Ernie Adams
Acting
Born June 17, 1885, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernie Adams (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 1947Buck Privates Come Home — Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
- 1947Desperate — Villager (uncredited)
- 1947Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome — Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
- 1947Killer Dill — Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
- 1947Robin Hood of Monterey — Pablo
- 1947Son of Zorro — Judge Hyde
- 1947The Black Widow — Blinky
- 1947The Last Round-up — Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- 1947The Law Comes to Gunsight — Bert Simpson
- 1947The Millerson Case — Zeke Zilch
- 1947The Pretender — Thomas the butler
- 1947The Thirteenth Hour — McCabe
- 1947Trail Street — Eben Bowen (uncredited)
- 1947Trailing Danger — Pennypacker
- 1947Yankee Fakir — Charlie
- 1946A Guy Could Change — Newsboy
- 1946Dangerous Business — Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
- 1946Deadline at Dawn — Waiter (uncredited)
- 1946Fear — House Painter
- 1946Gallant Journey — Husband (uncredited)
- 1946Girl on the Spot — Pickpocket (uncredited)
- 1946Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways — Retner
- 1946It's a Wonderful Life — Ed (uncredited)
- 1946King of the Forest Rangers — Hiram Bailey
- 1946The Killers — Hood with Cane (uncredited)
- 1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine — Frank Gary, Henchman
- 1946The People's Choice
- 1946The Secret of the Whistler
- 1946Traffic in Crime — Counter Man
- 1946Up Goes Maisie — Fireman (Uncredited)
- 1945Along Came Jones — Townsman (uncredited)
- 1945Brenda Starr, Reporter — Charlie (uncredited)
- 1945Escape in the Fog — George Smith
- 1945Frisco Sal — McKinney
- 1945I Love a Mystery — Gimpy (Uncredited)
- 1945Johnny Angel — Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
- 1945Jungle Raiders — Charley
- 1945The Great John L. — Waiter (uncredited)
- 1945The Jungle Captive — Jim
- 1945The Man in Half Moon Street — Porter
- 1945The Power of the Whistler — Bit Part
- 1945The Suspect — Cabbie (uncredited)
- 1944Arizona Whirlwind — Warren, the Jewel Cutter
- 1944Ghost Guns — Doc Edwards
- 1944Goin' to Town — Zeke
- 1944Marshal of Gunsmoke — Nuggett Newcomb
- 1944Murder, My Sweet — Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
- 1944Raiders of Ghost City — Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
- 1944Raiders of the Border — Whiskey Wiley
- 1944Return of the Ape Man — Tramp, Willie the Weasel
- 1944The Climax — Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
- 1943Beyond the Last Frontier — 'Sarge' Kincaid
- 1943Hail to the Rangers — Latham
- 1943Headin' for God's Country — Chuck
- 1943Keep 'Em Slugging — Dugan
- 1943Mission to Moscow — Heckler (uncredited)
- 1943Murder in Times Square — Horsetooth
- 1943Mystery Broadcast — Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
- 1943Phony Express — The Banker (uncredited)
- 1943Sagebrush Law — Landers
- 1943The Phantom — Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
- 1942Alias Boston Blackie — Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- 1942Bandit Ranger — Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
- 1942Cactus Makes Perfect — Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
- 1942Isle of Missing Men — Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
- 1942Man With Two Lives — Gimpy
- 1942Mug Town — Thief
- 1942One Thrilling Night — Pete Mooney
- 1942Riding the Wind — Jones
- 1942Sabotage Squad — Smoke Shop Customer
- 1942Stagecoach Buckaroo
- 1942The Lady Is Willing — Doorman (uncredited)
- 1942The Lone Prairie — Judge Barstow
- 1942The Man Who Returned to Life — Ezra Smith
- 1942The Pride of the Yankees — Miller Huggins
- 1942The Tuttles of Tahiti — Paki
- 1941Bad Man of Deadwood — Medicine Show Spectator
- 1941Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie — Mustang
- 1941Honolulu Lu — Pierre
