1927年2月20日生于美国佛罗里达州迈阿密一个黑人家庭。1945年首次在影片《那佛罗少年》中亮相，后偶尔在一些影片中跑龙套。1950年的《走投无路》是他首部主演的影片。1958年以反种族影片《挣脱锁链》赢得柏林影帝头衔，而迅速成为好莱坞头号黑人演员。1964年再以《田野里的百合花...
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 1960's and early 70's, when his face appeared on just about every major show. He was at his best as pool hustler Sure-shot Wilson in an episode of The Odd Couple (1970), Rollo, a quirky time-traveling scientist on The 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)....
