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
| Birth Location | San Francisco, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1885-06-17 |
| Died | 1947-11-26 |
Movies
The Last Round-up
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1947
The Black Widow
as Blinky
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
1947
Robin Hood of Monterey
as Pablo
1947
The Pretender
as Thomas the butler
1947
Killer Dill
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
1947
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
1947
Trailing Danger
as Pennypacker
1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Bert Simpson
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
as McCabe
1947
Son of Zorro
as Judge Hyde
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ed (uncredited)
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Frank Gary, Henchman
1946
The Killers
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946
Traffic in Crime
as Counter Man
1946
Dangerous Business
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946
King of the Forest Rangers
as Hiram Bailey
1946
1946
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Fear
as House Painter
1946
Up Goes Maisie
as Fireman (Uncredited)
1946
A Guy Could Change
as Newsboy
1946
Jungle Raiders
as Charley
1945
Along Came Jones
as Townsman (uncredited)
1945
The Jungle Captive
as Jim
1945
The Power of the Whistler
as Bit Part
1945
Escape in the Fog
as George Smith
1945
Frisco Sal
as McKinney
1945
The Suspect
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Charlie (uncredited)
1945
I Love a Mystery
as Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Porter
1945
Murder, My Sweet
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944
Ghost Guns
as Doc Edwards
1944
The Climax
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944
Goin' to Town
as Zeke
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944
Return of the Ape Man
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944
Raiders of the Border
as Whiskey Wiley
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke
as Nuggett Newcomb
1944
The Phantom
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943
Mystery Broadcast
as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943
Phony Express
as The Banker (uncredited)
1943
Hail to the Rangers
as Latham
1943
Headin' for God's Country
as Chuck
1943
Beyond the Last Frontier
as 'Sarge' Kincaid
1943
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
1943
Sagebrush Law
as Landers
1943
Murder in Times Square
as Horsetooth
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Dugan
1943
Mug Town
as Thief
1942
The Lone Prairie
as Judge Barstow
1942
Bandit Ranger
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Isle of Missing Men
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942
Sabotage Squad
as Smoke Shop Customer
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Miller Huggins
1942
One Thrilling Night
as Pete Mooney
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Paki
1942
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Riding the Wind
as Jones
1942
Man With Two Lives
as Gimpy
1942
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Michaelson (uncredited)
1941
Road Agent
as Jake
1941
Honolulu Lu
as Pierre
1941
Swamp Woman
as Spratt
1941
Sea Raiders
as Zeke
1941
The Officer and the Lady
as Car Thief (uncredited)
1941
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Medicine Show Spectator
1941
Riders of Death Valley
as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941
Invisible Ghost
as Jules Mason, caretaker
1941
Robbers of the Range
as Greeley
1941
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Mustang
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Newsstand Clerk
1941
The Pinto Kid
as Ed Slade
1941
The Devil Commands
as Elam
1941
Riders from Nowhere
as Manny
1940
The Fargo Kid
as Bush Cleveland
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Informer
1940
Before I Hang
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Workman
1940
Girls of the Road
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940
Out West with the Peppers
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Shifty Sheldon
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
as Pete Daggett
1940
Dark Command
as Townsman
1940
Primrose Path
as Man in Bluebell
1940
Young Tom Edison
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as (uncredited)
1940
Castle on the Hudson
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Yukon Flight
as Henry
1940
Tower of London
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
The Invisible Killer
as Squint, the Croupier
1939
I Stole a Million
as Mooch (uncredited)
1939
Overland with Kit Carson
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939
The Man from Sundown
as Shorty Bates
1939
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Ernie Adams
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939
Ex-Champ
as Street Cleaner
1939
Mandrake the Magician
as Brown
1939
Union Pacific
as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939
Code of the Streets
as Henchman
1939
Frontier Pony Express
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Doc Grover
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939
The Phantom Stage
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939
Sundown on the Prairie
as Henchman Blackie
1939
Trigger Pals
as Henchman Pete
1939
