1965

My Mother the Car as Not available

1965

Ship of Fools as Hutten

1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Not available

1964

Gilligan's Island as Not available

1964

The Addams Family as Ila Klarpe

1964

The Bing Crosby Show as Not available

1964

Wendy and Me as Not available

1964

Fate Is the Hunter as Bernie (uncredited)

1964

Wild and Wonderful as Mayor of Man La Loquet

1964

A House Is Not a Home as Harry

1964

Looking for Love as Employment Service Official (uncredited)

1963

Petticoat Junction as Jack Crandall

1963

Burke's Law as Lou Manzini

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Pinky Ferguson

1963

The Bill Dana Show as Not available

1963

Lilies of the Field as Juan Acolito

1963

Critic's Choice as Bartender

1962

The Lucy Show as Louie

1962

The Lucy Show as Harry Norton

1962

The Lucy Show as Union Leader

1962

The Gallant Men as Not available

1962

Requiem for a Heavyweight as Perelli (as Stan Adams)

1962

13 West Street as Finney

1961

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Alexander Shoates

1961

Ben Casey as Not available

1961

87th Precinct as Not available

1961

The New Breed as Larry Gruber

1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's as Rusty Trawler

1961

Tallahassee 7000 as Not available

1961

The Errand Boy as Grumpy

1961

The Outsider as Noomie

1961

Pirates of Tortuga as Montbars

1961

The Wizard of Baghdad as Warden Kvetch

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Ralph Campbell

1960

Thriller as Mr. Schwenk

1960

Checkmate as Cholly Luke

1960

Pete and Gladys as Not available

1960

North to Alaska as Breezy

1960

The Rat Race as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1960

One Foot in Hell as Pete (uncredited)

1959

The Twilight Zone as Rollo

1959

The Twilight Zone as Jensen

1959

Dennis the Menace as Not available

1959

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Not available

1959

Rawhide as Not available

1959

The Detectives as Not available

1959

The Lawless Years as Not available

1959

Mr. Lucky as Not available

1959

Not for Hire as Not available

1959

Riverboat as Captain Morgan

1959

North by Northwest as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

1959

Tightrope as Not available

1959

High School Big Shot as Harry March

1959

The Alphabet Conspiracy as Not available

1958

The Rifleman as Not available

1958

The Donna Reed Show as Not available

1958

Peter Gunn as Not available

1958

Saddle the Wind as Joe (uncredited)

1958

I Married a Woman as Cabbie (uncredited)

1957

Perry Mason as Pancho Morado

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Not available

1957

Maverick as Not available

1957

The Thin Man as Not available

1957

M Squad as Ed - Bartender

1957

The Court of Last Resort as Not available

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Second Counselor (uncredited)

1957

Black Patch as Drummer

1957

Hell Bound as Herbert Fay Jr.

1957

Valerie as Dr. Jackson

1957

Trooper Hook as Heathcliff

1957

Hell Ship Mutiny as Roxy

1956

Playhouse 90 as Pirelli

1956

Hey, Jeannie! as Mike

1956

Somebody Up There Likes Me as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)

1956

Inside Detroit as Not available

1956

The Killer Is Loose as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

1956

Calling Homicide as Peter von Elda (uncredited)

1956

The Bold and the Brave as Master Sergeant

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Detective Berger

1955

Matinee Theater as Not available

1955

Gunsmoke as Ross

1955

Gunsmoke as Bartender

1955

Gunsmoke as Charlie Rath

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay as Hammy

1955

Hell's Horizon as Dixie

1954

The Atomic Kid as Wildcat Hooper

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Not available
Crew

1966

Star Trek Writer