- 1941Invisible Ghost — Jules Mason, caretaker
- 1941Riders of Death Valley — Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
- 1941Road Agent — Jake
- 1941Robbers of the Range — Greeley
- 1941Sea Raiders — Zeke
- 1941Swamp Woman — Spratt
- 1941The Devil Commands — Elam
- 1941The Face Behind the Mask — Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- 1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance — Newsstand Clerk
- 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner — Michaelson (uncredited)
- 1941The Officer and the Lady — Car Thief (uncredited)
- 1941The Pinto Kid — Ed Slade
- 1941The Sea Wolf
- 1941Westward Ho-Hum
- 1940Before I Hang — Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
- 1940Castle on the Hudson — Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
- 1940Dark Command — Townsman
- 1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe — (uncredited)
- 1940Girls of the Road — Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
- 1940He Stayed for Breakfast — Workman
- 1940Out West with the Peppers — Oscar - Telegraph Operator
- 1940Primrose Path — Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
- 1940Riders from Nowhere — Manny
- 1940The Fargo Kid — Bush Cleveland
- 1940The Invisible Man Returns — Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1940The Man from Tumbleweeds — Shifty Sheldon
- 1940The Man with Nine Lives — Pete Daggett
- 1940The Son of Monte Cristo — Informer
- 1940Young Tom Edison — Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
- 1940Yukon Flight — Henry
- 1939Code of the Streets — Henchman
- 1939Down the Wyoming Trail — Ernie Adams
- 1939Ex-Champ — Street Cleaner
- 1939Frontier Pony Express — Man at Deer Lodge Station
- 1939I Stole a Million — Mooch (uncredited)
- 1939Mandrake the Magician — Brown
- 1939Overland with Kit Carson — Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
- 1939Sundown on the Prairie — Henchman Blackie
- 1939The Invisible Killer — Squint, the Croupier
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again — Doc Grover
- 1939The Man from Sundown — Shorty Bates
- 1939The Phantom Stage — Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
- 1939Tower of London — Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1939Trigger Pals — Henchman Pete
- 1939Union Pacific — Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
- 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man — Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
- 1939Young Mr. Lincoln — Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
- 1938California Frontier — Barclay
- 1938Down on the Farm — Pony Concessioner
- 1938Exposed — Bum
- 1938Gun Packer — Jim Lee - Stage Driver
- 1938Land of Fighting Men — Slim
- 1938Outlaw Express — Express Rider
- 1938Rollin' Plains — Cain Moody
- 1938Song of the Buckaroo — Cashier
- 1938The Chaser — Injured Man
- 1938The Jury's Secret — Sidewalk Heckler
- 1938The Mexicali Kid — Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
- 1938The Purple Vigilantes — Blake
- 1938There Goes My Heart — Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
- 1938Thunder in the Desert — Tramp
- 1938West of Cheyenne — Henchman Shorty
- 1938Where the Buffalo Roam — Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
- 1938You and Me — Nick (uncredited)
- 1937Anything for a Thrill — The Runt - Henchman
- 1937Arizona Gunfighter — Grizzly Barr
- 1937Bar-Z Bad Men — Henchman Pete
- 1937Colorado Kid — Bibben Tucker
- 1937Danger Valley — Soapy
- 1937Doomed at Sundown — Deputy
- 1937Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin — Red
- 1937Hopalong Rides Again — Keno
- 1937Law of the Ranger — Zeke
- 1937Life Begins with Love — Radical (uncredited)
- 1937Lightnin' Crandall — Texas May
- 1937Radio Patrol — Hobo
- 1937Ridin' the Lone Trail — Peters
- 1937San Quentin — Fink
- 1937Stars Over Arizona — Jimmy the Weasel
- 1937The Frame-Up — Horse Player (uncredited)
- 1937The Man in the Barn — Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
- 1937Tim Tyler's Luck — Henchman Becker
