Ernie Adams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-06-17 (62 years old)

Deathday

1947-11-26

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Ernie Adams

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...

Acting

1945

Escape in the Fog

as George Smith

1947

The Pretender

as Thomas the butler

1946

Fear

as House Painter

1947

1934

Hell Bent for Love

as Henchman Joe Barnard

1925

The Thundering Herd

as Jett Henchman (uncredited)

1935

Calling All Cars

as Reporter (uncredited)

1933

She Done Him Wrong

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1929

Leaping Love

as George - The Drunk (uncredited)

1941

The Officer and the Lady

as Car Thief (uncredited)

1934

The Law of the Wild

as Henchman Raymond

1934

Prescott Kid

as Red Larsen

1945

Along Came Jones

as Townsman (uncredited)

1934

Little Miss Marker

as Bettor (uncredited)

1937

Stars Over Arizona

as Jimmy the Weasel

1938

1927

1939

The Man from Sundown

as Shorty Bates

1935

The Perfect Clue

as Butch Carter

1945

The Suspect

as Cabbie (uncredited)

1927

The Gay Defender

as Bart Hamby

1946

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

as Frank Gary, Henchman

1940

The Fargo Kid

as Bush Cleveland

1941

Bad Man of Deadwood

as Medicine Show Spectator

1924

The Beloved Brute

as Swink Tuckson

1925

The Best People

as Taxi Driver

1928

1938

Rollin' Plains

as Cain Moody

1941

Swamp Woman

as Spratt

1932

1933

Midnight Mary

as Court Photographer (uncredited)

1944

Return of the Ape Man

as Tramp, Willie the Weasel

1939

Overland with Kit Carson

as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith

1945

Brenda Starr, Reporter

as Charlie (uncredited)

1936

Exclusive Story

as Bartender (uncredited)

1943

The Phantom

as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)

1945

I Love a Mystery

as Gimpy (Uncredited)

1927

Nevada

as Cash Burridge

1931

1947

The Last Round-up

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

1947

1942

Isle of Missing Men

as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa

1942

Cactus Makes Perfect

as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)

1943

Phony Express

as The Banker (uncredited)

1935

The Miracle Rider

as John Stelter

1933

Found Alive

as C.S. King

1936

The Gun Ranger

as Wally Smeed

1947

Desperate

as Villager (uncredited)

1937

The Man in the Barn

as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

1930

For the Defense

as Eddie Withers

1945

Jungle Raiders

as Charley

1937

Bar-Z Bad Men

as Henchman Pete

1938

Where the Buffalo Roam

as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger

1937

Arizona Gunfighter

as Grizzly Barr

1937

1938

Exposed

as Bum

1941

1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds

as Shifty Sheldon

1946

1933

1934

1938

Gun Packer

as Jim Lee - Stage Driver

1930

Numbered Men

as Trustee with List (uncredited)

1944

Arizona Whirlwind

as Warren, the Jewel Cutter

1930

The Fighting Legion

as Jack Bowie

1929

Weary River

as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Miller Huggins

1941

Invisible Ghost

as Jules Mason, caretaker

1934

Woman Unafraid

as Henchman

1927

The Main Event

as Slug-nutty fighter

1932

1940

1944

Murder, My Sweet

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

1940

Girls of the Road

as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)

1938

The Mexicali Kid

as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper

1934

Three Chumps Ahead

as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)

1937

1931

In Old Cheyenne

as Henchman

1937

Wells Fargo

as Miner

1932

Men Of America

as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper

1934

1943

Mystery Broadcast

as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)

1946

Dangerous Business

as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

1933

King for a Night

as Pool Hall Crony

1939

Trigger Pals

as Henchman Pete

1924

Curlytop

as Sproggs

1937

1937

Two-Fisted Sheriff

as Sheriff Rankin

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

1939

Frontier Pony Express

as Man at Deer Lodge Station

1939

Union Pacific

as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

1939

Tower of London

as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)

1939

1939

The Invisible Killer

as Squint, the Croupier

1933

Ranger's Code

as Nat the Bat

1938

There Goes My Heart

as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)

1930

Shadow Ranch

as Henchman Joe

1935

The Ghost Rider

as Practical Joker

1933

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building

1934

It Happened One Night

as Bag Thief (uncredited)

