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