Stanley Adams
Actor
Born April 7, 1915 in 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.
Filmography
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
(archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Himself
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Cyrano Jones
Dixie Dynamite
Dade McCrutchen
Cop on the Beat
Freddy
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
(voice)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Act of Vengeance
Bernie / Foul Mouth
Star Trek
Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
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
Emergency!
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 Odd Couple
Sure-Shot Wilson
Move
New Tenant
The Grasshopper
Buddy Miller
Love, American Style
Medical Center
The Mod Squad
Lancer
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Adam-12
Fred Ludden
The Name of the Game
Mr. Stephens
The Outsider
Mannix
Hondo
Garrison's Gorillas
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Jed Timmons
Double Trouble
Captain Roach
Thunder Alley
Mac
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
T.H.E. Cat
The Rat Patrol
El Gamil
Star Trek
Cyrano Jones
The Monroes
Nevada Smith
Storekeeper
Death of a Salesman
Stanley
Batman
Captain Courageous
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Lank
Honey West
Tobias Quinn
Laredo
Lost in Space
Tybo
My Mother the Car
The Legend of Jesse James
Blake
Ship of Fools
Hutten
Fate Is the Hunter
Bernie (uncredited)
Gilligan's Island
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Addams Family
Ila Klarpe
Wendy and Me
The Bing Crosby Show
A House Is Not a Home
Harry
Looking for Love
Employment Service Official (uncredited)
Wild and Wonderful
Mayor of Man La Loquet
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Pinky Ferguson
Petticoat Junction
Jack Crandall
The Bill Dana Show
Burke's Law
Lou Manzini
Lilies of the Field
Juan Acolito
Critic's Choice
Bartender
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Perelli (as Stan Adams)
McHale's Navy
The Chief
The Gallant Men
The Lucy Show
Louie
Sam Benedict
Square John McWayde
13 West Street
Finney
The Outsider
Noomie
The Errand Boy
Grumpy
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rusty Trawler
The New Breed
Larry Gruber
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Alexander Shoates
87th Precinct
Pirates of Tortuga
Montbars
The Wizard of Baghdad
Warden Kvetch
Tallahassee 7000
North to Alaska
Breezy
The Andy Griffith Show
Ralph Campbell
Pete and Gladys
Checkmate
Cholly Luke
Thriller
Mr. Schwenk
One Foot in Hell
Pete (uncredited)
The Rat Race
Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Gazebo
Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
High School Big Shot
Harry March
The Detectives
Startime
Dale
Dennis the Menace
Jerry Richman
The Twilight Zone
Rollo
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Morelli
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Morris
Riverboat
Captain Morgan
Tightrope
North by Northwest
Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
The Lawless Years
The Alphabet Conspiracy
Theatrical Agent
Rawhide
The Rifleman
The Donna Reed Show
Peter Gunn
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.
Maverick
Perry Mason
Pancho Morado
The Thin Man
M Squad
Ed - Bartender
Wagon Train
Monte West
Black Patch
Drummer
Have Gun, Will Travel
Valerie
Dr. Jackson
Trooper Hook
Heathcliff
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Pirelli
Playhouse 90
Pirelli
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
Garreaux
Calling Homicide
Peter von Elda (uncredited)
Hey, Jeannie!
Mike
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 on Frisco Bay
Hammy
Hell's Horizon
Dixie
Inside Detroit
Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Detective Berger
Gunsmoke
Ross
The Atomic Kid
Wildcat Hooper
December Bride
Henry Clark
General Electric Theater
Felix
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Red Skelton Show
AC / Store Manager
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self