1931

Night Beat

as Hymie Weissenkorn

1942

One Thrilling Night

as Pete Mooney

1939

The Phantom Stage

as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

1942

1937

Colorado Kid

as Bibben Tucker

1940

Yukon Flight

as Henry

1936

Night Waitress

as Diner Who Gets Indigestion

1941

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Ed (uncredited)

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Waiter (uncredited)

1925

The Pony Express

as Henchman

1942

1947

Killer Dill

as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)

1940

Young Tom Edison

as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar

1940

Out West with the Peppers

as Oscar - Telegraph Operator

1928

Speedy

as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

as Assayer Benson

1940

The Invisible Man Returns

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1936

1941

Riders of Death Valley

as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

1946

The Killers

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

1943

Sagebrush Law

as Landers

1926

The Blackbird

as Bertie's No. 2 Man

1940

Dark Command

as Townsman

1939

1933

A Lady's Profession

as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)

1937

1940

Before I Hang

as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

1935

It's in the Air

as Counterman (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)

1940

Primrose Path

as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)

1930

The Storm

as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball

1929

The Mighty

as Hood

1932

Panama Flo

as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman

1936

Road Gang

as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)

1937

Anything for a Thrill

as The Runt - Henchman

1946

Traffic in Crime

as Counter Man

1946

1937

Tim Tyler's Luck

as Henchman Becker

1942

Alias Boston Blackie

as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1941

Honolulu Lu

as Pierre

1932

1929

1947

Son of Zorro

as Judge Hyde

1941

1941

The Pinto Kid

as Ed Slade

1942

Mug Town

as Thief

1943

1943

Beyond the Last Frontier

as 'Sarge' Kincaid

1943

1942

The Lone Prairie

as Judge Barstow

1944

Raiders of Ghost City

as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper

1944

Ghost Guns

as Doc Edwards

1944

Raiders of the Border

as Whiskey Wiley

1947

Trailing Danger

as Pennypacker

1935

Carnival

as Barker

1947

1942

Bandit Ranger

as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)

1939

Sundown on the Prairie

as Henchman Blackie

1946

Up Goes Maisie

as Fireman (Uncredited)

1942

Sabotage Squad

as Smoke Shop Customer

1931

The Good Bad Girl

as One of Tyler's Thugs

1937

Lightnin' Crandall

as Texas May

1939

I Stole a Million

as Mooch (uncredited)

1934

Men of the Night

as Sandy (uncredited)

1934

The Undie-World

as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant

1937

Life Begins with Love

as Radical (uncredited)

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

1926

The Amateur Gentleman

as Dandy (uncredited)

1926

Pals in Paradise

as Butterfly Kid

1928

What a Night!

as Snarky

1936

1931

Fair Warning

as Jordan

1938

Down on the Farm

as Pony Concessioner

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Heckler (uncredited)

1927

1938

The Jury's Secret

as Sidewalk Heckler

1938

Outlaw Express

as Express Rider

1939

Ex-Champ

as Street Cleaner

1936

Crash Donovan

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1935

The Glass Key

as Bettor (uncredited)

1928

So This Is Love

as Flash Tracy

1938

The Chaser

as Injured Man

1934

Badge of Honor

as 'Tip' Crane

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

1944

1931

Little Caesar

as Cashier (uncredited)

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)

1943

1945

Frisco Sal

as McKinney

1932

Freaks

as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Michaelson (uncredited)

1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

as Nuggett Newcomb

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

1924

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)

1944

The Climax

as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Reporter (uncredited)

1922

The Show

as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

1931

One Man Law

as Stubb

1938

1934

1933

Galloping Romeo

as Andy Kent

1933

The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)

1941

Road Agent

as Jake

1928

Stool Pigeon

as Dropper

1947

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

1927

1935

1933

Made on Broadway

as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur

1938

You and Me

as Nick (uncredited)

1937

The Frame-Up

as Horse Player (uncredited)

1931

Dance, Fools, Dance

as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)

1947

Yankee Fakir

as Charlie

1941

The Face Behind the Mask

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1946

Gallant Journey

as Husband (uncredited)

1945

Johnny Angel

as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)

1919

The Delicious Little Devil

as Agency Employee (uncredited)

1942

The Lady Is Willing

as Doorman (uncredited)

1945

The Great John L.

as Waiter (uncredited)

1934

Whirlpool

as Ben (uncredited)

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