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Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Born: 1885-06-17 • San Francisco, California, USA

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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Filmography
The Last Round-up poster
The Last Round-up
1947 • Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Black Widow poster
The Black Widow
1947 • Blinky
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome poster
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947 • Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Robin Hood of Monterey poster
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 • Pablo
The Pretender poster
The Pretender
1947 • Thomas the butler
Killer Dill poster
Killer Dill
1947 • Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
Desperate poster
Desperate
1947 • Villager (uncredited)
Trailing Danger poster
Trailing Danger
1947 • Pennypacker
The Law Comes to Gunsight poster
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 • Bert Simpson
Buck Privates Come Home poster
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 • Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir poster
Yankee Fakir
1947 • Charlie
Trail Street poster
Trail Street
1947 • Eben Bowen (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Hour poster
The Thirteenth Hour
1947 • McCabe
Son of Zorro poster
Son of Zorro
1947 • Judge Hyde
It's a Wonderful Life poster
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 • Ed (uncredited)
No Image
The People's Choice
1946
The Secret of the Whistler poster
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Gallant Journey poster
Gallant Journey
1946 • Husband (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine poster
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 • Frank Gary, Henchman
The Killers poster
The Killers
1946 • Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime poster
Traffic in Crime
1946 • Counter Man
Dangerous Business poster
Dangerous Business
1946 • Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers poster
King of the Forest Rangers
1946 • Hiram Bailey
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways poster
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946 • Retner
Deadline at Dawn poster
Deadline at Dawn
1946 • Waiter (uncredited)
Fear poster
Fear
1946 • House Painter
Up Goes Maisie poster
Up Goes Maisie
1946 • Fireman (Uncredited)
A Guy Could Change poster
A Guy Could Change
1946 • Newsboy
Girl on the Spot poster
Girl on the Spot
1946 • Pickpocket (uncredited)
Johnny Angel poster
Johnny Angel
1945 • Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
Jungle Raiders poster
Jungle Raiders
1945 • Charley
Along Came Jones poster
Along Came Jones
1945 • Townsman (uncredited)
The Jungle Captive poster
The Jungle Captive
1945 • Jim
The Great John L. poster
The Great John L.
1945 • Waiter (uncredited)
The Power of the Whistler poster
The Power of the Whistler
1945 • Bit Part
Escape in the Fog poster
Escape in the Fog
1945 • George Smith
Frisco Sal poster
Frisco Sal
1945 • McKinney
The Suspect poster
The Suspect
1945 • Cabbie (uncredited)
Brenda Starr, Reporter poster
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945 • Charlie (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery poster
I Love a Mystery
1945 • Gimpy (Uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street poster
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 • Porter
Murder, My Sweet poster
Murder, My Sweet
1944 • Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Ghost Guns poster
Ghost Guns
1944 • Doc Edwards
The Climax poster
The Climax
1944 • Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Goin' to Town poster
Goin' to Town
1944 • Zeke
Raiders of Ghost City poster
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 • Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
Return of the Ape Man poster
Return of the Ape Man
1944 • Tramp, Willie the Weasel
Arizona Whirlwind poster
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 • Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Raiders of the Border poster
Raiders of the Border
1944 • Whiskey Wiley
Marshal of Gunsmoke poster
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 • Nuggett Newcomb
The Phantom poster
The Phantom
1943 • Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast poster
Mystery Broadcast
1943 • Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
Phony Express poster
Phony Express
1943 • The Banker (uncredited)
Hail to the Rangers poster
Hail to the Rangers
1943 • Latham
Headin' for God's Country poster
Headin' for God's Country
1943 • Chuck
Beyond the Last Frontier poster
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943 • 'Sarge' Kincaid
Mission to Moscow poster
Mission to Moscow
1943 • Heckler (uncredited)
Sagebrush Law poster
Sagebrush Law
1943 • Landers
Murder in Times Square poster
Murder in Times Square
1943 • Horsetooth
Keep 'Em Slugging poster
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 • Dugan
Mug Town poster
Mug Town
1942 • Thief
The Lone Prairie poster
The Lone Prairie
1942 • Judge Barstow
Bandit Ranger poster
Bandit Ranger
1942 • Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
Isle of Missing Men poster
Isle of Missing Men
1942 • Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Sabotage Squad poster
Sabotage Squad
1942 • Smoke Shop Customer
The Pride of the Yankees poster
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 • Miller Huggins
One Thrilling Night poster
One Thrilling Night
1942 • Pete Mooney
The Tuttles of Tahiti poster
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 • Paki
Cactus Makes Perfect poster
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942 • Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
Alias Boston Blackie poster
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 • Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Riding the Wind poster
Riding the Wind
1942 • Jones
Man With Two Lives poster
Man With Two Lives
1942 • Gimpy
Stagecoach Buckaroo poster
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
The Lady Is Willing poster
The Lady Is Willing
1942 • Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life poster
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 • Ezra Smith
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 • Michaelson (uncredited)
Road Agent poster
Road Agent
1941 • Jake
Honolulu Lu poster
Honolulu Lu
1941 • Pierre
Swamp Woman poster
Swamp Woman
1941 • Spratt
Sea Raiders poster
Sea Raiders
1941 • Zeke
The Officer and the Lady poster
The Officer and the Lady
1941 • Car Thief (uncredited)
Westward Ho-Hum poster
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood poster
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 • Medicine Show Spectator
The Devil Commands poster
The Devil Commands
1941 • Elam
Riders of Death Valley poster
Riders of Death Valley
1941 • Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
Invisible Ghost poster
Invisible Ghost
1941 • Jules Mason, caretaker
Robbers of the Range poster
Robbers of the Range
1941 • Greeley
The Sea Wolf poster
The Sea Wolf
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie poster
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 • Mustang
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance poster
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 • Newsstand Clerk
The Pinto Kid poster
The Pinto Kid
1941 • Ed Slade
The Face Behind the Mask poster
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 • Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Riders from Nowhere poster
Riders from Nowhere
1940 • Manny
The Fargo Kid poster
The Fargo Kid
1940 • Bush Cleveland
The Son of Monte Cristo poster
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940 • Informer
Before I Hang poster
Before I Hang
1940 • Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
He Stayed for Breakfast poster
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 • Workman
Girls of the Road poster
Girls of the Road
1940 • Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Out West with the Peppers poster
Out West with the Peppers
1940 • Oscar - Telegraph Operator
The Man from Tumbleweeds poster
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 • Shifty Sheldon