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