Ernie Adams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-06-17
Day of Death
1947-11-26 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Ernie Adams
Biography
Ernie Adams (born Ernest Stephen Dumarais, June 18, 1885 – November 26, 1947) was an American vaudevillian performer, stage and screen actor and writer.
Born in San Francisco, California to Leon D. Adams and Laurence G. Girard, he was also billed as Ernest S. Adams and Ernie S. Adams.
He appeared in vaudeville, theater, and film. He started his career in musical comedy on Broadway. Along with his wife Berdonna Gilbert, he formed the vaudeville team "Gilbert and Adams". He appeared in more than 400 films starting from the silent era between 1919 and 1948, and was particularly known for playing shady characters. On Broadway, Adams appeared in Toot-Toot! (1918).
On November 26, 1947, Adams died of an acute pulmonary edema at the West Olympic Sanitarium in Los Angeles, California, aged 62. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.
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Known For
Acting
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
(1947)
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
(1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey
as Pablo
(1947)
The Last Round-up
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1947)
The Thirteenth Hour
as McCabe
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Charlie
(1947)
Son of Zorro
as Judge Hyde
(1947)
The Pretender
as Thomas the butler
(1947)
The Black Widow
as Blinky
(1947)
Killer Dill
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
(1947)
Trailing Danger
as Pennypacker
(1947)
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Bert Simpson
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ed (uncredited)
(1946)
The Killers
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Frank Gary, Henchman
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Husband (uncredited)
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Fireman (Uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Dangerous Business
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
(1946)
Fear
as House Painter
(1946)
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as Newsboy
(1946)
King of the Forest Rangers
as Hiram Bailey
(1946)
Traffic in Crime
as Counter Man
(1945)
The Suspect
as Cabbie (uncredited)
(1945)
Along Came Jones
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1945)
Escape in the Fog
as George Smith
(1945)
Johnny Angel
as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
(1945)
I Love a Mystery
as Gimpy (Uncredited)
(1945)
The Power of the Whistler
as Bit Part
(1945)
The Jungle Captive
as Jim
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Porter
(1945)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Charlie (uncredited)
(1945)
The Great John L.
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1945)
Jungle Raiders
as Charley
(1945)
Frisco Sal
as McKinney
(1944)
Murder, My Sweet
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
(1944)
Raiders of Ghost City
as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
(1944)
Return of the Ape Man
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
(1944)
Arizona Whirlwind
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
(1944)
Raiders of the Border
as Whiskey Wiley
(1944)
Ghost Guns
as Doc Edwards
(1944)
Goin' to Town
as Zeke
(1944)
Marshal of Gunsmoke
as Nuggett Newcomb
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Dugan
(1943)
Beyond the Last Frontier
as 'Sarge' Kincaid
(1943)
Phony Express
as The Banker (uncredited)
(1943)
Murder in Times Square
as Horsetooth
(1943)
Sagebrush Law
as Landers
(1943)
The Phantom
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
(1943)
Hail to the Rangers
as Latham
(1943)
Headin' for God's Country
as Chuck
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Miller Huggins
(1942)
Mug Town
as Thief
(1942)
Alias Boston Blackie
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Ezra Smith
(1942)
The Lady Is Willing
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Paki
(1942)
(1942)
Bandit Ranger
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
(1942)
Man With Two Lives
as Gimpy
(1942)
One Thrilling Night
as Pete Mooney
(1942)
The Lone Prairie
as Judge Barstow
(1942)
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
(1942)
Isle of Missing Men
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
(1942)
Riding the Wind
as Jones
(1942)
Sabotage Squad
as Smoke Shop Customer
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Jules Mason, caretaker
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Michaelson (uncredited)
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Elam
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Medicine Show Spectator
(1941)
(1941)
Robbers of the Range
as Greeley
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Newsstand Clerk
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Pierre
(1941)
Sea Raiders
as Zeke
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Mustang
(1941)
(1941)
Road Agent
as Jake
(1941)
The Officer and the Lady
as Car Thief (uncredited)
(1941)
The Pinto Kid
as Ed Slade
(1941)
Swamp Woman
as Spratt
(1940)
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Informer
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
(1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as (uncredited)
(1940)
Dark Command
as Townsman
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
(1940)
The Man with Nine Lives
as Pete Daggett
(1940)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Shifty Sheldon
(1940)
Before I Hang
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
(1940)
The Fargo Kid
as Bush Cleveland
(1940)
Yukon Flight
as Henry
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Workman
(1940)
Out West with the Peppers
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
(1940)
Riders from Nowhere
as Manny
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
(1939)
Tower of London
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Mooch (uncredited)
(1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
(1939)
Frontier Pony Express
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
(1939)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Doc Grover
(1939)
Code of the Streets
as Henchman
(1939)
The Invisible Killer
as Squint, the Croupier
(1939)
