Ernie Adams
Known for Acting · 268 credits
- Born
- 1885-06-17
- Died
- 1947-11-26
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Ernest S. Adams · Ernie S. Adams · Ernest Adams · Ernest Stephen Dumarais
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.
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Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ed (uncredited)
Freaks
1932
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Little Caesar
1931
as Cashier (uncredited)
The Killers
1946
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Movies (268)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ed (uncredited)
Freaks
1932
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Little Caesar
1931
as Cashier (uncredited)
The Killers
1946
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
1944
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947
as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
The Suspect
1945
as Cabbie (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1934
as 1st Gunman
The Climax
1944
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Whirlpool
1934
as Ben (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Miller Huggins
Primrose Path
1940
as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945
as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
Jungle Raiders
1945
as Charley
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
as Pete Daggett
Wells Fargo
1937
as Miner
You and Me
1938
as Nick (uncredited)
The Blackbird
1926
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
The Phantom
1943
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939
as Street Cleaner
The Sea Wolf
1941
Speedy
1928
as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
Doomed at Sundown
1937
as Deputy
Dark Command
1940
as Townsman
Midnight Mary
1933
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
Dangerous Business
1946
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Leaping Love
1929
as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
Outlaw Express
1938
as Express Rider
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
The Mighty
1929
as Hood
The Storm
1930
as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Michaelson (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Found Alive
1933
as C.S. King
Sabotage Squad
1942
as Smoke Shop Customer
Along Came Jones
1945
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
1932
as Barney
The Jungle Captive
1945
as Jim
Union Pacific
1939
as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Doorman (uncredited)
Sagebrush Law
1943
as Landers
Exclusive Story
1936
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Gay Defender
1927
as Bart Hamby
San Quentin
1937
as Fink
Trigger Pals
1939
as Henchman Pete
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Fear
1946
as House Painter
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Carnival
1935
as Barker (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
as Informer
Numbered Men
1930
as Trustee with List (bit)
Desperate
1947
as Villager (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heckler (uncredited)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Paki
Danger Valley
1937
as Soapy
Return of the Ape Man
1944
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
The Jury's Secret
1938
as Sidewalk Heckler
The Millerson Case
1947
as Zeke Zilch
Life Begins with Love
1937
as Radical (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Pierre
The Chaser
1938
as Injured Man
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
as Medicine Show Spectator
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Gambler
Rollin' Plains
1938
as Cain Moody
Swamp Woman
1941
as Spratt
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Dugan
Out West with the Peppers
1940
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
Girls of the Road
1940
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
The Pretender
1947
as Thomas the butler
The Prescott Kid
1934
as Red Larsen
The Miracle Rider
1935
as John Stelter
Arizona Whirlwind
1944
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Curlytop
1924
as Sproggs
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Fireman (Uncredited)
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
Road Agent
1941
as Jake
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Ranger's Code
1933
as Nat the Bat
The Lost Jungle
1934
as Pete
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Jules Mason, caretaker
Road Gang
1936
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Tower of London
1939
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
1939
as Mooch (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
West of Singapore
1933
as Watson
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Passerby
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Newsstand Clerk
The Show
1922
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Bandit Ranger
1942
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
Before I Hang
1940
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
The Power of the Whistler
1945
as Bit Part
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The Fargo Kid
1940
as Bush Cleveland
Made on Broadway
1933
as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
Escape in the Fog
1945
as George Smith
Crash Donovan
1936
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Gallant Journey
1946
as Husband (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935
as Counterman (uncredited)
Galloping Romeo
1933
as Andy Kent
Hell Bent for Love
1934
as Henchman Joe Barnard
King of the Forest Rangers
1946
as Hiram Bailey
Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Where the Worst Begins
1925
Overland with Kit Carson
1939
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
as Porter
Little Miss Marker
1934
as Bettor (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
About 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 191… With 268 credits spanning from 1919 to 1947, Ernie Adams has appeared in 268 films and 0 TV shows.
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- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as Ed (uncredited)
- Freaks (1932) — as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
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- It Happened One Night (1934) — as Bag Thief (uncredited)
- Little Caesar (1931) — as Cashier (uncredited)
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