About

Known credits:
241
Birthday:
1885-06-17
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
Website:
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Ernie Adams

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1947 The Last Round-up Actor Taxicab Driver (uncredited) 59
Average
1947 The Black Widow Actor Blinky 58
Average
1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Actor Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) 58
Average
1947 Robin Hood of Monterey Actor Pablo 59
Average
1947 The Pretender Actor Thomas the butler 58
Average
1947 Killer Dill Actor Little Joe's Driver (uncredited) 58
Average
1947 Desperate Actor Villager (uncredited) 59
Average
1947 Trailing Danger Actor Pennypacker N/A
N/A
1947 The Law Comes to Gunsight Actor Bert Simpson 58
Average
1947 Buck Privates Come Home Actor Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited) 59
Average
1947 The Thirteenth Hour Actor McCabe 59
Average
1947 Son of Zorro Actor Judge Hyde 59
Average
1946 It's a Wonderful Life Actor Ed (uncredited) 80
Very good
1946 The Secret of the Whistler Actor 58
Average
1946 The Mysterious Mr. Valentine Actor Frank Gary, Henchman 58
Average
1946 The Killers Actor Hood with Cane (uncredited) 65
Fair
1946 Traffic in Crime Actor Counter Man 59
Average
1946 Dangerous Business Actor Morgue Attendant (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1946 King of the Forest Rangers Actor Hiram Bailey 59
Average
1946 Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways Actor Retner 58
Average
1946 Deadline at Dawn Actor Waiter (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 Fear Actor House Painter 58
Average
1946 Up Goes Maisie Actor Fireman (Uncredited) 59
Average
1946 A Guy Could Change Actor Newsboy N/A
N/A
1945 Jungle Raiders Actor Charley 59
Average
1945 Along Came Jones Actor Townsman (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 The Jungle Captive Actor Jim 59
Average
1945 The Power of the Whistler Actor Bit Part 59
Average
1945 Escape in the Fog Actor George Smith 58
Average
1945 Frisco Sal Actor McKinney 58
Average
1945 The Suspect Actor Cabbie (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 Brenda Starr, Reporter Actor Charlie (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1945 I Love a Mystery Actor Gimpy (Uncredited) 59
Average
1945 The Man in Half Moon Street Actor Porter 58
Average
1944 Murder, My Sweet Actor Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited) 62
Fair
1944 Ghost Guns Actor Doc Edwards 59
Average
1944 The Climax Actor Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited) 58
Average
1944 Goin' to Town Actor Zeke N/A
N/A
1944 Raiders of Ghost City Actor Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper 59
Average
1944 Return of the Ape Man Actor Tramp, Willie the Weasel 58
Average
1944 Arizona Whirlwind Actor Warren, the Jewel Cutter 59
Average
1944 Raiders of the Border Actor Whiskey Wiley N/A
N/A
1944 Marshal of Gunsmoke Actor Nuggett Newcomb N/A
N/A
1943 The Phantom Actor Rusty Fenton (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 Mystery Broadcast Actor Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 Phony Express Actor The Banker (uncredited) 58
Average
1943 Hail to the Rangers Actor Latham N/A
N/A
1943 Headin' for God's Country Actor Chuck N/A
N/A
1943 Beyond the Last Frontier Actor 'Sarge' Kincaid N/A
N/A
1943 Mission to Moscow Actor Heckler (uncredited) 58
Average
1943 Sagebrush Law Actor Landers 58
Average
1943 Murder in Times Square Actor Horsetooth 58
Average
1943 Keep 'Em Slugging Actor Dugan 58
Average
1942 Mug Town Actor Thief 59
Average
1942 The Lone Prairie Actor Judge Barstow N/A
N/A
1942 Bandit Ranger Actor Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited) 58
Average
