Stanley Adams
Acting
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)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
(archive footage)
Woman in the Rain
Noodles
Dixie Dynamite
Dade McCrutchen
Cop on the Beat
Freddy
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Act of Vengeance
Bernie / Foul Mouth
The Clones
Carl Swafford
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
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 Grasshopper
Buddy Miller
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Jed Timmons
Double Trouble
Captain Roach
Thunder Alley
Mac
Nevada Smith
Storekeeper
Death of a Salesman
Stanley
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Lank
Ship of Fools
Hutten
Fate Is the Hunter
Bernie (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home
Harry
Looking for Love
Employment Service Official (uncredited)
Wild and Wonderful
Mayor of Man La Loquet
Lilies of the Field
Juan Acolito
Critic's Choice
Bartender
Operation Moonshot
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
13 West Street
Finney
The Outsider
Noomie
The Errand Boy
Grumpy
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rusty Trawler
Pirates of Tortuga
Montbars
The Wizard of Baghdad
Warden Kvetch
North to Alaska
Breezy
One Foot in Hell
Pete (uncredited)
The Rat Race
Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Gazebo
Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
High School Big Shot
Harry March
North by Northwest
Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
The Alphabet Conspiracy
Saddle the Wind
Joe (uncredited)
I Married a Woman
Cabbie (uncredited)
Hell Ship Mutiny
Roxy
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Second Counselor (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Herbert Fay Jr.
Black Patch
Drummer
Valerie
Dr. Jackson
Trooper Hook
Heathcliff
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Pirelli
Calling Homicide
Peter von Elda (uncredited)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
The Killer Is Loose
Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
The Bold and the Brave
Master Sergeant
Hell's Horizon
Dixie
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hammy
Inside Detroit
The Atomic Kid
Wildcat Hooper