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