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)
Acting (60 movies)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
Critic's Choice
1963
Nevada Smith
1966
North to Alaska
1960
The Outsider
1961
The Night Stalker
1972
Calling Homicide
1956
Hell Bound
1957
Looking for Love
1964
Dixie Dynamite
1976
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
Valerie
1957
Thunder Alley
1967
The Grasshopper
1970
Pirates of Tortuga
1961
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
Trooper Hook
1957
Ship of Fools
1965
The Clones
1973
13 West Street
1962
The Killer Is Loose
1956
High School Big Shot
1959
The Bold and the Brave
1956
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971
A House Is Not a Home
1964
Hell Ship Mutiny
1957
The Rat Race
1960
I Married a Woman
1958
The Norliss Tapes
1973
Saddle the Wind
1958
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
Cop on the Beat
1975
Death of a Salesman
1966
Inside Detroit
1956
North by Northwest
1959
The Atomic Kid
1954
The Alphabet Conspiracy
1959
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
The Wizard of Baghdad
1961
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
Double Trouble
1967
Lilies of the Field
1963
Act of Vengeance
1974
The Seven Minutes
1971
One Foot in Hell
1960
Black Patch
1957
The Errand Boy
1961
Wild and Wonderful
1964
Hell's Horizon
1955
Another Nice Mess
1972
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
Love Hate Love
1971
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
Every Man Needs One
1972
Banyon
1971
The Gazebo
1960
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