Stanley Adams

Born: 1915-04-07

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 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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as Rusty Trawler
Released: 1961-10-06

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian...

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as Lieutenant Harding (uncredited)
Released: 1959-07-08

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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Ship of Fools

as Hutten
Released: 1965-07-29

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in...

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

as Stomach Operator
Released: 1972-08-06

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From...

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North to Alaska

as Breezy
Released: 1960-11-07

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his...

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The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-18

Fritz, now married and with a son, is desperate to escape from the domestic hell he now finds...

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The Night Stalker

as Fred Hurley
Released: 1972-01-11

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects...

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Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Perelli (as Stan Adams)
Released: 1962-10-16

Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up...

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Lilies of the Field

as Juan Acolito
Released: 1963-06-04

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get...

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Somebody Up There Likes Me

as Romolo's Attorney (uncredited)
Released: 1956-07-04

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

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Nevada Smith

as Storekeeper
Released: 1966-06-10

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by...

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Fate Is the Hunter

as Bernie (uncredited)
Released: 1964-11-08

A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for...

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The Norliss Tapes

as Truck Driver
Released: 1973-02-21

A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who...

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The Killer Is Loose

as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1956-02-03

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as...

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Pirates of Tortuga

as Montbars
Released: 1961-08-25

After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission...

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When the Boys Meet the Girls

as Lank
Released: 1965-10-10

A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.

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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

as (archive footage)
Released: 2016-12-05

Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about...

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Double Trouble

as Captain Roach
Released: 1967-04-05

When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling...

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The Errand Boy

as Grumpy
Released: 1961-11-28

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their...

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Act of Vengeance

as Bernie / Foul Mouth
Released: 1974-01-02

A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims...

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High School Big Shot

as Harry March
Released: 1959-10-16

Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six...

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I Married a Woman

as Cabbie (uncredited)
Released: 1958-03-01

Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion...

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The Clones

as Carl Swafford
Released: 1973-08-01

A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

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Hell Bound

as Herbert Fay Jr.
Released: 1957-10-01

After WW2, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie,...

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Trooper Hook

as Heathcliff
Released: 1957-07-12

When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are...

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Saddle the Wind

as Joe (uncredited)
Released: 1958-03-20

Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go...

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Second Counselor (uncredited)
Released: 1957-11-26

The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal...

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A House Is Not a Home

as Harry
Released: 1964-08-12

Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful...

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Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Pirelli
Released: 1956-10-11

An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head...

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13 West Street

as Finney
Released: 1962-02-23

Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from...

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Jed Timmons
Released: 1967-09-05

Compilation of several episodes of the TV series Pistols 'n' Petticoats.

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The Seven Minutes

as Irwin Blair
Released: 1971-07-23

To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material....

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The Rat Race

as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1960-07-10

An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi...

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Death of a Salesman

as Stanley
Released: 1966-05-07

Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.

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One Foot in Hell

as Pete (uncredited)
Released: 1960-09-11

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the...

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The Grasshopper

as Buddy Miller
Released: 1970-05-27

A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.

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The Atomic Kid

as Wildcat Hooper
Released: 1954-12-08

A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are...

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Thunder Alley

as Mac
Released: 1967-03-22

Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts...

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Black Patch

as Drummer
Released: 1957-09-15

A New Mexico Town Marshal, Clay Morgan, known as 'Black Patch' since he had lost an eye in the...

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Love Hate Love

as Wally
Released: 1971-02-09

Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named...

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Critic's Choice

as Bartender
Released: 1963-02-24

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be...

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The Bold and the Brave

as Master Sergeant
Released: 1956-01-04

An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.

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Looking for Love

as Employment Service Official (uncredited)
Released: 1964-08-05

An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.

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The Outsider

as Noomie
Released: 1961-12-27

Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and...

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Valerie

as Dr. Jackson
Released: 1957-08-01

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but...

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Wild and Wonderful

as Mayor of Man La Loquet
Released: 1964-06-09

Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for...

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Hell on Frisco Bay

as Hammy
Released: 1955-12-31

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob...

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Dixie Dynamite

as Dade McCrutchen
Released: 1976-05-13

When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over...

