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Stanley Adams
New York City, New York, USA
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 Ti…
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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)
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2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Movie (archive footage)
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2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
TV show Himself
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Cyrano Jones
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1976
Woman in the Rain
Movie Noodles
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1976
Dixie Dynamite
Movie Dade McCrutchen
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1975
Cop on the Beat
Movie Freddy
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1974
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Movie (voice)
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1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV show
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1974
Act of Vengeance
Movie Bernie / Foul Mouth
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1973
Star Trek
TV show Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
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1973
The Clones
Movie Carl Swafford
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1973
Thicker than Water
TV show Dr. Hale
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1973
The Norliss Tapes
Movie Truck Driver
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1972
Every Man Needs One
Movie Bus Driver
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1972
Another Nice Mess
Movie President of Persia
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1972
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Movie Stomach Operator
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1972
Emergency!
TV show
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1972
The Night Stalker
Movie Fred Hurley
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1971
The Seven Minutes
Movie Irwin Blair
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1971
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
Movie Granger
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1971
Banyon
Movie Eddie Dolan
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1971
Love Hate Love
Movie Wally
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1970
The Odd Couple
TV show Sure-Shot Wilson
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1970
Move
Movie New Tenant
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1970
The Grasshopper
Movie Buddy Miller
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show
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1969
Medical Center
TV show
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1968
The Mod Squad
TV show
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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Fred Ludden
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1968
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
TV show
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Mr. Stephens
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1968
The Outsider
TV show
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1967
Mannix
TV show
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1967
Hondo
TV show Writer
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1967
Garrison's Gorillas
TV show
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1967
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Movie Jed Timmons
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1967
Double Trouble
Movie Captain Roach
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1967
Thunder Alley
Movie Mac
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1966
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
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