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)
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Charlie
(1947)
Trailing Danger
as Pennypacker
(1947)
The Thirteenth Hour
as McCabe
(1947)
Son of Zorro
as Judge Hyde
(1947)
The Black Widow
as Blinky
(1947)
Killer Dill
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
(1947)
The Last Round-up
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1947)
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Bert Simpson
(1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey
as Pablo
(1947)
The Pretender
as Thomas the butler
(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)
Fear
as House Painter
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Fireman (Uncredited)
(1946)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Frank Gary, Henchman
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Husband (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Dangerous Business
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
(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)
Johnny Angel
as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
(1945)
Frisco Sal
as McKinney
(1945)
Escape in the Fog
as George Smith
(1945)
The Jungle Captive
as Jim
(1945)
Jungle Raiders
as Charley
(1945)
I Love a Mystery
as Gimpy (Uncredited)
(1945)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Charlie (uncredited)
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Porter
(1945)
The Power of the Whistler
as Bit Part
(1944)
Murder, My Sweet
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
(1944)
Return of the Ape Man
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
(1944)
Raiders of Ghost City
as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
(1944)
Raiders of the Border
as Whiskey Wiley
(1944)
Arizona Whirlwind
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
(1944)
Ghost Guns
as Doc Edwards
(1944)
Marshal of Gunsmoke
as Nuggett Newcomb
(1944)
Goin' to Town
as Zeke
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
(1943)
Murder in Times Square
as Horsetooth
(1943)
The Phantom
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Dugan
(1943)
Beyond the Last Frontier
as 'Sarge' Kincaid
(1943)
Sagebrush Law
as Landers
(1943)
Phony Express
as The Banker (uncredited)
(1943)
Mystery Broadcast
as Radio Writer in Cafe (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)
Sabotage Squad
as Smoke Shop Customer
(1942)
Man With Two Lives
as Gimpy
(1942)
Mug Town
as Thief
(1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Paki
(1942)
One Thrilling Night
as Pete Mooney
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Ezra Smith
(1942)
Alias Boston Blackie
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1942)
Isle of Missing Men
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
(1942)
(1942)
The Lone Prairie
as Judge Barstow
(1942)
Bandit Ranger
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
(1942)
Riding the Wind
as Jones
(1942)
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Elam
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Michaelson (uncredited)
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Jules Mason, caretaker
(1941)
Sea Raiders
as Zeke
(1941)
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Medicine Show Spectator
(1941)
Riders of Death Valley
as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1941)
Road Agent
as Jake
(1941)
The Officer and the Lady
as Car Thief (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Newsstand Clerk
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Pierre
(1941)
Robbers of the Range
as Greeley
(1941)
(1941)
Swamp Woman
as Spratt
(1941)
The Pinto Kid
as Ed Slade
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Mustang
(1940)
Dark Command
as Townsman
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Informer
(1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as (uncredited)
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man with Nine Lives
as Pete Daggett
(1940)
Before I Hang
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
(1940)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Shifty Sheldon
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
(1940)
The Fargo Kid
as Bush Cleveland
(1940)
Yukon Flight
as Henry
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
(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)
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
(1939)
I Stole a Million
as Mooch (uncredited)
(1939)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Street Cleaner
(1939)
Tower of London
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
(1939)
Frontier Pony Express
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
(1939)
Code of the Streets
as Henchman
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Doc Grover
(1939)
Overland with Kit Carson
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
(1939)
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Ernie Adams
(1939)
Sundown on the Prairie
as Henchman Blackie
(1939)
Mandrake the Magician
as Brown
(1939)
The Invisible Killer
as Squint, the Croupier
(1939)
The Man from Sundown
as Shorty Bates
(1939)
Trigger Pals
as Henchman Pete
(1939)
The Phantom Stage
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
(1938)
You and Me
as Nick (uncredited)
(1938)
Exposed
as Bum
(1938)
The Chaser
