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)
Stanley Adams Biography / Wiki
| Name | Stanley Adams |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | April 07, 1915 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 62 |
| Deathday | 1977-04-27 |
Stanley Adams Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | (archive footage) | 2016-12-05 | Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry’s space opera that hasn’t been uncovere… |
| Death of a Salesman | Stanley | 1966-05-07 | Adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play…. |
| Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Granger | 1971-07-01 | A Mexican bandit and his gang are offered a pardon and a cash reward if he will cross the border into America and bring back a gang of murderous gold … |
| The Alphabet Conspiracy | 1959-01-26 | Dr. Frank Baxter, with the help of The Mad Hatter and Jabberwock, takes young Judy exploring the world of language, in which she finds out that langua… | |
| Dixie Dynamite | Dade McCrutchen | 1976-05-13 | When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him ki… |
| The Clones | Carl Swafford | 1973-08-01 | A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather…. |
| High School Big Shot | Harry March | 1959-10-16 | Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he’s jus… |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight | Perelli (as Stan Adams) | 1962-10-16 | Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet, threa… |
| Another Nice Mess | President of Persia | 1972-08-23 | Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy…. |
| Hell Bound | Herbert Fay Jr. | 1957-10-01 | After WW2, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the… |
| Thunder Alley | Mac | 1967-03-22 | Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen’s thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the c… |
| Hell Ship Mutiny | Roxy | 1957-12-06 | A ship’s captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business…. |
| The Wizard of Baghdad | Warden Kvetch | 1961-03-03 | A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a pro… |
| 13 West Street | Finney | 1962-02-23 | Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previ… |
| Lilies of the Field | Juan | 1963-06-04 | An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked … |
| Pirates of Tortuga | Montbars | 1961-08-25 | After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission by British Admiralty: capture the notorious Henry Morg… |
| The Bold and the Brave | Master Sergeant | 1956-01-04 | An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944…. |
| Love Hate Love | Wally | 1971-02-09 | Ryan O’Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance w… |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight | Pirelli | 1956-10-11 | An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of … |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Second Counselor (uncredited) | 1957-11-26 | The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which … |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s | Rusty Trawler | 1961-10-06 | Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her a… |
| The Night Stalker | Fred Hurley | 1972-01-11 | Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of gruesome murders in Las Vegas. It seems that each victim has been bitten in the neck and d… |
| Trooper Hook | Heathcliff | 1957-07-12 | When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escape… |
| The Rat Race | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1960-07-10 | An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance … |
| The Norliss Tapes | Truck Driver | 1973-02-21 | A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes te… |
| The Outsider | Noomie | 1961-12-27 | Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, w… |
| North to Alaska | Breezy | 1960-11-07 | Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George’s fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and retu… |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Hammy | 1955-12-01 | A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible…. |
| The Atomic Kid | Wildcat Hooper | 1954-12-08 | A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI … |
| The Seven Minutes | Irwin Blair | 1971-07-23 | The Seven Minutes is a steamy book written in 1969. To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material and … |
| One Foot in Hell | Pete (uncredited) | 1960-09-11 | Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can’t pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitc… |
| The Errand Boy | Grumpy | 1961-11-28 | Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mai… |
| Every Man Needs One | Bus Driver | 1972-12-13 | A male chauvinist architect pressured into hiring a feminist as his assistant finds himself falling for her…. |
| Saddle the Wind | Joe (uncredited) | 1958-03-20 | Steve Sinclair is a world a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives… |
| I Married a Woman | Cabbie (uncredited) | 1958-03-01 | Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake…. |
| Valerie | Dr. Jackson | 1957-08-01 | After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court whe… |
| The Killer Is Loose | Honor Farm Guard (uncredited) | 1956-02-03 | A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accident… |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | Romolo’s Attorney (uncredited) | 1956-07-04 | The story of boxer Rocky Graziano’s rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ…. |
| Act of Vengeance | Bernie / Foul Mouth | 1974-01-02 | A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims form a squad that targets would-be rapists, all the whil… |
| Calling Homicide | Peter von Elda | 1956-09-30 | Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?… |
| Double Trouble | Captain Roach | 1967-04-05 | When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer…. |
| Black Patch | Drummer | 1957-09-15 | A New Mexico Town Marshal, Clay Morgan, known as ‘Black Patch’ since he had lost an eye in the Civil War, takes his job seriously, especially after an… |
| Hell’s Horizon | Dixie | 1955-12-31 | The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather…. |
| Wild and Wonderful | Mayor of Man La Loquet | 1964-06-09 | Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her … |
| Looking for Love | Employment Service Official (uncredited) | 1964-08-05 | An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack…. |
| The Grasshopper | Buddy Miller | 1970-05-27 | A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas…. |
| Cop on the Beat | Freddy | 1975-05-06 | An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from “Police Story”) for the 1… |
| Inside Detroit | 1956-01-01 | Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vick… | |
| A House Is Not a Home | Harry | 1964-08-12 | Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York’s most successful bordello madams of the 1920s…. |
| Fate Is the Hunter | Bernie (uncredited) | 1964-11-08 | A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to u… |
| When the Boys Meet the Girls | Lank | 1965-10-10 | A playboy helps a young woman turn her father’s Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees…. |
| Critic’s Choice | Bartender | 1963-04-13 | Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewin… |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | Stomach Operator | 1972-08-06 | A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of th… |
| Ship of Fools | Hutten | 1965-07-29 | Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship’s Dr…. |
| Nevada Smith | Storekeeper | 1966-06-10 | Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and… |
| North by Northwest | Lieutenant Harding (uncredited) | 1959-07-08 | Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase…. |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Writer | Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain … | ||
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