Actor
Stanley Adams
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2016 -- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | (archive footage)
1976 -- Woman in the Rain | Noodles
1976 -- Dixie Dynamite | Dade McCrutchen
1975 -- Cop on the Beat | Freddy
1974 -- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat |
1974 -- Act of Vengeance | Bernie / Foul Mouth
1973 -- The Clones | Carl Swafford
1973 -- The Norliss Tapes | Truck Driver
1972 -- Every Man Needs One | Bus Driver
1972 -- Another Nice Mess | President of Persia
1972 -- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | Stomach Operator
1972 -- The Night Stalker | Fred Hurley
1971 -- The Seven Minutes | Irwin Blair
1971 -- Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Granger
1971 -- Banyon | Eddie Dolan
1971 -- Love Hate Love | Wally
1970 -- The Grasshopper | Buddy Miller
1967 -- Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Jed Timmons
1967 -- Double Trouble | Captain Roach
1967 -- Thunder Alley | Mac
1966 -- Nevada Smith | Storekeeper
1966 -- Death of a Salesman | Stanley
1965 -- When the Boys Meet the Girls | Lank
1965 -- Ship of Fools | Hutten
1964 -- Fate Is the Hunter | Bernie (uncredited)
1964 -- A House Is Not a Home | Harry
1964 -- Looking for Love | Employment Service Official (uncredited)
1964 -- Wild and Wonderful | Mayor of Man La Loquet
1963 -- Lilies of the Field | Juan Acolito
1963 -- Critic's Choice | Bartender
1962 -- Requiem for a Heavyweight | Perelli (as Stan Adams)
1962 -- 13 West Street | Finney
1961 -- The Outsider | Noomie
1961 -- The Errand Boy | Grumpy
1961 -- Breakfast at Tiffany's | Rusty Trawler
1961 -- Pirates of Tortuga | Montbars
1961 -- The Wizard of Baghdad | Warden Kvetch
1960 -- North to Alaska | Breezy
1960 -- One Foot in Hell | Pete (uncredited)
1960 -- The Rat Race | Cab Driver (uncredited)
1959 -- High School Big Shot | Harry March
1959 -- North by Northwest | Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
1959 -- The Alphabet Conspiracy |
1958 -- Saddle the Wind | Joe (uncredited)
1958 -- I Married a Woman | Cabbie (uncredited)
1957 -- Hell Ship Mutiny | Roxy
1957 -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Second Counselor (uncredited)
1957 -- Hell Bound | Herbert Fay Jr.
1957 -- Black Patch | Drummer
1957 -- Valerie | Dr. Jackson
1957 -- Trooper Hook | Heathcliff
1956 -- Requiem for a Heavyweight | Pirelli
1956 -- Calling Homicide | Peter von Elda (uncredited)
1956 -- Somebody Up There Likes Me | Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
1956 -- The Killer Is Loose | Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
1956 -- The Bold and the Brave | Master Sergeant
1956 -- Inside Detroit |
1955 -- Hell's Horizon | Dixie
1955 -- Hell on Frisco Bay | Hammy
1954 -- The Atomic Kid | Wildcat Hooper
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