1942 Isle of Missing Men Actor Captain of the S. S. Mariposa 59
Average
1942 Sabotage Squad Actor Smoke Shop Customer 59
Average
1942 The Pride of the Yankees Actor Miller Huggins 61
Fair
1942 One Thrilling Night Actor Pete Mooney 58
Average
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti Actor Paki 59
Average
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect Actor Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited) 58
Average
1942 Alias Boston Blackie Actor Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited) 58
Average
1942 Riding the Wind Actor Jones N/A
N/A
1942 Man With Two Lives Actor Gimpy 58
Average
1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo Actor 59
Average
1942 The Man Who Returned to Life Actor 59
Average
1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner Actor Michaelson (uncredited) 60
Fair
1941 Road Agent Actor Jake N/A
N/A
1941 Honolulu Lu Actor Pierre 58
Average
1941 Swamp Woman Actor Spratt 58
Average
1941 Sea Raiders Actor Zeke 59
Average
1941 The Officer and the Lady Actor Car Thief (uncredited) 59
Average
1941 Westward Ho-Hum Actor N/A
N/A
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood Actor Medicine Show Spectator 58
Average
1941 The Devil Commands Actor Elam 59
Average
1941 Riders of Death Valley Actor Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14] 59
Average
1941 Invisible Ghost Actor Jules Mason, caretaker 58
Average
1941 Robbers of the Range Actor Greeley 59
Average
1941 The Sea Wolf Actor 60
Fair
1941 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Actor Mustang 58
Average
1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance Actor Newsstand Clerk 59
Average
1941 The Pinto Kid Actor Ed Slade N/A
N/A
1940 Riders from Nowhere Actor Manny 59
Average
1940 The Fargo Kid Actor Bush Cleveland 59
Average
1940 The Son of Monte Cristo Actor Informer 58
Average
1940 Before I Hang Actor Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly 59
Average
1940 He Stayed for Breakfast Actor Workman N/A
N/A
1940 Girls of the Road Actor Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited) 58
Average
1940 Out West with the Peppers Actor Oscar - Telegraph Operator 59
Average
1940 The Man from Tumbleweeds Actor Shifty Sheldon 58
Average
1940 The Man with Nine Lives Actor Pete Daggett 59
Average
1940 Dark Command Actor Townsman 59
Average
1940 Primrose Path Actor Man in Bluebell (uncredited) 59
Average
1940 Young Tom Edison Actor Passenger Buying Maple Sugar 58
Average
1940 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Actor (uncredited) 58
Average
1940 Castle on the Hudson Actor Kelner - the Fink (uncredited) 59
Average
1940 The Invisible Man Returns Actor Minor Role (uncredited) 59
Average
1940 Yukon Flight Actor Henry 58
Average
1939 Tower of London Actor Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited) 58
Average
1939 The Invisible Killer Actor Squint, the Croupier 58
Average
1939 I Stole a Million Actor Mooch (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 Overland with Kit Carson Actor Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith 58
Average
1939 The Man from Sundown Actor Shorty Bates N/A
N/A
1939 Down the Wyoming Trail Actor Ernie Adams 58
Average
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Actor Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited) 62
Fair
1939 Ex-Champ Actor Street Cleaner 59
Average
1939 Mandrake the Magician Actor Brown 59
Average
1939 Union Pacific Actor Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 Code of the Streets Actor Henchman 59
Average
1939 Frontier Pony Express Actor Man at Deer Lodge Station 58
Average
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again Actor Doc Grover 59
Average
