Stanley Adams
Biography
Stanley Adams, an American actor and screenwriter, began with a film role as a bartender in the 1951 Death of a Salesman. Born in New York City, he spent decades as a character actor, frequently cast in comic or pompous parts. His films included High School Big Shot (1959), in which he played a safecracker, and Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), where he was Perelli, a promoter. He appeared in Lilies of the Field (1963) as a cafe owner and in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) as Rusty Trawler. On television he played Cyrano Jones in the 1967 Star Trek episode The Trouble with Tribbles and voiced the character again for Star Trek: The Animated Series. From the mid-1950s into the early 1970s he wrote freelance scripts for series such as Mister Ed, Dr. Kildare, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Mannix, and he co-wrote the Star Trek episode The Mark of Gideon. Adams died in 1977.
62years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 18 years1956 to 1974
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Behind the camera
Adams also worked as a freelance writer for television, from the mid-1950s to the early 70s. He wrote for series such as Mister Ed, Bonanza, Gunsmoke and Star Trek, and generally did not act in the episodes he wrote.
Stanley Adams movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask1972as Stomach Operator
IMDb rating 6.744K votes
Most often with
Ralph Nelson directed three of these films. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together15 more actors
- Mickey RooneyRequiem for a Heavyweight (1962) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Kathleen FreemanThe Errand Boy (1961) and North to Alaska (1960)
- Glenn FordFate Is the Hunter (1964) and The Gazebo (1959)
- Fred AldrichOne Foot in Hell (1960) and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- Royal DanoSaddle the Wind (1958) and Trooper Hook (1957)
- Angie DickinsonThe Norliss Tapes (1973) and I Married a Woman (1958)
- Claude AkinsThe Norliss Tapes (1973) and The Night Stalker (1972)
- Leon AltonSomebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and The Killer is Loose (1956)
- Charles McGrawThe Night Stalker (1972) and Saddle the Wind (1958)
- Karl SwensonNorth to Alaska (1960) and One Foot in Hell (1960)
- Bert FreedFate Is the Hunter (1964) and The Gazebo (1959)
- Harold J. StoneThe Seven Minutes (1971) and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- John LarchMove (1970) and The Killer is Loose (1956)
- Peter LeedsThe Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) and High School Big Shot (1959)
- Rachel StephensPirates of Tortuga (1961) and One Foot in Hell (1960)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Stanley Adams's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$43.5 million
7 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 11Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$18M41.4% of the total
- 2$9.5M21.9% of the total
- 3$7.0M16.1% of the total
- 4$3.4M7.7% of the total
- 5$3.0M6.9% of the total
- 6$1.6M3.7% of the total
- 7$1.0M2.3% of the total
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