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.
Filmography · 262
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Ed (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 2nd Medic Orderly (unc...
Freaks
1932 · Sideshow Patron (uncre...
It Happened One Night
1934 · Bag Thief (uncredited)
The Killers
1946 · Hood with Cane (uncred...
Sabotage Squad
1942 · Smoke Shop Customer
Union Pacific
1939 · Gen. Philip Sheridan (...
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Miller Huggins
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · Grizzly Barr
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Minor Role (uncredited...
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Man with Lynch Mob (un...
Fear
1946 · House Painter
Road Gang
1936 · Jeff - Convict with Ba...
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947 · Waiter at Hangman's Kn...
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Michaelson (uncredited...
Along Came Jones
1945 · Townsman (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936 · Forgotten Man (uncredi...
Dark Command
1940 · Townsman
Road Agent
1941 · Jake
Swamp Woman
1941 · Spratt
A Lady's Profession
1933 · One of the Colonel's H...
The Suspect
1945 · Cabbie (uncredited)
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Bettor (uncredited)
Exposed
1938 · Bum
The Climax
1944 · Man in Audience Next t...
Night Beat
1931 · Hymie Weissenkorn
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Bartender at "Florian'...
Little Caesar
1931 · Cashier (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940 · Informer
She Married Her Boss
1935 · Passerby
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Texas May
Danger Valley
1937 · Soapy
King for a Night
1933 · Pool Hall Crony
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Reporter (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
1945 · George Smith
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937 · Red
You and Me
1938 · Nick (uncredited)
Before I Hang
1940 · Sam - Hospital Prison...
The Sea Wolf
1941
The Thundering Herd
1925 · Jett Henchman (uncredi...
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Man in Audience (uncre...
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · Pete Daggett
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Hotel Guest (uncredite...
Girls of the Road
1940 · Roadhouse Proprietor (...
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Tie Demo Bystander (un...
The Delicious Little Devil
1919 · Agency Employee (uncre...
Johnny Angel
1945 · Leslie, the Steward (u...
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Passenger Buying Maple...
So This Is Love
1928 · Flash Tracy
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Man at Deer Lodge Stat...
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 · Henchman Bert / Stage...
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Eddie - Circus Attenda...
One Thrilling Night
1942 · Pete Mooney
Men Of America
1932 · Wheels - Smokey's Gas...
Three on the Trail
1936 · Idaho
Down on the Farm
1938 · Pony Concessioner
The Thirteenth Hour
1947 · McCabe
Primrose Path
1940 · Man in Bluebell (uncre...
Exclusive Story
1936 · Bartender (uncredited)
Colorado Kid
1937 · Bibben Tucker
Gallant Journey
1946 · Husband (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937 · Miner
The Pretender
1947 · Thomas the butler
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Jules Mason, caretaker
Midnight Mary
1933 · Court Photographer (un...
The Gay Defender
1927 · Bart Hamby
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Doorman (uncredited)
Trail Street
1947 · Eben Bowen (uncredited...
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Cactus Pete, Prospecto...
Phony Express
1943 · The Banker (uncredited...
Desperate
1947 · Villager (uncredited)
Girl on the Spot
1946 · Pickpocket (uncredited...
Night Waitress
1936 · Diner Who Gets Indiges...
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Heckler (uncredited)
Is There Justice?
1931 · Shorty Gray
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Ezra Smith
Rollin' Plains
1938 · Cain Moody
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Kelner - the Fink (unc...
The Jungle Captive
1945 · Jim
Hell Bent for Love
1934 · Henchman Joe Barnard
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945 · Charlie (uncredited)
We're Not Dressing
1934 · Sailor Tossing Cards (...
Return of the Ape Man
1944 · Tramp, Willie the Weas...
The Amateur Gentleman
1926 · Dandy (uncredited)
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Shifty Sheldon
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Klopstokian Athlete (u...
Crash Donovan
1936 · Mechanic (uncredited)
The Chaser
1938 · Injured Man
Weary River
1929 · Ex-Con in Alley (uncre...
West of Cheyenne
1938 · Henchman Shorty
What a Night!
1928 · Snarky
The Glass Key
1935 · Bettor (uncredited)
The Devil Commands
1941 · Elam
It's in the Air
1935 · Counterman (uncredited...
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942 · Stumpy - Smaller Prosp...
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Man Seeking a Light (u...
Isle of Missing Men
1942 · Captain of the S. S. M...
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Dugan
Mandrake the Magician
1939 · Brown
Honolulu Lu
1941 · Pierre
The Storm
1930 · Johnny Behind the 8-Ba...
Made on Broadway
1933 · Elmer - Jeff's Chauffe...
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · Bit Part
Whirlpool
1934 · Ben (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
1932 · Barney
The Prescott Kid
1934 · Red Larsen
Hair-Trigger Baxter
1926 · Shorty Hillis
Dodge City Trail
1936 · Dillon
The Mighty
1929 · Hood
Men of the Hour
1935 · Steve
The Galloping Ghost
1931 · Brady
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Fireman (Uncredited)
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 · Bert Simpson
Life Begins with Love
1937 · Radical (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Newsstand Clerk
The Good Bad Girl
1931 · One of Tyler's Thugs
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 · Peters
The Law of the Wild
1934 · Henchman Raymond
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Doc Grover
San Quentin
1937 · Fink
Forgotten Faces
1928
Frisco Sal
1945 · McKinney
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 · Pablo
Code of the Streets
1939 · Henchman
The Jury's Secret
1938 · Sidewalk Heckler
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Cafe Counterman (uncre...
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Medicine Show Spectato...
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 · Hans Plattner, alias B...