1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Actor Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 The Phantom Stage Actor Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits) N/A
N/A
1939 Sundown on the Prairie Actor Henchman Blackie N/A
N/A
1939 Trigger Pals Actor Henchman Pete 58
Average
1938 California Frontier Actor Barclay N/A
N/A
1938 Song of the Buckaroo Actor Cashier N/A
N/A
1938 Gun Packer Actor Jim Lee - Stage Driver N/A
N/A
1938 Exposed Actor Bum 59
Average
1938 Land of Fighting Men Actor Slim N/A
N/A
1938 There Goes My Heart Actor Cafe Counterman (uncredited) 59
Average
1938 Where the Buffalo Roam Actor Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger 58
Average
1938 Down on the Farm Actor Pony Concessioner N/A
N/A
1938 The Mexicali Kid Actor Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper 58
Average
1938 The Chaser Actor Injured Man 59
Average
1938 Rollin' Plains Actor Cain Moody N/A
N/A
1938 Outlaw Express Actor Express Rider N/A
N/A
1938 Thunder in the Desert Actor Tramp 59
Average
1938 The Purple Vigilantes Actor Blake 58
Average
1938 The Jury's Secret Actor Sidewalk Heckler 58
Average
1937 Wells Fargo Actor Miner 58
Average
1937 Tim Tyler's Luck Actor Henchman Becker N/A
N/A
1937 Colorado Kid Actor Bibben Tucker 58
Average
1937 The Man in the Barn Actor Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited) 59
Average
1937 Danger Valley Actor Soapy N/A
N/A
1937 Life Begins with Love Actor Radical (uncredited) 58
Average
1937 Radio Patrol Actor Hobo N/A
N/A
1937 Arizona Gunfighter Actor Grizzly Barr 58
Average
1937 Stars Over Arizona Actor Jimmy the Weasel N/A
N/A
1937 Ridin' the Lone Trail Actor Peters 59
Average
1937 Hopalong Rides Again Actor Keno 59
Average
1937 Doomed at Sundown Actor Deputy 58
Average
1937 Anything for a Thrill Actor The Runt - Henchman 58
Average
1937 Two-Fisted Sheriff Actor Sheriff Rankin 58
Average
1937 San Quentin Actor Fink 59
Average
1937 Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin Actor Red 59
Average
1937 Law of the Ranger Actor Zeke N/A
N/A
1937 Bar-Z Bad Men Actor Henchman Pete 58
Average
1937 Lightnin' Crandall Actor Texas May 58
Average
1936 Night Waitress Actor Diner Who Gets Indigestion 59
Average
1936 Dodge City Trail Actor Dillon 59
Average
1936 The Gun Ranger Actor Wally Smeed N/A
N/A
1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns Actor Assayer Benson 59
Average
1936 My Man Godfrey Actor Forgotten Man (uncredited) 65
Fair
1936 Crash Donovan Actor Mechanic (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1936 Three on the Trail Actor Idaho 59
Average
1936 Road Gang Actor Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited) 59
Average
1936 Exclusive Story Actor Bartender (uncredited) 59
Average
1935 It's in the Air Actor Counterman (uncredited) 58
Average
1935 The Glass Key Actor Bettor (uncredited) 59
Average
1935 The Miracle Rider Actor John Stelter 58
Average
1935 The Ghost Rider Actor Practical Joker 58
Average
1935 The Perfect Clue Actor Butch Carter 59
Average
1935 Carnival Actor Barker N/A
N/A
1935 Calling All Cars Actor Reporter (uncredited) 58
Average
1934 Men of the Night Actor Sandy (uncredited) 58
Average
1934 Prescott Kid Actor Red Larsen N/A
N/A
1934 The Law of the Wild Actor Henchman Raymond 59
Average
1934 Three Chumps Ahead Actor Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1934 Here Comes the Groom Actor 1st Gunman 59
Average
1934 Little Miss Marker Actor Bettor (uncredited) 59
Average
1934 Hell Bent for Love Actor Henchman Joe Barnard N/A
N/A
1934 A Very Honorable Guy Actor Gambler 58
Average
1934 The Undie-World Actor T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant 59
Average
1934 Badge of Honor Actor 'Tip' Crane N/A
N/A
1934 Woman Unafraid Actor Henchman 59
Average
