Ernie Adams
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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Movies (268)
The Last Round-up
1947 · Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Black Widow
1947 · Blinky
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947 · Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 · Pablo
The Pretender
1947 · Thomas the butler
Killer Dill
1947 · Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
Desperate
1947 · Villager (uncredited)
Trailing Danger
1947 · Pennypacker
The Millerson Case
1947 · Zeke Zilch
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 · Bert Simpson
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
1947 · Charlie
Trail Street
1947 · Eben Bowen (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Hour
1947 · McCabe
Son of Zorro
1947 · Judge Hyde
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Ed (uncredited)
The People's Choice
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Gallant Journey
1946 · Husband (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 · Frank Gary, Henchman
The Killers
1946 · Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
1946 · Counter Man
Dangerous Business
1946 · Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers
1946 · Hiram Bailey
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946 · Retner
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Waiter (uncredited)
Fear
1946 · House Painter
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Fireman (Uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
1946 · Newsboy
Girl on the Spot
1946 · Pickpocket (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945 · Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
Jungle Raiders
1945 · Charley
Along Came Jones
1945 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Jungle Captive
1945 · Jim
The Great John L.
1945 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · Bit Part
Escape in the Fog
1945 · George Smith
Frisco Sal
1945 · McKinney
The Suspect
1945 · Cabbie (uncredited)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945 · Charlie (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Gimpy (Uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · Porter
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Ghost Guns
1944 · Doc Edwards
The Climax
1944 · Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Goin' to Town
1944 · Zeke
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 · Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
Return of the Ape Man
1944 · Tramp, Willie the Weasel
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Raiders of the Border
1944 · Whiskey Wiley
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 · Nuggett Newcomb
The Phantom
1943 · Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast
1943 · Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
Phony Express
1943 · The Banker (uncredited)
Hail to the Rangers
1943 · Latham
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Chuck
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943 · 'Sarge' Kincaid
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Heckler (uncredited)
Sagebrush Law
1943 · Landers
Murder in Times Square
1943 · Horsetooth
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Dugan
Mug Town
1942 · Thief
The Lone Prairie
1942 · Judge Barstow
Bandit Ranger
1942 · Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
Isle of Missing Men
1942 · Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Sabotage Squad
1942 · Smoke Shop Customer
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Miller Huggins
One Thrilling Night
1942 · Pete Mooney
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Paki
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942 · Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Riding the Wind
1942 · Jones
Man With Two Lives
1942 · Gimpy
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Ezra Smith
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Michaelson (uncredited)
Road Agent
1941 · Jake
Honolulu Lu
1941 · Pierre
Swamp Woman
1941 · Spratt
Sea Raiders
1941 · Zeke
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Car Thief (uncredited)
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Medicine Show Spectator
The Devil Commands
1941 · Elam
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Jules Mason, caretaker
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Greeley
The Sea Wolf
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · Mustang
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Newsstand Clerk
The Pinto Kid
1941 · Ed Slade
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Riders from Nowhere
1940 · Manny
The Fargo Kid
1940 · Bush Cleveland
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940 · Informer
Before I Hang
1940 · Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 · Workman
Girls of the Road
1940 · Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Out West with the Peppers
1940 · Oscar - Telegraph Operator
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Shifty Sheldon
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · Pete Daggett
Dark Command
1940 · Townsman
Primrose Path
1940 · Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Yukon Flight
1940 · Henry
Tower of London
1939 · Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
The Invisible Killer
1939 · Squint, the Croupier
I Stole a Million
1939 · Mooch (uncredited)
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 · Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
The Man from Sundown
1939 · Shorty Bates
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939 · Ernie Adams
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939 · Street Cleaner
Mandrake the Magician
1939 · Brown
Union Pacific
1939 · Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Code of the Streets
1939 · Henchman
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Man at Deer Lodge Station
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Doc Grover
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
The Phantom Stage
1939 · Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 · Henchman Blackie
Trigger Pals
1939 · Henchman Pete
