Cast
Stanley Adams
Acting
Cast
Stanley Adams
Known for
Acting
Born
1915-04-07
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1977-04-27
Also known as Stanley Abramowitz
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)
★7.6
MOVIE1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Rusty Trawler
★8.0
MOVIE1959
North by Northwest
as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1961
The Wizard of Baghdad
as Warden Kvetch
★6.9
MOVIE1972
The Night Stalker
as Fred Hurley
★6.5
MOVIE1972
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Stomach Operator
★4.6
MOVIE1957
Valerie
as Dr. Jackson
★6.8
MOVIE1960
The Rat Race
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1966
Nevada Smith
as Storekeeper
★6.6
MOVIE1965
Ship of Fools
as Hutten
★7.2
MOVIE1962
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Perelli (as Stan Adams)
★7.2
MOVIE1963
Lilies of the Field
as Juan Acolito
★7.2
MOVIE1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1971
The Seven Minutes
as Irwin Blair
★6.5
MOVIE1964
Fate Is the Hunter
as Bernie (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1959
The Gazebo
as Dan Shelby (voice) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1960
North to Alaska
as Breezy
★9.0
MOVIE1971
Banyon
as Eddie Dolan
★6.2
MOVIE1973
The Norliss Tapes
as Truck Driver
★5.1
MOVIE1974
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
as (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1958
I Married a Woman
as Cabbie (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1970
The Grasshopper
as Buddy Miller
★5.9
MOVIE1971
Love Hate Love
as Wally
★6.2
MOVIE1961
The Errand Boy
as Grumpy
★5.8
MOVIE1964
Looking for Love
as Employment Service Official (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1961
Pirates of Tortuga
as Montbars
★5.7
MOVIE1974
Act of Vengeance
as Bernie / Foul Mouth
★5.6
MOVIE1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Second Counselor (uncredited)
★4.6
MOVIE1973
The Clones
as Carl Swafford
★6.7
MOVIE1958
Saddle the Wind
as Joe (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1967
Double Trouble
as Captain Roach
★6.1
MOVIE1962
13 West Street
as Finney
★6.7
MOVIE1956
The Killer Is Loose
as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1954
The Atomic Kid
as Wildcat Hooper
★5.3
MOVIE1955
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Hammy
★5.3
MOVIE1960
One Foot in Hell
as Pete (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1961
The Outsider
as Noomie
★5.6
MOVIE1963
Critic's Choice
as Bartender
★5.2
MOVIE1976
Dixie Dynamite
as Dade McCrutchen
★5.3
MOVIE1967
Thunder Alley
as Mac
★5.9
MOVIE1957
Black Patch
as Drummer
★4.8
MOVIE1964
A House Is Not a Home
as Harry
★7.0
MOVIE1964
Wild and Wonderful
as Mayor of Man La Loquet
MOVIE1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
as Jed Timmons
★4.7
MOVIE1975
Cop on the Beat
as Freddy
★6.4
MOVIE1966
Death of a Salesman
as Stanley
★5.5
MOVIE1957
Hell Ship Mutiny
as Roxy
★6.7
MOVIE1957
Trooper Hook
as Heathcliff
★4.0
MOVIE1972
Another Nice Mess
as President of Persia
★4.0
MOVIE1972
Every Man Needs One
as Bus Driver
★6.2
MOVIE1956
The Bold and the Brave
as Master Sergeant
★6.1
MOVIE1956
Calling Homicide
as Peter von Elda (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1957
Hell Bound
as Herbert Fay Jr.
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Pirelli
★5.5
MOVIE1970
Move
as New Tenant
★7.1
MOVIE1959
The Alphabet Conspiracy
as Theatrical Agent
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Woman in the Rain
as Noodles
★5.7
MOVIE1955
Hell's Horizon
as Dixie
★4.8
MOVIE1965
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Lank
MOVIE1963
Operation Moonshot
★3.5
MOVIE1959
High School Big Shot
as Harry March
★6.5
MOVIE1955
Inside Detroit
★6.7
MOVIE1971
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
as Granger