Stocky character actor Stanley Adams had a relatively minor career in motion pictures with the possible exception of his babyfaced millionaire Rusty Trawler of Breakfast at Tiffanys 1961 fame Otherwise he played innumerable minor ethnic villains bartenders and avuncular fasttalking 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 scenestealer particularly in the 1960s and early 70s when his face appeared on just about every major show He was at his best as pool hustler Sureshot Wilson in an episode of The Odd Couple 1970 Rollo a quirky timetraveling 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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