California Frontier
1938 · Barclay
Song of the Buckaroo
1938 · Cashier
Gun Packer
1938 · Jim Lee - Stage Driver
Exposed
1938 · Bum
Land of Fighting Men
1938 · Slim
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 · Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
Down on the Farm
1938 · Pony Concessioner
The Mexicali Kid
1938 · Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
The Chaser
1938 · Injured Man
Rollin' Plains
1938 · Cain Moody
West of Cheyenne
1938 · Henchman Shorty
Outlaw Express
1938 · Express Rider
You and Me
1938 · Nick (uncredited)
Thunder in the Desert
1938 · Tramp
The Purple Vigilantes
1938 · Blake
The Jury's Secret
1938 · Sidewalk Heckler
Wells Fargo
1937 · Miner
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Henchman Becker
Colorado Kid
1937 · Bibben Tucker
The Man in the Barn
1937 · Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Danger Valley
1937 · Soapy
Life Begins with Love
1937 · Radical (uncredited)
Radio Patrol
1937 · Hobo
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · Grizzly Barr
Stars Over Arizona
1937 · Jimmy the Weasel
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 · Peters
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Keno
Doomed at Sundown
1937 · Deputy
Anything for a Thrill
1937 · The Runt - Henchman
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937 · Sheriff Rankin
San Quentin
1937 · Fink
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937 · Red
Law of the Ranger
1937 · Zeke
The Frame-Up
1937 · Horse Player (uncredited)
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937 · Henchman Pete
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Texas May
Night Waitress
1936 · Diner Who Gets Indigestion
Dodge City Trail
1936 · Dillon
The Gun Ranger
1936 · Wally Smeed
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Assayer Benson
My Man Godfrey
1936 · Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
1936 · Mechanic (uncredited)
Three on the Trail
1936 · Idaho
Road Gang
1936 · Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
1936 · Bartender (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935 · Counterman (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
1935 · Passerby
The Glass Key
1935 · Bettor (uncredited)
Men of the Hour
1935 · Steve
The Miracle Rider
1935 · John Stelter
The Ghost Rider
1935 · Practical Joker
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
The Perfect Clue
1935 · Butch Carter
Carnival
1935 · Barker (uncredited)
Calling All Cars
1935 · Reporter (uncredited)
Men of the Night
1934 · Sandy (uncredited)
The Prescott Kid
1934 · Red Larsen
The Law of the Wild
1934 · Henchman Raymond
Three Chumps Ahead
1934 · Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1934 · 1st Gunman
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Bettor (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Love
1934 · Henchman Joe Barnard
We're Not Dressing
1934 · Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Gambler
Whirlpool
1934 · Ben (uncredited)
The Undie-World
1934 · T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
Badge of Honor
1934 · 'Tip' Crane
Woman Unafraid
1934 · Henchman
The Lost Jungle
1934 · Pete
It Happened One Night
1934 · Bag Thief (uncredited)
King for a Night
1933 · Pool Hall Crony
Ranger's Code
1933 · Nat the Bat
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Andy Kent
Midnight Mary
1933 · Court Photographer (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
1933 · Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
Found Alive
1933 · C.S. King
A Lady's Profession
1933 · One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
Breed of the Border
1933 · Joe
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Man in Audience (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
West of Singapore
1933 · Watson
The Unwritten Law
1932 · Ed Riley
Men Of America
1932 · Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
The Pride of the Legion
1932 · Shorty
The Hurricane Express
1932 · Barney
Beyond the Rockies
1932 · Blinky
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932 · Pat Kelly
The Red Shadow
1932
Panama Flo
1932 · Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
Freaks
1932 · Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Night Beat
1931 · Hymie Weissenkorn
One Man Law
1931 · Stubb
The Tip-Off
1931 · Slug
Is There Justice?
1931 · Shorty Gray
The Galloping Ghost
1931 · Brady
First Aid
1931 · Joe
In Old Cheyenne
1931 · Henchman
The Good Bad Girl
1931 · One of Tyler's Thugs
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
Fair Warning
1931 · Jordan
Little Caesar
1931 · Cashier (uncredited)
Shadow Ranch
1930 · Henchman Joe
The Storm
1930 · Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
For the Defense
1930 · Eddie Withers
Numbered Men
1930 · Trustee with List (bit)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
The Fighting Legion
1930 · Jack Bowie
The Mighty
1929 · Hood
Leaping Love
1929 · George - The Drunk (uncredited)
One Splendid Hour
1929 · Solly
Weary River
1929 · Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
What a Night!
1928 · Snarky
Stool Pigeon
1928 · Dropper
Forgotten Faces
1928
Speedy
1928 · Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
A Woman's Way
1928 · Pedro
So This Is Love
1928 · Flash Tracy
The Gay Defender
1927 · Bart Hamby
The Main Event
1927 · Slug-nutty fighter
Nevada
1927 · Cash Burridge
On Ze Boulevard
1927 · Valet
Men of Daring
1927 · Ace
A Man About Town
1927 · Cohort
Melting Millions
1927
Pals in Paradise
1926 · Butterfly Kid
Hair-Trigger Baxter
1926 · Shorty Hillis
The Amateur Gentleman
1926 · Dandy (uncredited)
The Blackbird
1926 · Bertie's No. 2 Man
The Best People
1925 · Taxi Driver
Where the Worst Begins
1925
The Pony Express
1925 · Henchman (uncredited)
The Thundering Herd
1925 · Jett Henchman (uncredited)
Curlytop
1924 · Sproggs
The Beloved Brute
1924 · Swink Tuckson
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924 · The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
The Show
1922 · Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
A Regular Girl
1919 · Shorty
The Delicious Little Devil
1919 · Agency Employee (uncredited)
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