1934 The Lost Jungle Actor Pete 58
Average
1934 It Happened One Night Actor Bag Thief (uncredited) 72
Good
1933 King for a Night Actor Pool Hall Crony 59
Average
1933 Ranger's Code Actor Nat the Bat N/A
N/A
1933 Galloping Romeo Actor Andy Kent N/A
N/A
1933 Midnight Mary Actor Court Photographer (uncredited) 59
Average
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror Actor Man Seeking a Light (uncredited) 58
Average
1933 Found Alive Actor C.S. King N/A
N/A
1933 A Lady's Profession Actor One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1933 Breed of the Border Actor Joe N/A
N/A
1933 She Done Him Wrong Actor Man in Audience (uncredited) 58
Average
1933 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Actor Man Thrown out of Apartment Building 59
Average
1933 West of Singapore Actor Watson N/A
N/A
1932 The Unwritten Law Actor Ed Riley N/A
N/A
1932 Men Of America Actor Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper 58
Average
1932 The Pride of the Legion Actor Shorty N/A
N/A
1932 The Hurricane Express Actor Barney 58
Average
1932 Million Dollar Legs Actor Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) 59
Average
1932 Beyond the Rockies Actor Blinky 59
Average
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell Actor Reporter (uncredited) 59
Average
1932 The Shadow of the Eagle Actor Pat Kelly 58
Average
1932 The Red Shadow Actor N/A
N/A
1932 Panama Flo Actor Jake - Speakeasy Doorman 59
Average
1932 Freaks Actor Sideshow Patron (uncredited) 72
Good
1931 Night Beat Actor Hymie Weissenkorn 59
Average
1931 One Man Law Actor Stubb 59
Average
1931 The Tip-Off Actor Slug McGee 58
Average
1931 The Galloping Ghost Actor Brady 58
Average
1931 In Old Cheyenne Actor Henchman N/A
N/A
1931 The Good Bad Girl Actor One of Tyler's Thugs 59
Average
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance Actor Luva’s Henchman #1 (uncredited) 59
Average
1931 Fair Warning Actor Jordan N/A
N/A
1931 Little Caesar Actor Cashier (uncredited) 62
Fair
1930 Shadow Ranch Actor Henchman Joe 59
Average
1930 The Storm Actor Johnny Behind the 8-Ball 58
Average
1930 For the Defense Actor Eddie Withers 58
Average
1930 Numbered Men Actor Trustee with List (uncredited) 58
Average
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front Actor 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited) 70
Good
1930 The Fighting Legion Actor Jack Bowie N/A
N/A
1929 The Mighty Actor Hood 58
Average
1929 Leaping Love Actor George - The Drunk (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1929 One Splendid Hour Actor Solly N/A
N/A
1929 Weary River Actor Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited) 58
Average
1928 What a Night! Actor Snarky N/A
N/A
1928 Stool Pigeon Actor Dropper N/A
N/A
1928 Speedy Actor Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited) 61
Fair
1928 A Woman's Way Actor Pedro N/A
N/A
1928 So This Is Love Actor Flash Tracy 58
Average
1927 The Gay Defender Actor Bart Hamby N/A
N/A
1927 The Main Event Actor Slug-nutty fighter N/A
N/A
1927 Nevada Actor Cash Burridge 59
Average
1927 Men of Daring Actor Ace N/A
N/A
1927 A Man About Town Actor Cohort N/A
N/A
1926 Pals in Paradise Actor Butterfly Kid 59
Average
1926 The Amateur Gentleman Actor Dandy (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1926 The Blackbird Actor Bertie's No. 2 Man 59
Average
1925 The Best People Actor Taxi Driver N/A
N/A
1925 Where the Worst Begins Actor N/A
N/A
1925 The Pony Express Actor Henchman 59
Average
1925 The Thundering Herd Actor Jett Henchman (uncredited) N/A
N/A
1924 Curlytop Actor Sproggs N/A
N/A
1924 The Beloved Brute Actor Swink Tuckson N/A
N/A
1924 Ten Dollars or Ten Days Actor The Cashier's Father (uncredited) 58
Average
1922 The Show Actor Magician / Audience Member (uncredited) 59
Average