
Ernie Adams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1885
- Died
- November 26, 1947 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography

The Pretender
Movie · as Thomas the butler

The Thirteenth Hour
Movie · as McCabe

The Last Round-up
Movie · as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

The Black Widow
Movie · as Blinky

Desperate
Movie · as Villager (uncredited)

Killer Dill
Movie · as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)

Son of Zorro
Movie · as Judge Hyde

Robin Hood of Monterey
Movie · as Pablo

Trailing Danger
Movie · as Pennypacker

The Law Comes to Gunsight
Movie · as Bert Simpson

Buck Privates Come Home
Movie · as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Movie · as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Yankee Fakir
Movie · as Charlie

Trail Street
Movie · as Eben Bowen (uncredited)

The Millerson Case
Movie · as Zeke Zilch

Fear
Movie · as House Painter

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Movie · as Frank Gary, Henchman

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
Movie · as Retner

King of the Forest Rangers
Movie · as Hiram Bailey

Dangerous Business
Movie · as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life
Movie · as Ed (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Killers
Movie · as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

A Guy Could Change
Movie · as Newsboy

Traffic in Crime
Movie · as Counter Man

Up Goes Maisie
Movie · as Fireman (Uncredited)

The Secret of the Whistler
Movie

Gallant Journey
Movie · as Husband (uncredited)
The People's Choice
Movie

Girl on the Spot
Movie · as Pickpocket (uncredited)

Escape in the Fog
Movie · as George Smith

Along Came Jones
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

The Power of the Whistler
Movie · as Bit Part

The Suspect
Movie · as Cabbie (uncredited)

Brenda Starr, Reporter
Movie · as Charlie (uncredited)

I Love a Mystery
Movie · as Gimpy (Uncredited)

Jungle Raiders
Movie · as Charley

Frisco Sal
Movie · as McKinney

The Man in Half Moon Street
Movie · as Porter

The Jungle Captive
Movie · as Jim

Johnny Angel
Movie · as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)

The Great John L.
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Return of the Ape Man
Movie · as Tramp, Willie the Weasel

Arizona Whirlwind
Movie · as Warren, the Jewel Cutter

Murder, My Sweet
Movie · as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Raiders of Ghost City
Movie · as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper

Ghost Guns
Movie · as Doc Edwards

Raiders of the Border
Movie · as Whiskey Wiley

Goin' to Town
Movie · as Zeke

Marshal of Gunsmoke
Movie · as Nuggett Newcomb

The Climax
Movie · as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

The Phantom
Movie · as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)

Phony Express
Movie · as The Banker (uncredited)

Mystery Broadcast
Movie · as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)

Headin' for God's Country
Movie · as Chuck

Sagebrush Law
Movie · as Landers

Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie · as Dugan

Beyond the Last Frontier
Movie · as 'Sarge' Kincaid

Hail to the Rangers
Movie · as Latham

Mission to Moscow
Movie · as Heckler (uncredited)

Murder in Times Square
Movie · as Horsetooth

Isle of Missing Men
Movie · as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa

Cactus Makes Perfect
Movie · as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
Movie · as Miller Huggins

The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie · as Ezra Smith

One Thrilling Night
Movie · as Pete Mooney

Riding the Wind
Movie · as Jones

The Tuttles of Tahiti
Movie · as Paki

Man With Two Lives
Movie · as Gimpy

Alias Boston Blackie
Movie · as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Mug Town
Movie · as Thief

The Lone Prairie
Movie · as Judge Barstow

Bandit Ranger
Movie · as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)

Sabotage Squad
Movie · as Smoke Shop Customer

Stagecoach Buckaroo
Movie

The Lady Is Willing
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady
Movie · as Car Thief (uncredited)

Bad Man of Deadwood
Movie · as Medicine Show Spectator

Swamp Woman
Movie · as Spratt

The Sea Wolf
Movie

The Devil Commands
Movie · as Elam

Sea Raiders
Movie · as Zeke

Invisible Ghost
Movie · as Jules Mason, caretaker

Robbers of the Range
Movie · as Greeley

Riders of Death Valley
Movie · as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Movie · as Mustang

