Stanley Adams

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1915-04-07

Deathday 1977-04-27 (62 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Stanley Abramowitz

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

Actor

1976
Dixie Dynamite

as Dade McCrutchen

1975
Cop on the Beat

as Freddy

1974
Act of Vengeance

as Bernie / Foul Mouth

1973
The Clones

as Carl Swafford

1973
The Norliss Tapes

as Truck Driver

1973
Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)

1972
Every Man Needs One

as Bus Driver

1972
Another Nice Mess

as President of Persia

1972
The Night Stalker

as Fred Hurley

1971
The Seven Minutes

as Irwin Blair

1971
Banyon

as Eddie Dolan

1971
1970
The Grasshopper

as Buddy Miller

1970
The Odd Couple

as Sure-Shot Wilson

1970
1968
1968
Adam-12

as Fred Ludden

1968
The Name of the Game

as Mr. Stephens

1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Jed Timmons

1967
Double Trouble

as Captain Roach

1967
1967
1967
Mannix

as Chip

1966
Nevada Smith

as Storekeeper

1966
1966
The Rat Patrol

as El Gamil

1966
Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones

1966
Batman

as Captain Courageous

1965
Ship of Fools

as Hutten

1965
Honey West

as Tobias Quinn

1965
1965
1964
Fate Is the Hunter

as Bernie (uncredited)

1964
Looking for Love

as Employment Service Official (uncredited)

1964
Wild and Wonderful

as Mayor of Man La Loquet

1964
The Addams Family

as Ila Klarpe

1963
Lilies of the Field

as Juan Acolito

1963
Critic's Choice

as Bartender

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Pinky Ferguson

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Jack Crandall

1963
Burke's Law

as Lou Manzini

1962
Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Perelli (as Stan Adams)

1962
13 West Street

as Finney

1962
The Lucy Show

as Louie

1962
The Lucy Show

as Harry Norton

1962
The Lucy Show

as Union Leader

1961
The Outsider

as Noomie

1961
The Errand Boy

as Grumpy

1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's

as Rusty Trawler

1961
Pirates of Tortuga

as Montbars

1961
The Wizard of Baghdad

as Warden Kvetch

1961
The New Breed

as Larry Gruber

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Alexander Shoates

1960
North to Alaska

as Breezy

1960
One Foot in Hell

as Pete (uncredited)

1960
The Rat Race

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Ralph Campbell

1960
Checkmate

as Cholly Luke

1960
Thriller

as Mr. Schwenk

1959
High School Big Shot

as Harry March

1959
North by Northwest

as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)

1959
1959
1959
Riverboat

as Captain Morgan

1958
Saddle the Wind

as Joe (uncredited)

1958
I Married a Woman

as Cabbie (uncredited)

1957
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Second Counselor (uncredited)

1957
Hell Bound

as Herbert Fay Jr.

1957
Black Patch

as Drummer

1957
Valerie

as Dr. Jackson

1957
Trooper Hook

as Heathcliff

1957
Perry Mason

as Pancho Morado

1957
M Squad

as Ed - Bartender

1956
Calling Homicide

as Peter von Elda (uncredited)

1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me

as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)

1956
The Killer Is Loose

as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

1956
The Bold and the Brave

as Master Sergeant

1956
Playhouse 90

as Pirelli

1956
1955
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Detective Berger

1955
Gunsmoke

as Ross

1955
Gunsmoke

as Bartender

1955
Gunsmoke

as Charlie Rath

1954
The Atomic Kid

as Wildcat Hooper

Writer

1966
Star Trek

as Writer