1915-04-07 ( 109 years old ) in 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 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)
Movies
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05
Woman in the Rain
1976-09-01
Dixie Dynamite
1976-05-13
Cop on the Beat
1975-05-06
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974-09-18
Act of Vengeance
1974-01-02
The Clones
1973-08-01
The Norliss Tapes
1973-02-21
Every Man Needs One
1972-12-13
Another Nice Mess
1972-08-23
The Night Stalker
1972-01-11
The Seven Minutes
1971-07-23
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971-07-01
Banyon
1971-03-15
Love Hate Love
1971-02-09
The Grasshopper
1970-05-27
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1967-09-05
Double Trouble
1967-04-05
Thunder Alley
1967-03-22
Nevada Smith
1966-06-10
Death of a Salesman
1966-05-07
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965-10-10
Ship of Fools
1965-07-29
Fate Is the Hunter
1964-11-08
A House Is Not a Home
1964-08-12
Looking for Love
1964-08-05
Wild and Wonderful
1964-06-09
Lilies of the Field
1963-06-04
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962-10-16
13 West Street
1962-02-23
The Outsider
1961-12-27
The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961-10-06
Pirates of Tortuga
1961-08-25
The Wizard of Baghdad
1961-03-03
North to Alaska
1960-11-07
One Foot in Hell
1960-09-11
The Rat Race
1960-07-10
High School Big Shot
1959-10-16
North by Northwest
1959-07-08
The Alphabet Conspiracy
1959-01-26
Saddle the Wind
1958-03-20
I Married a Woman
1958-03-01
Hell Ship Mutiny
1957-12-06
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957-11-26
Hell Bound
1957-10-01
Black Patch
1957-09-15
Valerie
1957-08-01
Trooper Hook
1957-07-12
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956-10-11
Calling Homicide
1956-09-30
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04
The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03
The Bold and the Brave
1956-01-04
Inside Detroit
1956-01-01
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955-12-31
Hell's Horizon
1955-12-31
The Atomic Kid
1954-12-08
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