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