Honolulu Lu
Movie · as Pierre

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Movie · as Newsstand Clerk

The Pinto Kid
Movie · as Ed Slade

Westward Ho-Hum
Movie

The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie · as Michaelson (uncredited)

Road Agent
Movie · as Jake

The Face Behind the Mask
Movie · as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Fargo Kid
Movie · as Bush Cleveland

The Man from Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Shifty Sheldon

The Man with Nine Lives
Movie · as Pete Daggett

Girls of the Road
Movie · as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)

Riders from Nowhere
Movie · as Manny

Yukon Flight
Movie · as Henry

Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar

Out West with the Peppers
Movie · as Oscar - Telegraph Operator

The Invisible Man Returns
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

Dark Command
Movie · as Townsman

The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Informer

Before I Hang
Movie · as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)

Primrose Path
Movie · as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)

He Stayed for Breakfast
Movie · as Workman

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Movie · as (uncredited)

The Man from Sundown
Movie · as Shorty Bates

Overland with Kit Carson
Movie · as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith

Mandrake the Magician
Movie · as Brown

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie · as Doc Grover

Trigger Pals
Movie · as Henchman Pete

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie · as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Frontier Pony Express
Movie · as Man at Deer Lodge Station

Union Pacific
Movie · as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie · as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Tower of London
Movie · as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)

Down the Wyoming Trail
Movie · as Ernie Adams

The Invisible Killer
Movie · as Squint, the Croupier

The Phantom Stage
Movie · as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

Code of the Streets
Movie · as Henchman

Sundown on the Prairie
Movie · as Henchman Blackie

I Stole a Million
Movie · as Mooch (uncredited)

Ex-Champ
Movie · as Street Cleaner

Land of Fighting Men
Movie · as Slim

Song of the Buckaroo
Movie · as Cashier

Rollin' Plains
Movie · as Cain Moody

The Purple Vigilantes
Movie · as Blake

Where the Buffalo Roam
Movie · as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger

Thunder in the Desert
Movie · as Tramp

Exposed
Movie · as Bum

Gun Packer
Movie · as Jim Lee - Stage Driver

The Mexicali Kid
Movie · as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper

There Goes My Heart
Movie · as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)

Down on the Farm
Movie · as Pony Concessioner

The Jury's Secret
Movie · as Sidewalk Heckler

Outlaw Express
Movie · as Express Rider

The Chaser
Movie · as Injured Man

California Frontier
Movie · as Barclay

You and Me
Movie · as Nick (uncredited)

West of Cheyenne
Movie · as Henchman Shorty

Stars Over Arizona
Movie · as Jimmy the Weasel

The Man in the Barn
Movie · as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

Bar-Z Bad Men
Movie · as Henchman Pete

Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Movie · as Red

Law of the Ranger
Movie · as Zeke

Arizona Gunfighter
Movie · as Grizzly Barr

Danger Valley
Movie · as Soapy

Radio Patrol
Movie · as Hobo

Wells Fargo
Movie · as Miner

Hopalong Rides Again
Movie · as Keno

Doomed at Sundown
Movie · as Deputy

Two-Fisted Sheriff
Movie · as Sheriff Rankin

Colorado Kid
Movie · as Bibben Tucker

Ridin' the Lone Trail
Movie · as Peters

San Quentin
Movie · as Fink

Anything for a Thrill
Movie · as The Runt - Henchman

Tim Tyler's Luck
Movie · as Henchman Becker

Lightnin' Crandall
Movie · as Texas May

Life Begins with Love
Movie · as Radical (uncredited)

The Frame-Up
Movie · as Horse Player (uncredited)

Exclusive Story
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

The Gun Ranger
Movie · as Wally Smeed

Night Waitress
Movie · as Diner Who Gets Indigestion

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Movie · as Assayer Benson

Three on the Trail
Movie · as Idaho

Road Gang
Movie · as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)

Dodge City Trail
Movie · as Dillon

Crash Donovan
Movie · as Mechanic (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

Calling All Cars
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

The Perfect Clue
Movie · as Butch Carter

The Miracle Rider
Movie · as John Stelter

The Ghost Rider
Movie · as Practical Joker

It's in the Air
Movie · as Counterman (uncredited)

Carnival
Movie · as Barker (uncredited)