California Frontier
as Barclay
1938
Song of the Buckaroo
as Cashier
1938
Gun Packer
as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938
Exposed
as Bum
1938
Land of Fighting Men
as Slim
1938
There Goes My Heart
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938
Down on the Farm
as Pony Concessioner
1938
The Mexicali Kid
as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938
The Chaser
as Injured Man
1938
Rollin' Plains
as Cain Moody
1938
Outlaw Express
as Express Rider
1938
Thunder in the Desert
as Tramp
1938
The Purple Vigilantes
as Blake
1938
The Jury's Secret
as Sidewalk Heckler
1938
Wells Fargo
as Miner
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Henchman Becker
1937
Colorado Kid
as Bibben Tucker
1937
The Man in the Barn
as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937
Danger Valley
as Soapy
1937
Life Begins with Love
as Radical (uncredited)
1937
Radio Patrol
as Hobo
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
as Grizzly Barr
1937
Stars Over Arizona
as Jimmy the Weasel
1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Peters
1937
Hopalong Rides Again
as Keno
1937
Doomed at Sundown
as Deputy
1937
Anything for a Thrill
as The Runt - Henchman
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Sheriff Rankin
1937
San Quentin
as Fink
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Red
1937
Law of the Ranger
as Zeke
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Henchman Pete
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
as Texas May
1937
Night Waitress
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936
Dodge City Trail
as Dillon
1936
The Gun Ranger
as Wally Smeed
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Assayer Benson
1936
My Man Godfrey
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936
Crash Donovan
as Mechanic (uncredited)
1936
Three on the Trail
as Idaho
1936
Road Gang
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936
Exclusive Story
as Bartender (uncredited)
1936
It's in the Air
as Counterman (uncredited)
1935
The Glass Key
as Bettor (uncredited)
1935
The Miracle Rider
as John Stelter
1935
The Ghost Rider
as Practical Joker
1935
The Perfect Clue
as Butch Carter
1935
Carnival
as Barker
1935
Calling All Cars
as Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Men of the Night
as Sandy (uncredited)
1934
Prescott Kid
as Red Larsen
1934
The Law of the Wild
as Henchman Raymond
1934
Three Chumps Ahead
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Here Comes the Groom
as 1st Gunman
1934
Little Miss Marker
as Bettor (uncredited)
1934
Hell Bent for Love
as Henchman Joe Barnard
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
as Gambler
1934
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934
Badge of Honor
as 'Tip' Crane
1934
Woman Unafraid
as Henchman
1934
The Lost Jungle
as Pete
1934
It Happened One Night
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
1934
King for a Night
as Pool Hall Crony
1933
Ranger's Code
as Nat the Bat
1933
Galloping Romeo
as Andy Kent
1933
Midnight Mary
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933
Found Alive
as C.S. King
1933
A Lady's Profession
as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933
Breed of the Border
as Joe
1933
She Done Him Wrong
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933
West of Singapore
as Watson
1933
The Unwritten Law
as Ed Riley
1932
Men Of America
as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932
The Pride of the Legion
as Shorty
1932
The Hurricane Express
as Barney
1932
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Beyond the Rockies
as Blinky
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Freaks
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Pat Kelly
1932
1932
Panama Flo
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
1932
Night Beat
as Hymie Weissenkorn
1931
One Man Law
as Stubb
1931
The Tip-Off
as Slug McGee
1931
The Galloping Ghost
as Brady
1931
In Old Cheyenne
as Henchman
1931
The Good Bad Girl
as One of Tyler's Thugs
1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Luva’s Henchman #1 (uncredited)
1931
Fair Warning
as Jordan
1931
Little Caesar
as Cashier (uncredited)
1931
Shadow Ranch
as Henchman Joe
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
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
1930
The Fighting Legion
as Jack Bowie
1930
The Mighty
as Hood
1929
Leaping Love
as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
1929
Weary River
as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
1929
What a Night!
as Snarky
1928
Stool Pigeon
as Dropper
1928
Speedy
as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
1928
A Woman's Way
as Pedro
1928
So This Is Love
as Flash Tracy
1928
The Gay Defender
as Bart Hamby
1927
The Main Event
as Slug-nutty fighter
1927
Nevada
as Cash Burridge
1927
Men of Daring
as Ace
1927
A Man About Town
as Cohort
1927
Pals in Paradise
as Butterfly Kid
1926
The Amateur Gentleman
as Dandy (uncredited)
1926
The Blackbird
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
1926
The Best People
as Taxi Driver
1925
The Pony Express
as Henchman
1925
The Thundering Herd
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
1925
Curlytop
as Sproggs
1924
The Beloved Brute
as Swink Tuckson
1924
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1924
The Show
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
1922
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