The Phantom Stage
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
(1939)
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Ernie Adams
(1939)
Sundown on the Prairie
as Henchman Blackie
(1939)
Mandrake the Magician
as Brown
(1939)
Trigger Pals
as Henchman Pete
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Street Cleaner
(1939)
Overland with Kit Carson
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
(1939)
The Man from Sundown
as Shorty Bates
(1938)
There Goes My Heart
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
(1938)
You and Me
as Nick (uncredited)
(1938)
Exposed
as Bum
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as Sidewalk Heckler
(1938)
The Chaser
as Injured Man
(1938)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
(1938)
Rollin' Plains
as Cain Moody
(1938)
Down on the Farm
as Pony Concessioner
(1938)
Thunder in the Desert
as Tramp
(1938)
California Frontier
as Barclay
(1938)
Land of Fighting Men
as Slim
(1938)
The Mexicali Kid
as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
(1938)
Outlaw Express
as Express Rider
(1938)
Song of the Buckaroo
as Cashier
(1938)
The Purple Vigilantes
as Blake
(1938)
Gun Packer
as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Miner
(1937)
San Quentin
as Fink
(1937)
Life Begins with Love
as Radical (uncredited)
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Sheriff Rankin
(1937)
Danger Valley
as Soapy
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Henchman Becker
(1937)
(1937)
Lightnin' Crandall
as Texas May
(1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Henchman Pete
(1937)
Arizona Gunfighter
as Grizzly Barr
(1937)
Radio Patrol
as Hobo
(1937)
Law of the Ranger
as Zeke
(1937)
Doomed at Sundown
as Deputy
(1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Peters
(1937)
Hopalong Rides Again
as Keno
(1937)
The Man in the Barn
as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
(1937)
Anything for a Thrill
as The Runt - Henchman
(1937)
The Frame-Up
as Horse Player (uncredited)
(1937)
Colorado Kid
as Bibben Tucker
(1937)
Stars Over Arizona
as Jimmy the Weasel
(1936)
My Man Godfrey
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
(1936)
Night Waitress
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1936)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Assayer Benson
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1936)
Road Gang
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
(1936)
Three on the Trail
as Idaho
(1936)
Dodge City Trail
as Dillon
(1936)
The Gun Ranger
as Wally Smeed
(1935)
It's in the Air
as Counterman (uncredited)
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Passerby
(1935)
Carnival
as Barker
(1935)
The Miracle Rider
as John Stelter
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Bettor (uncredited)
(1935)
The Perfect Clue
as Butch Carter
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Practical Joker
(1935)
Calling All Cars
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
(1934)
The Lost Jungle
as Pete
(1934)
Little Miss Marker
as Bettor (uncredited)
(1934)
Badge of Honor
as 'Tip' Crane
(1934)
A Very Honorable Guy
as Gambler
(1934)
Here Comes the Groom
as 1st Gunman
(1934)
Three Chumps Ahead
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
(1934)
Men of the Night
as Sandy (uncredited)
(1934)
Hell Bent for Love
as Henchman Joe Barnard
(1934)
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
(1934)
The Law of the Wild
as Henchman Raymond
(1934)
Prescott Kid
as Red Larsen
(1934)
Woman Unafraid
as Henchman
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
(1933)
A Lady's Profession
as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
(1933)
Made on Broadway
as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
(1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Nat the Bat
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Joe
(1933)
King for a Night
as Pool Hall Crony
(1933)
West of Singapore
as Watson
(1933)
Found Alive
as C.S. King
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Andy Kent
(1932)
Freaks
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1932)
The Unwritten Law
as Ed Riley
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
as Barney
(1932)
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Pat Kelly
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
(1932)
Beyond the Rockies
as Blinky
(1932)
The Pride of the Legion
as Shorty
(1932)
Men Of America
as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
(1932)
Panama Flo
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
(1932)
(1931)
Little Caesar
as Cashier (uncredited)
(1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
as Brady
(1931)
The Good Bad Girl
as One of Tyler's Thugs
(1931)
Night Beat
as Hymie Weissenkorn
(1931)
The Tip-Off
as Slug
(1931)
Fair Warning
as Jordan
(1931)
One Man Law
as Stubb
(1931)
In Old Cheyenne
as Henchman
(1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
(1930)
Numbered Men
as Trustee with List (uncredited)
(1930)
Shadow Ranch
as Henchman Joe
(1930)
For the Defense
as Eddie Withers
(1930)
The Storm
as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
(1930)
The Fighting Legion
as Jack Bowie
(1929)
Weary River
as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
(1929)
The Mighty
as Hood
(1929)
Leaping Love
as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
(1929)
One Splendid Hour
as Solly
(1928)
Speedy
as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
(1928)
So This Is Love
as Flash Tracy
(1928)
What a Night!
as Snarky
(1928)
A Woman's Way
as Pedro
(1928)
Stool Pigeon
as Dropper
(1927)
Nevada
as Cash Burridge
(1927)
The Gay Defender
as Bart Hamby
(1927)
On Ze Boulevard
as Valet
(1927)
A Man About Town
as Cohort
(1927)
Men of Daring
as Ace
(1927)
The Main Event
as Slug-nutty fighter
(1926)
The Blackbird
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
(1926)
Pals in Paradise
as Butterfly Kid
(1926)
The Amateur Gentleman
as Dandy (uncredited)
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Henchman
(1925)
The Best People
as Taxi Driver
(1925)
The Thundering Herd
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
(1925)
(1924)
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
(1924)
Curlytop
as Sproggs
(1924)
The Beloved Brute
as Swink Tuckson
(1922)
The Show
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
(1919)
The Delicious Little Devil
as Agency Employee (uncredited)