Anything for a Thrill
1937 · The Runt - Henchman
The Man from Sundown
1939 · Shorty Bates
The Pony Express
1925 · Henchman
Tower of London
1939 · Thirsty Prisoner (uncr...
Out West with the Peppers
1940 · Oscar - Telegraph Oper...
The Millerson Case
1947 · Zeke Zilch
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · Porter
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Paki
Calling All Cars
1935 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Great John L.
1945 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Frame-Up
1937 · Horse Player (uncredit...
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946 · Retner
Sagebrush Law
1943 · Landers
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Luva’s Henchman (uncre...
The Invisible Killer
1939 · Squint, the Croupier
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 · Frank Gary, Henchman
Carnival
1935 · Barker (uncredited)
Speedy
1928 · Baseball Concessionair...
Ex-Champ
1939 · Street Cleaner
West of Singapore
1933 · Watson
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Gambler
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Greeley
I Stole a Million
1939 · Mooch (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers
1946 · Hiram Bailey
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · Man Thrown out of Apar...
Men of the Night
1934 · Sandy (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Car Thief (uncredited)
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Keno
The Unwritten Law
1932 · Ed Riley
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Henchman Becker
The Black Widow
1947 · Blinky
In Old Cheyenne
1931 · Henchman
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Gimpy (Uncredited)
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Warren, the Jewel Cutt...
Law of the Ranger
1937 · Zeke
For the Defense
1930 · Eddie Withers
The Last Round-up
1947 · Taxicab Driver (uncred...
Beyond the Rockies
1932 · Blinky
Murder in Times Square
1943 · Horsetooth
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 · Workman
Outlaw Express
1938 · Express Rider
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
The Man in the Barn
1937 · Rowdy Man Outside Thea...
Here Comes the Groom
1934 · 1st Gunman
Numbered Men
1930 · Trustee with List (bit...
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 · Nuggett Newcomb
Mug Town
1942 · Thief
Ranger's Code
1933 · Nat the Bat
The Purple Vigilantes
1938 · Blake
The Blackbird
1926 · Bertie's No. 2 Man
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 · Henchman Blackie
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Pop - Stage Doorman (u...
The Tip-Off
1931 · Slug
Curlytop
1924 · Sproggs
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Husband of Fat Lady at...
Woman Unafraid
1934 · Henchman
Doomed at Sundown
1937 · Deputy
The Gun Ranger
1936 · Wally Smeed
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Waiter (uncredited)
Yukon Flight
1940 · Henry
Raiders of the Border
1944 · Whiskey Wiley
The Miracle Rider
1935 · John Stelter
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932 · Pat Kelly
A Man About Town
1927 · Cohort
Jungle Raiders
1945 · Charley
Bandit Ranger
1942 · Kenyon's Clerk (uncred...
The Mexicali Kid
1938 · Carl--Gorson's Bookkee...
Goin' to Town
1944 · Zeke
The Phantom
1943 · Rusty Fenton (uncredit...
Sea Raiders
1941 · Zeke
Radio Patrol
1937 · Hobo
Land of Fighting Men
1938 · Slim
Man With Two Lives
1942 · Gimpy
The Undie-World
1934 · T.N.T. Room Checkroom...
The Beloved Brute
1924 · Swink Tuckson
The Show
1922 · Magician / Audience Me...
Stars Over Arizona
1937 · Jimmy the Weasel
Dangerous Business
1946 · Morgue Attendant (uncr...
Fair Warning
1931 · Jordan
Riding the Wind
1942 · Jones
Leaping Love
1929 · George - The Drunk (un...
Traffic in Crime
1946 · Counter Man
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Andy Kent
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937 · Henchman Pete
One Man Law
1931 · Stubb
Gun Packer
1938 · Jim Lee - Stage Driver
A Guy Could Change
1946 · Newsboy
Found Alive
1933 · C.S. King
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943 · 'Sarge' Kincaid
The Fargo Kid
1940 · Bush Cleveland
California Frontier
1938 · Barclay
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Assayer Benson
The Lost Jungle
1934 · Pete
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924 · The Cashier's Father (...
Breed of the Border
1933 · Joe
The Ghost Rider
1935 · Practical Joker
Hail to the Rangers
1943 · Latham
Riders from Nowhere
1940 · Manny
Melting Millions
1927
Ghost Guns
1944 · Doc Edwards
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · Mustang
Thunder in the Desert
1938 · Tramp
Nevada
1927 · Cash Burridge
The Red Shadow
1932
Yankee Fakir
1947 · Charlie
Men of Daring
1927 · Ace
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937 · Sheriff Rankin
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 · Thor - Black Raiders B...
Trigger Pals
1939 · Henchman Pete
The Phantom Stage
1939 · Henchman Runt (Stage G...
Son of Zorro
1947 · Judge Hyde
The Pride of the Legion
1932 · Shorty
Killer Dill
1947 · Little Joe's Driver (u...
Mystery Broadcast
1943 · Radio Writer in Cafe (...
Shadow Ranch
1930 · Henchman Joe
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Chuck
Panama Flo
1932 · Jake - Speakeasy Doorm...
The Perfect Clue
1935 · Butch Carter
The Pinto Kid
1941 · Ed Slade
Badge of Honor
1934 · 'Tip' Crane
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939 · Ernie Adams
Trailing Danger
1947 · Pennypacker
The Fighting Legion
1930 · Jack Bowie
The Lone Prairie
1942 · Judge Barstow
The Best People
1925 · Taxi Driver
Song of the Buckaroo
1938 · Cashier
The Main Event
1927 · Slug-nutty fighter
Stool Pigeon
1928 · Dropper
Three Chumps Ahead
1934 · Pool Hall Attendant (u...
Pals in Paradise
1926 · Butterfly Kid
A Woman's Way
1928 · Pedro