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