as Injured Man
(1938)
Gun Packer
as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
(1938)
There Goes My Heart
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
(1938)
Down on the Farm
as Pony Concessioner
(1938)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
(1938)
Land of Fighting Men
as Slim
(1938)
Thunder in the Desert
as Tramp
(1938)
Outlaw Express
as Express Rider
(1938)
Rollin' Plains
as Cain Moody
(1938)
Song of the Buckaroo
as Cashier
(1938)
The Purple Vigilantes
as Blake
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as Sidewalk Heckler
(1938)
The Mexicali Kid
as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
(1938)
California Frontier
as Barclay
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Miner
(1937)
San Quentin
as Fink
(1937)
(1937)
Doomed at Sundown
as Deputy
(1937)
Law of the Ranger
as Zeke
(1937)
Radio Patrol
as Hobo
(1937)
Hopalong Rides Again
as Keno
(1937)
Lightnin' Crandall
as Texas May
(1937)
Colorado Kid
as Bibben Tucker
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Sheriff Rankin
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Henchman Becker
(1937)
Danger Valley
as Soapy
(1937)
Arizona Gunfighter
as Grizzly Barr
(1937)
Life Begins with Love
as Radical (uncredited)
(1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Henchman Pete
(1937)
The Frame-Up
as Horse Player (uncredited)
(1937)
Anything for a Thrill
as The Runt - Henchman
(1937)
The Man in the Barn
as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
(1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Peters
(1937)
Stars Over Arizona
as Jimmy the Weasel
(1936)
My Man Godfrey
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Mechanic (uncredited)
(1936)
Road Gang
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1936)
Night Waitress
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
(1936)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Assayer Benson
(1936)
The Gun Ranger
as Wally Smeed
(1936)
Dodge City Trail
as Dillon
(1936)
Three on the Trail
as Idaho
(1935)
Carnival
as Barker
(1935)
The Glass Key
as Bettor (uncredited)
(1935)
It's in the Air
as Counterman (uncredited)
(1935)
She Married Her Boss
as Passerby
(1935)
The Miracle Rider
as John Stelter
(1935)
Calling All Cars
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Practical Joker
(1935)
The Perfect Clue
as Butch Carter
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
(1934)
The Lost Jungle
as Pete
(1934)
Little Miss Marker
as Bettor (uncredited)
(1934)
A Very Honorable Guy
as Gambler
(1934)
Hell Bent for Love
as Henchman Joe Barnard
(1934)
Prescott Kid
as Red Larsen
(1934)
Badge of Honor
as 'Tip' Crane
(1934)
Woman Unafraid
as Henchman
(1934)
Men of the Night
as Sandy (uncredited)
(1934)
Here Comes the Groom
as 1st Gunman
(1934)
The Law of the Wild
as Henchman Raymond
(1934)
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
(1934)
Three Chumps Ahead
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
(1933)
King for a Night
as Pool Hall Crony
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Joe
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
(1933)
Made on Broadway
as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
(1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
(1933)
A Lady's Profession
as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
(1933)
Found Alive
as C.S. King
(1933)
West of Singapore
as Watson
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Andy Kent
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Nat the Bat
(1932)
Freaks
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1932)
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Pat Kelly
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
as Barney
(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)
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
(1932)
Panama Flo
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
(1932)
The Unwritten Law
as Ed Riley
(1932)
(1931)
Little Caesar
as Cashier (uncredited)
(1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
(1931)
One Man Law
as Stubb
(1931)
Night Beat
as Hymie Weissenkorn
(1931)
In Old Cheyenne
as Henchman
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
as Brady
(1931)
The Good Bad Girl
as One of Tyler's Thugs
(1931)
The Tip-Off
as Slug McGee
(1931)
Fair Warning
as Jordan
(1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
(1930)
Numbered Men
as Trustee with List (uncredited)
(1930)
The Storm
as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
(1930)
For the Defense
as Eddie Withers
(1930)
Shadow Ranch
as Henchman Joe
(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)
Stool Pigeon
as Dropper
(1928)
What a Night!
as Snarky
(1928)
A Woman's Way
as Pedro
(1927)
Nevada
as Cash Burridge
(1927)
The Main Event
as Slug-nutty fighter
(1927)
On Ze Boulevard
as Valet
(1927)
The Gay Defender
as Bart Hamby
(1927)
Men of Daring
as Ace
(1927)
A Man About Town
as Cohort
(1926)
The Blackbird
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
(1926)
The Amateur Gentleman
as Dandy (uncredited)
(1926)
Pals in Paradise
as Butterfly Kid
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Henchman
(1925)
The Thundering Herd
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
(1925)
The Best People
as Taxi Driver
(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)