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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 7, 1915
Died
April 27, 1977
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Stanley Abramowitz
Stanley Adams
1.0 Popularity
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
1.0
Himself
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
5.7
(archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
🎬
0.0
Noodles
Woman in the Rain
1976
5.4
Dade McCrutchen
Dixie Dynamite
1976
4.1
Freddy
Cop on the Beat
1975
5.0
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
Bartender
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
5.7
Bernie / Foul Mouth
Act of Vengeance
1974
6.8
Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
Star Trek
1973
Credits
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as Himself
2016
1.0
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as (archive footage)
2016
5.7
🎬
Woman in the Rain
as Noodles
1976
0.0
Dixie Dynamite
as Dade McCrutchen
1976
5.4
Cop on the Beat
as Freddy
1975
4.1
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
5.0
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Bartender
1974
7.6
Act of Vengeance
as Bernie / Foul Mouth
1974
5.7
Star Trek
as Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
1973
6.8
The Clones
as Carl Swafford
1973
3.8
🎬
Thicker than Water
1973
0.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Norliss Tapes
as Truck Driver
1973
6.0
Every Man Needs One
as Bus Driver
1972
1.0
Another Nice Mess
as President of Persia
1972
1.0
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Stomach Operator
1972
6.5
Emergency!
1972
7.8
The Night Stalker
as Fred Hurley
1972
6.8
The Seven Minutes
as Irwin Blair
1971
5.5
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
as Granger
1971
5.5
Banyon
as Eddie Dolan
1971
0.0
Love Hate Love
as Wally
1971
5.8
The Odd Couple
as Sure-Shot Wilson
1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Ed
1970
7.8
The Grasshopper
as Buddy Miller
1970
5.1
Love, American Style
1969
6.0
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
Adam-12
as Fred Ludden
1968
7.0
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968
6.4
The Name of the Game
as Mr. Stephens
1968
6.8
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Mannix
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Chip
1967
6.7
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
7.8
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
as Jed Timmons
1967
0.0
Double Trouble
as Captain Roach
1967
5.0
Thunder Alley
as Mac
1967
5.3
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
The Rat Patrol
as El Gamil
1966
7.2
Star Trek
as Cyrano Jones
1966
8.0
The Monroes
1966
5.7
Nevada Smith
as Storekeeper
1966
6.8
Death of a Salesman
as Stanley
1966
5.9
Batman
as Captain Courageous
1966
7.3
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Lank
1965
3.0
Honey West
as Tobias Quinn
1965
7.0
Laredo
1965
6.3
Lost in Space
as Tybo
1965
7.1
My Mother the Car
1965
4.3
The Legend of Jesse James
as Blake
1965
4.8
Ship of Fools
as Hutten
1965
6.5
Fate Is the Hunter
as Bernie (uncredited)
1964
6.4
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.4
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.2
The Addams Family
as Ila Klarpe
1964
8.0
Wendy and Me
1964
0.0
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
5.0
A House Is Not a Home
as Harry
1964
4.5
Looking for Love
as Employment Service Official (uncredited)
1964
5.0
Wild and Wonderful
as Mayor of Man La Loquet
1964
6.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Pinky Ferguson
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Vito Conte
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Jack Crandall
1963
5.8
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Lou Manzini
1963
6.0
Lilies of the Field
as Juan Acolito
1963
7.2
Critic's Choice
as Bartender
1963
5.5
🎬
Operation Moonshot
1963
0.0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Perelli (as Stan Adams)
1962
7.2
McHale's Navy
as The Chief
1962
6.7
The Gallant Men
1962
6.0
The Lucy Show
as Louie
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Harry Norton
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Union Leader
1962
7.0
13 West Street
as Finney
1962
5.5
The Outsider
as Noomie
1961
6.4
The Errand Boy
as Grumpy
1961
6.1
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Rusty Trawler
1961
7.6
The New Breed
as Larry Gruber
1961
7.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Alexander Shoates
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
1961
7.5
Pirates of Tortuga
as Montbars
1961
6.6
The Wizard of Baghdad
as Warden Kvetch
1961
6.0
Tallahassee 7000
1961
0.0
North to Alaska
as Breezy
1960
6.5
The Andy Griffith Show
as Ralph Campbell
1960
7.6
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Checkmate
as Cholly Luke
1960
4.1
Thriller
as Mr. Schwenk
1960
6.4
One Foot in Hell
as Pete (uncredited)
1960
5.3
The Rat Race
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1960
6.6
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
🎬
Not for Hire
1959
0.0
The Detectives
1959
5.6
High School Big Shot
as Harry March
1959
3.2
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
The Twilight Zone
as Rollo
1959
8.4
The Twilight Zone
as Jensen
1959
8.4
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
5.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Morris
1959
6.3
Riverboat
as Captain Morgan
1959
6.2
Tightrope
1959
5.5
North by Northwest
as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
1959
8.0
The Lawless Years
1959
7.0
The Alphabet Conspiracy
1959
6.8
Rawhide
1959
7.2
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
Saddle the Wind
as Joe (uncredited)
1958
6.5
I Married a Woman
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1958
5.8
Hell Ship Mutiny
as Roxy
1957
4.0
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Second Counselor (uncredited)
1957
5.3
🎬
The Court of Last Resort
1957
0.0
Hell Bound
as Herbert Fay Jr.
1957
5.9
Maverick
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Pancho Morado
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Ed - Bartender
1957
5.2
The Thin Man
1957
7.6
Wagon Train
as Monte West
1957
6.3
Black Patch
as Drummer
1957
5.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Valerie
as Dr. Jackson
1957
4.1
Trooper Hook
as Heathcliff
1957
6.6
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Pirelli
1956
7.0
Playhouse 90
as Pirelli
1956
7.6
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
as Garreaux
1956
5.0
Calling Homicide
as Peter von Elda (uncredited)
1956
5.7
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Mike
1956
5.5
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
1956
7.3
The Killer Is Loose
as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
1956
6.6
The Bold and the Brave
as Master Sergeant
1956
5.6
Inside Detroit
1956
6.0
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Hammy
1955
5.2
Hell's Horizon
as Dixie
1955
5.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Detective Berger
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Ross
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Bartender
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Charlie Rath
1955
6.6
The Atomic Kid
as Wildcat Hooper
1954
4.5
🎬
Hey Mulligan
as Alec Damos
1954
6.7
General Electric Theater
as Felix
1953
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
The Red Skelton Show
as A.C. the Movie Director /Dept. Store Manager
1951
7.4
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8