The Glass Key
Movie · as Bettor (uncredited)

She Married Her Boss
Movie · as Passerby

The Casino Murder Case
Movie · as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)

Men of the Hour
Movie · as Steve

Hell Bent for Love
Movie · as Henchman Joe Barnard

The Law of the Wild
Movie · as Henchman Raymond

The Prescott Kid
Movie · as Red Larsen

Little Miss Marker
Movie · as Bettor (uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom
Movie · as 1st Gunman

Woman Unafraid
Movie · as Henchman

Three Chumps Ahead
Movie · as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)

A Very Honorable Guy
Movie · as Gambler

It Happened One Night
Movie · as Bag Thief (uncredited)

Men of the Night
Movie · as Sandy (uncredited)

The Undie-World
Movie · as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant

Badge of Honor
Movie · as 'Tip' Crane

The Lost Jungle
Movie · as Pete

Whirlpool
Movie · as Ben (uncredited)

We're Not Dressing
Movie · as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong
Movie · as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Midnight Mary
Movie · as Court Photographer (uncredited)

Found Alive
Movie · as C.S. King

West of Singapore
Movie · as Watson

King for a Night
Movie · as Pool Hall Crony

Ranger's Code
Movie · as Nat the Bat

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie · as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building

A Lady's Profession
Movie · as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)

Breed of the Border
Movie · as Joe

Galloping Romeo
Movie · as Andy Kent

The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie · as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)

Made on Broadway
Movie · as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur

The Hurricane Express
Movie · as Barney

The Unwritten Law
Movie · as Ed Riley

The Pride of the Legion
Movie · as Shorty

The Red Shadow
Movie

Beyond the Rockies
Movie · as Blinky

Men Of America
Movie · as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper

Panama Flo
Movie · as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman

The Shadow of the Eagle
Movie · as Pat Kelly

Million Dollar Legs
Movie · as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

Freaks
Movie · as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

The Tip-Off
Movie · as Slug

The Galloping Ghost
Movie · as Brady

In Old Cheyenne
Movie · as Henchman

Night Beat
Movie · as Hymie Weissenkorn

The Good Bad Girl
Movie · as One of Tyler's Thugs

Fair Warning
Movie · as Jordan

Little Caesar
Movie · as Cashier (uncredited)

One Man Law
Movie · as Stubb

Dance, Fools, Dance
Movie · as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)

Is There Justice?
Movie · as Shorty Gray
First Aid
Movie · as Joe

For the Defense
Movie · as Eddie Withers

Numbered Men
Movie · as Trustee with List (bit)

The Fighting Legion
Movie · as Jack Bowie

Shadow Ranch
Movie · as Henchman Joe

The Storm
Movie · as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball

All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

Leaping Love
Movie · as George - The Drunk (uncredited)

Weary River
Movie · as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)

The Mighty
Movie · as Hood
One Splendid Hour
Movie · as Solly

A Woman's Way
Movie · as Pedro

Speedy
Movie · as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

What a Night!
Movie · as Snarky

So This Is Love
Movie · as Flash Tracy

Stool Pigeon
Movie · as Dropper

Forgotten Faces
Movie

Men of Daring
Movie · as Ace

The Gay Defender
Movie · as Bart Hamby

Nevada
Movie · as Cash Burridge

The Main Event
Movie · as Slug-nutty fighter

A Man About Town
Movie · as Cohort
On Ze Boulevard
Movie · as Valet

Melting Millions
Movie

The Blackbird
Movie · as Bertie's No. 2 Man

The Amateur Gentleman
Movie · as Dandy (uncredited)

Pals in Paradise
Movie · as Butterfly Kid

Hair-Trigger Baxter
Movie · as Shorty Hillis

The Thundering Herd
Movie · as Jett Henchman (uncredited)

The Best People
Movie · as Taxi Driver

The Pony Express
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)
Where the Worst Begins
Movie

The Beloved Brute
Movie · as Swink Tuckson

Curlytop
Movie · as Sproggs

Ten Dollars or Ten Days
Movie · as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)

The Show
Movie · as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil
Movie · as Agency Employee (uncredited)
A Regular Girl
Movie · as Shorty

