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Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams
	Adams in High School Big Shot (1959)
Born	Stanley Abramowitz; April 7, 1915; New York City, U.S.
Died	April 27, 1977 (aged 62); Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor; screenwriter;
Years active	1951–1977
Spouse	Florence Harriette Fellner (m. 1941; div. 1973)
Children	2

Stanley Adams (born Stanley Abramowitz; April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in several films, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Lilies of the Field (1963). On television, he is probably best known for his guest appearance in the 1967 Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" in which he portrayed outer space peddler Cyrano Jones, purveyor of tribbles. Concurrent with his acting career, Adams also maintained a career as a freelance television scriptwriter from the mid-1950s through the early 70s, writing for shows such as It's Always Jan, Mister Ed, Dr. Kildare, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Star Trek, The Outsider, The Flying Nun, Mannix, The Name of the Game and others. Although he did appear in guest roles in many of these series, Adams generally did not appear as an actor in episodes he wrote.

Early life

Adams was born in New York City. He had his first film role playing the bartender in the movie version of Death of a Salesman (1951). He played another barkeep in The Gene Krupa Story and a safecracker in Roger Corman's High School Big Shot (1959).

Career

Adams had a lengthy career as a character actor, often playing comic, pompous characters.

Adams played Otis Campbell's brother Ralph on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was afraid Ralph would find out he was the town drunk, then learned Ralph was the town drunk of his home town. His 1959 portrayal of Chicago gangster/gambler Nick Popolous in Mr. Lucky ("That Stands For Pool") is especially good as he deftly shifts from bumpkin to killer multiple times.

He appeared in an episode of The Tab Hunter Show in 1961. His other roles on TV shows include roles in six episodes of Wagon Train (including S8 E26 as Samuel in "The Jarbo Pierce Story" 1965) and three episodes of Gunsmoke. He played political boss Frank Templeton in the final episode of McHale's Navy (1962–1966) "Wally for Congress." He played a realtor on The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home Sweet Home". He had two roles in the syndicated western series Death Valley Days in the episodes "The Holy Terror" (1963) and "The Lady and the Sourdough" (1966).^[1]^{[unreliable source?]} In 1967, he appeared in an episode of The Lucy Show titled "Lucy the Fight Manager" as a trainer named Louie. He appeared as King Kaliwani in the final episode of Gilligan's Island, and as Captain Courageous in two episodes of the 1960s Batman TV series ("Catwoman Goes to College"/"Batman Displays his Knowledge"). He also played notorious pool shark "Sure Shot" Wilson on the ABC sitcom The Odd Couple .

In genre television he appeared on The Twilight Zone as a time-traveling scientist—opposite Buster Keaton—in "Once Upon a Time" and as a bartender ("Mr Garrity and the Graves") and as Ilya Klarpe on The Addams Family (1964). In science fiction television circles he is known primarily for two roles, as Tybo the anthropomorphic carrot in the penultimate episode of Lost in Space, "The Great Vegetable Rebellion" (1968),^[2]^[3] and for playing Cyrano Jones in "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) episode of Star Trek. He reprised (as a voice actor) Cyrano Jones in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles" and archival footage of Adams as Jones was later featured in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). He also co-wrote an episode for Star Trek's final season, "The Mark of Gideon".

Adams also had a lengthy theatrical motion picture career. In the 1962 theatrical film adaptation of Rod Serling's teleplay Requiem for a Heavyweight he played the supporting role of Perelli, a sleazy promoter who offers a washed-up boxer a degrading job as a professional wrestler. He played the Chicano café owner in Lilies of the Field and portrayed Rutherford "Rusty" Trawler, "the 9th richest man in America under 50" in the Audrey Hepburn film Breakfast at Tiffany's. He played Bernie the foulmouthed caller in the 1974 action/adventure movie Act of Vengeance.

Death

Adams committed suicide on April 27, 1977, at the age of 62.^[4] He was reportedly depressed due to chronic pain from a back injury. He was cremated at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. He left behind an ex-wife, a son and a daughter.^[5]

