Stanley Adams (actor)
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Stanley Adams (April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and filmwriter.
Born in New York City, he came to films permanently in 1952, when he played the bartender in the movie version of Death of a Salesman, and another conniving barkeep in The Gene Krupa Story.
He is well-known for playing Cyrano Jones in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" which aired in 1967. During the following season he co-wrote the Star Trek episode "The Mark of Gideon". He appeared at a number of Star Trek conventions in the 1970s and is remembered as very friendly and gracious toward his fans. Archive footage of Adams was used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".
His other roles on TV shows include a time travelling scientist and a bartender on The Twilight Zone, "King Kaliwani" in the finale episode of Gilligan's Island and "Tybo" the carrot leader of the vegetable rebellion on Lost In Space. He also played Bernie the foulmouth caller in the 1974 action/adventure movie Act of Vengeance and the Chicano cafe owner in Lillies of the Field.
He died in 1977 as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 62.
[edit] External links
- Stanley Adams at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times Biography
- Stanley Adams article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
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