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Every Man Needs One

as Bus Driver
Released: 1972-12-13

A chauvinistic architect is pressured into hiring a feminist as his assistant, and soon finds...

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Calling Homicide

as Peter von Elda (uncredited)
Released: 1956-09-30

Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency...

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Inside Detroit

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-01

Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of...

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Cop on the Beat

as Freddy
Released: 1975-05-06

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in...

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Banyon

as Eddie Dolan
Released: 1971-03-15

Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as...

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Hell's Horizon

as Dixie
Released: 1955-12-31

The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.

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Another Nice Mess

as President of Persia
Released: 1972-08-23

Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy.

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Hell Ship Mutiny

as Roxy
Released: 1957-12-06

A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as...

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Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

as Granger
Released: 1971-07-01

A Mexican bandit and his gang are offered a pardon and a cash reward if he will cross the border...

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The Alphabet Conspiracy

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-26

Dr. Frank Baxter, with the help of The Mad Hatter and Jabberwock, takes young Judy exploring the...

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The Wizard of Baghdad

as Warden Kvetch
Released: 1961-03-03

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove...

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Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones
First aired: 1966-09-08

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the...

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Perry Mason

as Pancho Morado
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Andy Griffith Show

as Ralph Campbell
First aired: 1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...

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Adam-12

as Fred Ludden
First aired: 1968-09-21

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police...

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The Rifleman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-30

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas...

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Batman

as Captain Courageous
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Maverick

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-22

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...

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Petticoat Junction

as Jack Crandall
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Twilight Zone

as Rollo
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Twilight Zone

as Jensen
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Lost in Space

as Tybo
First aired: 1965-09-15

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The...

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Emergency!

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-22

The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Alexander Shoates
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Burke's Law

as Lou Manzini
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Mannix

as Chip
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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The Lucy Show

as Louie
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Lucy Show

as Union Leader
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Lucy Show

as Harry Norton
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Addams Family

as Ila Klarpe
First aired: 1964-09-18

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Bartender
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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The Donna Reed Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-24

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...

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Peter Gunn

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-22

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and...

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The Name of the Game

as Mr. Stephens
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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The Odd Couple

as Sure-Shot Wilson
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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The Odd Couple

as Ed
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Rawhide

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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Gilligan's Island

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-26

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of...

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Checkmate

as Cholly Luke
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Pinky Ferguson
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Thriller

as Mr. Schwenk
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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Dennis the Menace

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-04

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...

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M Squad

as Ed - Bartender
First aired: 1957-09-20

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The...

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-25

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...

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The Thin Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-20

Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and...

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Riverboat

as Captain Morgan
First aired: 1959-09-13

Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds...

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Honey West

as Tobias Quinn
First aired: 1965-09-17

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Lancer

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...

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Gunsmoke

as Ross
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Bartender
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Charlie Rath
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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The Outsider

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-18

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Playhouse 90

as Pirelli
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-21

Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Morris
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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Laredo

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Detective Berger
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Rat Patrol

as El Gamil
First aired: 1966-09-12

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a...

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87th Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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The New Breed

as Larry Gruber
First aired: 1961-10-03

The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June...

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Tightrope

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-08

Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September...

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Mr. Lucky

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-24

Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June...

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The Lone Wolf

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-04-09

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The Mod Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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The Legend of Jesse James

as Blake
First aired: 1965-09-13

The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile...

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The Lawless Years

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-04-16

The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16 1959, to...

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Star Trek

as Cyrano Jones (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 1973-09-08

The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.

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Garrison's Gorillas

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-06

Garrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long...

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-17

Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom

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The Monroes

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-07

The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the...

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The Gallant Men

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-05

The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of...

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The Bill Dana Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-22

The Bill Dana Show is a United States comedy series .The plot follows the daily lifestyle of...

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My Mother the Car

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-14

The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated...

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Wendy and Me

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-14

Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season,...

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Tallahassee 7000

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-24

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The Bing Crosby Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-14

The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Felix
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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The Adventures of Hiram Holliday

as Garreaux
First aired: 1956-10-03

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday is an American adventure sitcom

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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

as Himself
First aired: 2016-12-05

Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about...

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