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