Stanley Adams
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)
148 acting credits
Acting · 148
Perry Mason
1957
Mannix
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Star Trek
1966
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
The Rifleman
1958
Wagon Train
1957
Maverick
1957
Adam-12
1968
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
Dr. Kildare
1961
Emergency!
1972
Petticoat Junction
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Ben Casey
1961
The Odd Couple
1970
Medical Center
1969
Burke's Law
1963
Rawhide
1959
The Lucy Show
1962
Matinee Theater
1955
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Lost in Space
1965
Thriller
1960
The Name of the Game
1968
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Peter Gunn
1958
The Addams Family
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Detectives
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959
Checkmate
1960
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Mod Squad
1968
Laredo
1965
Playhouse 90
1956
Lancer
1968
M Squad
1957
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Startime
1959
Honey West
1965
McHale's Navy
1962
Riverboat
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
December Bride
1954
87th Precinct
1961
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Sam Benedict
1962
Tightrope
1959
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Pete and Gladys
1960
The New Breed
1961
The Gallant Men
1962
The Outsider
1968
The Rat Patrol
1966
The Thin Man
1957
The Lawless Years
1959
The Monroes
1966
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Star Trek
1973
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
North by Northwest
1959
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968
Wendy and Me
1964
My Mother the Car
1965
General Electric Theater
1953
The Bill Dana Show
1963
Hey Mulligan
1954
Not for Hire
1959
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tallahassee 7000
1961
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
The Court of Last Resort
1957
Nevada Smith
1966
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
The Night Stalker
1972
North to Alaska
1960
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Lilies of the Field
1963
Ship of Fools
1965
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
Saddle the Wind
1958
The Gazebo
1959
The Seven Minutes
1971
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962
The Errand Boy
1961
Thicker than Water
1973
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
The Grasshopper
1970
13 West Street
1962
Double Trouble
1967
Valerie
1957
Death of a Salesman
1966
Critic's Choice
1963
Hell Bound
1957
The Norliss Tapes
1973
Act of Vengeance
1974
The Killer Is Loose
1956
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
Inside Detroit
1955
The Outsider
1961
The Rat Race
1960
Thunder Alley
1967
The Atomic Kid
1954
The Clones
1973
A House Is Not a Home
1964
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
High School Big Shot
1959
Love Hate Love
1971
Pirates of Tortuga
1961
Black Patch
1957
Looking for Love
1964
Trooper Hook
1957
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
One Foot in Hell
1960
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
The Wizard of Baghdad
1961
Banyon
1971
Cop on the Beat
1975
Move
1970
The Bold and the Brave
1956
Dixie Dynamite
1976
Calling Homicide
1956
Wild and Wonderful
1964
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967
I Married a Woman
1958
Every Man Needs One
1972
Woman in the Rain
1976
The Alphabet Conspiracy
1959
Hell Ship Mutiny
1957
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971
Another Nice Mess
1972
Hell's Horizon
1955
Operation Moonshot
1963