Selected filmography

The Atomic Kid (1954) - Wildcat Hooper
Hell's Horizon (1955) - Dixie
The Fighting Chance (1955) - Piggie (uncredited)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1956) - Hammy
Inside Detroit (1956) - Harry (uncredited)
The Killer Is Loose (1956) - Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
The Bold and the Brave (1956) - Master Sergeant
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) - Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
Calling Homicide (1956) - Peter von Elda (uncredited)
Trooper Hook (1957) - Heathcliff
Valerie (1957) - Dr. Jackson
Black Patch (1957) - Professor Dudley, Drummer
Hell Bound (1957) - Herbert Fay Jr.
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) - Roxy
I Married a Woman (1958) - Cabbie (uncredited)
Saddle the Wind (1958) - Joe, Bartender (uncredited)
High School Big Shot (1959) - Harry March
North by Northwest (1959) - Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
The Gene Krupa Story (1959) - Bar Owner (uncredited)
The Gazebo (1959) - Dan Shelby (voice, uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 6 Episode 6: "Pen Pal") - Detective Berger
One Foot in Hell (1960) - Pete (uncredited)
The Rat Race (1960) - Cab Driver (uncredited)
Studs Lonigan (1960) - Gangster (uncredited)
North to Alaska (1960) - Breezy
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960) - Warden Kvetch
The Young Savages (1961) - Police Lieutenant Hardy (uncredited)
Pirates of Tortuga (1961) - Captain Montbars
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Rusty Trawler
The Errand Boy (1961) - Grumpy
The Outsider (1961) - Noomie
13 West Street (1962) - Finney
Have Gun Will Travel (1962) - Caleb Musgrove
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) - Perelli
Critic's Choice (1963) - Bartender
Lilies of the Field (1963) - Juan
Wild and Wonderful (1964) - Mayor of Man La Loquet
Looking for Love (1964) - Employment Service Official (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home (1964) - Harry
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) - Bernie (uncredited)
Ship of Fools (1965) - Professor Hutten
Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home (1965) - Jack Parkly
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) - Lank
Nevada Smith (1966) - Storekeeper
Thunder Alley (1967) - Mac Lunsford
Double Trouble (1967) - Captain Roach
Massacre Harbor (1968) - El Gamil (this consists of three episodes of the TV series The Rat Patrol - 'The Last Harbor Raid' parts I, II & III - released as a film)
The Grasshopper (1970) - Buddy Miller
Move (1970) - New Tenant
The Seven Minutes (1971) - Irwin Blair
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971) - Granger
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) - Stomach Operator
Another Nice Mess (1972) - President of Persia
California Country (1973) - Grandpa Boomer
The Clones (1973) - Carl Swafford
Act of Vengeance (1974) - Bernie / Foul Mouth
Dixie Dynamite (1976) - Dade McCrutchen
Woman in the Rain (1976) - Noodles
The Great Gundown (1977) - Buck (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Mr. Lucky	Nick Popolous	Season 1, Episode 5; "That Stands for Pool"
1960	Rawhide	Creston	Season 2, Episode 12; "Incident of the Druid Curse"
1961	The Tab Hunter Show
1961–1964	The Twilight Zone	Various	2 episodes
1962	The Andy Griffith Show	Ralph Campbell	Season 2, Episode 31; "Deputy Otis"
1964	The Addams Family	Ila Klarpe	Season 1, Episode 11; "The Addams Family Meets the VIPs"
1965	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Real Estate Agent	Season 4, Episode 25; "Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home Sweet Home"
1966	McHale's Navy	Frank Templeton	Season 4, Episode 30; "Wally for Congress"
1967	The Lucy Show	Louie	Season 5, Episode 20; "Lucy the Fight Manager"
1967	Batman	Captain Courageous	Season 2, Episode 49; "Catwoman Goes to College and Season 2, Episode 50; "Batman Displays His Knowledge" (two-part story arc)
1967	Gilligan's Island	King Killiwani	Season 3, Episode 30; "Gilligan, the Goddess"
1967	Star Trek	Cyrano Jones	Season 2, Episode 15; "The Trouble with Tribbles"
1968	Lost in Space	Tybo	Season 3, Episode 23; "The Great Vegetable Rebellion"
1973	Star Trek: The Animated Series	Cyrano Jones	Season 1, Episode 5; "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
1973	The Odd Couple	Sure-Shot Wilson	Season 3, Episode 18; "The Hustler"
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Cyrano Jones	Season 5, Episode 6; "Trials and Tribble-ations" (appeared only in archival footage from 1967 Star Trek appearance)

References

^ ""The Lady and the Sourdough" on Death Valley Days". Internet Movie Database. October 8, 1966. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
^ Vincent, Brittany (February 10, 2017). "The weirdest Lost in Space episodes of all time". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
^ "In defense of Lost in Space's The Great Vegetable Rebellion, giant carrot man and all". Me-TV Network. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
^ "Stanley Adams, an Actor, 62; Coast Police Report Is Suicide". The New York Times. April 29, 1977. p. 36. Retrieved January 25, 2012. ...according to the authorities, who said there was a .22-caliber pistol in his hand and a note nearby and that he had been despondent recently.
^ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of 14000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson