Ernie Adams
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 17, 1885 (141 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 1947 | The PretenderThomas the butler | |
| 1947 | The Thirteenth HourMcCabe | |
| 1947 | The Last Round-upTaxicab Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | The Black WidowBlinky | |
| 1947 | DesperateVillager (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Killer DillLittle Joe's Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Son of ZorroJudge Hyde | |
| 1947 | Robin Hood of MontereyPablo | |
| 1947 | Trailing DangerPennypacker | |
| 1947 | The Law Comes to GunsightBert Simpson | |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come HomeTie Demo Bystander (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets GruesomeWaiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Yankee FakirCharlie | |
| 1947 | Trail StreetEben Bowen (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | FearHouse Painter | |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. ValentineFrank Gary, Henchman | |
| 1946 | Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the AirwaysRetner | |
| 1946 | King of the Forest RangersHiram Bailey | |
| 1946 | Dangerous BusinessMorgue Attendant (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful LifeEd (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Deadline at DawnWaiter (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The KillersHood with Cane (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | A Guy Could ChangeNewsboy | |
| 1946 | Traffic in CrimeCounter Man | |
| 1946 | Up Goes MaisieFireman (Uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The Secret of the Whistler | |
| 1946 | Gallant JourneyHusband (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The People's Choice | |
| 1946 | Girl on the SpotPickpocket (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Escape in the FogGeorge Smith | |
| 1945 | Along Came JonesTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | The Power of the WhistlerBit Part | |
| 1945 | The SuspectCabbie (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Brenda Starr, ReporterCharlie (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | I Love a MysteryGimpy (Uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Jungle RaidersCharley | |
| 1945 | Frisco SalMcKinney | |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon StreetPorter | |
| 1945 | The Jungle CaptiveJim | |
| 1945 | Johnny AngelLeslie, the Steward (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | The Great John L.Waiter (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Return of the Ape ManTramp, Willie the Weasel | |
| 1944 | Arizona WhirlwindWarren, the Jewel Cutter | |
| 1944 | Murder, My SweetBartender at "Florian's" (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost CityHans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper | |
| 1944 | Ghost GunsDoc Edwards | |
| 1944 | Raiders of the BorderWhiskey Wiley | |
| 1944 | Goin' to TownZeke | |
| 1944 | Marshal of GunsmokeNuggett Newcomb | |
| 1944 | The ClimaxMan in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited) | |
| 1943 | The PhantomRusty Fenton (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Phony ExpressThe Banker (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Mystery BroadcastRadio Writer in Cafe (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Headin' for God's CountryChuck | |
| 1943 | Sagebrush LawLanders | |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em SluggingDugan | |
| 1943 | Beyond the Last Frontier'Sarge' Kincaid | |
| 1943 | Hail to the RangersLatham | |
| 1943 | Mission to MoscowHeckler (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Murder in Times SquareHorsetooth | |
| 1942 | Isle of Missing MenCaptain of the S. S. Mariposa | |
| 1942 | Cactus Makes PerfectStumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the YankeesMiller Huggins | |
| 1942 | The Man Who Returned to LifeEzra Smith | |
| 1942 | One Thrilling NightPete Mooney | |
| 1942 | Riding the WindJones | |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of TahitiPaki | |
| 1942 | Man With Two LivesGimpy | |
| 1942 | Alias Boston BlackiePop - Stage Doorman (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Mug TownThief | |
| 1942 | The Lone PrairieJudge Barstow | |
| 1942 | Bandit RangerKenyon's Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Sabotage SquadSmoke Shop Customer | |
| 1942 | Stagecoach Buckaroo | |
| 1942 | The Lady Is WillingDoorman (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | The Officer and the LadyCar Thief (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Bad Man of DeadwoodMedicine Show Spectator | |
| 1941 | Swamp WomanSpratt | |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf | |
| 1941 | The Devil CommandsElam | |
| 1941 | Sea RaidersZeke | |
| 1941 | Invisible GhostJules Mason, caretaker | |
| 1941 | Robbers of the RangeGreeley | |
| 1941 | Riders of Death ValleyCactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14] | |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieMustang | |
| 1941 | Honolulu LuPierre | |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a ChanceNewsstand Clerk | |
| 1941 | The Pinto KidEd Slade | |
| 1941 | Westward Ho-Hum | |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to DinnerMichaelson (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Road AgentJake | |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the MaskHotel Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | The Fargo KidBush Cleveland | |
| 1940 | The Man from TumbleweedsShifty Sheldon | |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine LivesPete Daggett | |
| 1940 | Girls of the RoadRoadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Riders from NowhereManny | |
| 1940 | Yukon FlightHenry | |
| 1940 | Young Tom EdisonPassenger Buying Maple Sugar | |
| 1940 | Out West with the PeppersOscar - Telegraph Operator | |
| 1940 | The Invisible Man ReturnsMinor Role (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Dark CommandTownsman | |
| 1940 | The Son of Monte CristoInformer | |
| 1940 | Before I HangSam - Hospital Prison Orderly | |
| 1940 | Castle on the HudsonKelner - the Fink (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Primrose PathMan in Bluebell (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | He Stayed for BreakfastWorkman | |
| 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe(uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Man from SundownShorty Bates | |
| 1939 | Overland with Kit CarsonThor - Black Raiders Blacksmith | |
| 1939 | Mandrake the MagicianBrown | |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides AgainDoc Grover | |
| 1939 | Trigger PalsHenchman Pete | |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest ManEddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Frontier Pony ExpressMan at Deer Lodge Station | |
| 1939 | Union PacificGen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Young Mr. LincolnMan with Lynch Mob (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Tower of LondonThirsty Prisoner (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Down the Wyoming TrailErnie Adams | |
| 1939 | The Invisible KillerSquint, the Croupier | |
| 1939 | The Phantom StageHenchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits) | |
| 1939 | Code of the StreetsHenchman | |
| 1939 | Sundown on the PrairieHenchman Blackie | |
| 1939 | I Stole a MillionMooch (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Ex-ChampStreet Cleaner | |
| 1938 | Land of Fighting MenSlim | |
| 1938 | Song of the BuckarooCashier | |
| 1938 | Rollin' PlainsCain Moody | |
| 1938 | The Purple VigilantesBlake | |
| 1938 | Where the Buffalo RoamHenchman Bert / Stage Passenger | |
| 1938 | Thunder in the DesertTramp | |
| 1938 | ExposedBum | |
| 1938 | Gun PackerJim Lee - Stage Driver | |
| 1938 | The Mexicali KidCarl--Gorson's Bookkeeper | |
| 1938 | There Goes My HeartCafe Counterman (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Down on the FarmPony Concessioner | |
| 1938 | The Jury's SecretSidewalk Heckler | |
| 1938 | Outlaw ExpressExpress Rider | |
| 1938 | The ChaserInjured Man | |
| 1938 | California FrontierBarclay | |
| 1938 | You and MeNick (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | West of CheyenneHenchman Shorty | |
| 1937 | Stars Over ArizonaJimmy the Weasel | |
| 1937 | The Man in the BarnRowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Bar-Z Bad MenHenchman Pete | |
| 1937 | Gun Lords of Stirrup BasinRed | |
| 1937 | Law of the RangerZeke | |
| 1937 | Arizona GunfighterGrizzly Barr | |
| 1937 | Danger ValleySoapy | |
| 1937 | Radio PatrolHobo | |
| 1937 | Wells FargoMiner | |
| 1937 | Hopalong Rides AgainKeno | |
| 1937 | Doomed at SundownDeputy | |
| 1937 | Two-Fisted SheriffSheriff Rankin | |
| 1937 | Colorado KidBibben Tucker | |
| 1937 | Ridin' the Lone TrailPeters | |
| 1937 | San QuentinFink | |
| 1937 | Anything for a ThrillThe Runt - Henchman | |
| 1937 | Tim Tyler's LuckHenchman Becker | |
| 1937 | Lightnin' CrandallTexas May | |
| 1937 | Life Begins with LoveRadical (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | The Frame-UpHorse Player (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Exclusive StoryBartender (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Gun RangerWally Smeed | |
| 1936 | Night WaitressDiner Who Gets Indigestion | |
| 1936 | Hopalong Cassidy ReturnsAssayer Benson | |
| 1936 | Three on the TrailIdaho | |
| 1936 | Road GangJeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Dodge City TrailDillon | |
| 1936 | Crash DonovanMechanic (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | My Man GodfreyForgotten Man (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Calling All CarsReporter (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The Perfect ClueButch Carter | |
| 1935 | The Miracle RiderJohn Stelter | |
| 1935 | The Ghost RiderPractical Joker | |
| 1935 | It's in the AirCounterman (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | CarnivalBarker (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | The Glass KeyBettor (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | She Married Her BossPasserby | |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder CaseHusband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Men of the HourSteve | |
| 1934 | Hell Bent for LoveHenchman Joe Barnard | |
| 1934 | The Law of the WildHenchman Raymond | |
| 1934 | Prescott KidRed Larsen | |
| 1934 | Little Miss MarkerBettor (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Groom1st Gunman | |
| 1934 | Woman UnafraidHenchman | |
| 1934 | Three Chumps AheadPool Hall Attendant (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable GuyGambler | |
| 1934 | It Happened One NightBag Thief (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Men of the NightSandy (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Undie-WorldT.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant | |
| 1934 | Badge of Honor'Tip' Crane | |
| 1934 | The Lost JunglePete | |
| 1934 | WhirlpoolBen (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | We're Not DressingSailor Tossing Cards (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | She Done Him WrongMan in Audience (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Midnight MaryCourt Photographer (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Found AliveC.S. King | |
| 1933 | West of SingaporeWatson | |
| 1933 | King for a NightPool Hall Crony | |
| 1933 | Ranger's CodeNat the Bat | |
| 1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a BumMan Thrown out of Apartment Building | |
| 1933 | A Lady's ProfessionOne of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Breed of the BorderJoe | |
| 1933 | Galloping RomeoAndy Kent | |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the MirrorMan Seeking a Light (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Made on BroadwayElmer - Jeff's Chauffeur | |
| 1932 | The Hurricane ExpressBarney | |
| 1932 | The Unwritten LawEd Riley | |
| 1932 | The Pride of the LegionShorty | |
| 1932 | The Red Shadow | |
| 1932 | Beyond the RockiesBlinky | |
| 1932 | Men Of AmericaWheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper | |
| 1932 | Panama FloJake - Speakeasy Doorman | |
| 1932 | The Shadow of the EaglePat Kelly | |
| 1932 | Million Dollar LegsKlopstokian Athlete (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | FreaksSideshow Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to HellReporter (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | The Tip-OffSlug | |
| 1931 | The Galloping GhostBrady | |
| 1931 | In Old CheyenneHenchman | |
| 1931 | Night BeatHymie Weissenkorn | |
| 1931 | The Good Bad GirlOne of Tyler's Thugs | |
| 1931 | Fair WarningJordan | |
| 1931 | Little CaesarCashier (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | One Man LawStubb | |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, DanceLuva’s Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Is There Justice?Shorty Gray | |
| 1931 | First AidJoe | |
| 1930 | For the DefenseEddie Withers | |
| 1930 | Numbered MenTrustee with List (bit) | |
| 1930 | The Fighting LegionJack Bowie | |
| 1930 | Shadow RanchHenchman Joe | |
| 1930 | The StormJohnny Behind the 8-Ball | |
| 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Leaping LoveGeorge - The Drunk (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Weary RiverEx-Con in Alley (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | The MightyHood | |
| 1929 | One Splendid HourSolly | |
| 1928 | A Woman's WayPedro | |
| 1928 | SpeedyBaseball Concessionaire (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | What a Night!Snarky | |
| 1928 | So This Is LoveFlash Tracy | |
| 1928 | Stool PigeonDropper | |
| 1928 | Forgotten Faces | |
| 1927 | Men of DaringAce | |
| 1927 | The Gay DefenderBart Hamby | |
| 1927 | NevadaCash Burridge | |
| 1927 | The Main EventSlug-nutty fighter | |
| 1927 | A Man About TownCohort | |
| 1927 | On Ze BoulevardValet | |
| 1927 | Melting Millions | |
| 1926 | The BlackbirdBertie's No. 2 Man | |
| 1926 | The Amateur GentlemanDandy (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Pals in ParadiseButterfly Kid | |
| 1926 | Hair-Trigger BaxterShorty Hillis | |
| 1925 | The Thundering HerdJett Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 1925 | The Best PeopleTaxi Driver | |
| 1925 | The Pony ExpressHenchman | |
| 1925 | Where the Worst Begins | |
| 1924 | The Beloved BruteSwink Tuckson | |
| 1924 | CurlytopSproggs | |
| 1924 | Ten Dollars or Ten DaysThe Cashier's Father (uncredited) | |
| 1922 | The ShowMagician / Audience Member (uncredited) | |
| 1919 | The Delicious Little DevilAgency Employee (uncredited) | |
| 1919 | A Regular GirlShorty |