Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 7, 1915
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Dixie Dynamite | Dade McCrutchen |
| 1976 | Woman in the Rain | Noodles |
| 1975 | Cop on the Beat | Freddy |
| 1974 | The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat | |
| 1974 | Act of Vengeance | Bernie / Foul Mouth |
| 1973 | The Clones | Carl Swafford |
| 1973 | The Norliss Tapes | Truck Driver |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Fred Hurley |
| 1972 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | Stomach Operator |
| 1972 | Another Nice Mess | President of Persia |
| 1972 | Every Man Needs One | Bus Driver |
| 1971 | Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Granger |
| 1971 | The Seven Minutes | Irwin Blair |
| 1971 | Love Hate Love | Wally |
| 1971 | Banyon | Eddie Dolan |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper | Buddy Miller |
| 1967 | Thunder Alley | Mac |
| 1967 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Jed Timmons |
| 1967 | Double Trouble | Captain Roach |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Storekeeper |
| 1966 | Death of a Salesman | Stanley |
| 1965 | When the Boys Meet the Girls | Lank |
| 1965 | Ship of Fools | Hutten |
| 1964 | Looking for Love | Employment Service Official (uncredited) |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Harry |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful | Mayor of Man La Loquet |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Bernie (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Critic's Choice | Bartender |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Juan Acolito |
| 1963 | Operation Moonshot | |
| 1962 | 13 West Street | Finney |
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Perelli (as Stan Adams) |
| 1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | Rusty Trawler |
| 1961 | The Outsider | Noomie |
| 1961 | Pirates of Tortuga | Montbars |
| 1961 | The Wizard of Baghdad | Warden Kvetch |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Grumpy |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Breezy |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell | Pete (uncredited) |
| 1959 | High School Big Shot | Harry March |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Lieutenant Harding (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Alphabet Conspiracy | |
| 1958 | I Married a Woman | Cabbie (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Hell Bound | Herbert Fay Jr. |
| 1957 | Valerie | Dr. Jackson |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Second Counselor (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | Heathcliff |
| 1957 | Hell Ship Mutiny | Roxy |
| 1957 | Black Patch | Drummer |
| 1956 | Calling Homicide | Peter von Elda (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Honor Farm Guard (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Bold and the Brave | Master Sergeant |
| 1956 | Inside Detroit | |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Romolo's Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Pirelli |
| 1955 | Hell on Frisco Bay | Hammy |
| 1955 | Hell's Horizon | Dixie |
| 1954 | The Atomic Kid | Wildcat Hooper |