- 1937Two-Fisted Sheriff — Sheriff Rankin
- 1937Wells Fargo — Miner
- 1936Crash Donovan — Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1936Dodge City Trail — Dillon
- 1936Exclusive Story — Bartender (uncredited)
- 1936Hopalong Cassidy Returns — Assayer Benson
- 1936My Man Godfrey — Forgotten Man (uncredited)
- 1936Night Waitress — Diner Who Gets Indigestion
- 1936Road Gang — Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
- 1936The Gun Ranger — Wally Smeed
- 1936Three on the Trail — Idaho
- 1935Calling All Cars — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1935Carnival — Barker (uncredited)
- 1935It's in the Air — Counterman (uncredited)
- 1935Men of the Hour — Steve
- 1935She Married Her Boss — Passerby
- 1935The Casino Murder Case — Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
- 1935The Ghost Rider — Practical Joker
- 1935The Glass Key — Bettor (uncredited)
- 1935The Miracle Rider — John Stelter
- 1935The Perfect Clue — Butch Carter
- 1934A Very Honorable Guy — Gambler
- 1934Badge of Honor — 'Tip' Crane
- 1934Hell Bent for Love — Henchman Joe Barnard
- 1934Here Comes the Groom — 1st Gunman
- 1934It Happened One Night — Bag Thief (uncredited)
- 1934Little Miss Marker — Bettor (uncredited)
- 1934Men of the Night — Sandy (uncredited)
- 1934The Law of the Wild — Henchman Raymond
- 1934The Lost Jungle — Pete
- 1934The Prescott Kid — Red Larsen
- 1934The Undie-World — T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
- 1934Three Chumps Ahead — Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
- 1934We're Not Dressing — Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
- 1934Whirlpool — Ben (uncredited)
- 1934Woman Unafraid — Henchman
- 1933A Lady's Profession — One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
- 1933Breed of the Border — Joe
- 1933Found Alive — C.S. King
- 1933Galloping Romeo — Andy Kent
- 1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum — Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
- 1933King for a Night — Pool Hall Crony
- 1933Made on Broadway — Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
- 1933Midnight Mary — Court Photographer (uncredited)
- 1933Ranger's Code — Nat the Bat
- 1933She Done Him Wrong — Man in Audience (uncredited)
- 1933The Kiss Before the Mirror — Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
- 1933West of Singapore — Watson
- 1932Beyond the Rockies — Blinky
- 1932Freaks — Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
- 1932Men Of America — Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
- 1932Merrily We Go to Hell — Reporter (uncredited)
- 1932Million Dollar Legs — Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
- 1932Panama Flo — Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
- 1932The Hurricane Express — Barney
- 1932The Pride of the Legion — Shorty
- 1932The Red Shadow
- 1932The Shadow of the Eagle — Pat Kelly
- 1932The Unwritten Law — Ed Riley
- 1931Dance, Fools, Dance — Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
- 1931Fair Warning — Jordan
- 1931First Aid — Joe
- 1931In Old Cheyenne — Henchman
- 1931Is There Justice? — Shorty Gray
- 1931Little Caesar — Cashier (uncredited)
- 1931Night Beat — Hymie Weissenkorn
- 1931One Man Law — Stubb
- 1931The Galloping Ghost — Brady
- 1931The Good Bad Girl — One of Tyler's Thugs
- 1931The Tip-Off — Slug
- 1930All Quiet on the Western Front — 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
- 1930For the Defense — Eddie Withers
- 1930Numbered Men — Trustee with List (bit)
- 1930Shadow Ranch — Henchman Joe
- 1930The Fighting Legion — Jack Bowie
- 1930The Storm — Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
- 1929Leaping Love — George - The Drunk (uncredited)
- 1929One Splendid Hour — Solly
- 1929The Mighty — Hood
- 1929Weary River — Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
- 1928A Woman's Way — Pedro
- 1928Forgotten Faces
- 1928So This Is Love — Flash Tracy
- 1928Speedy — Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
- 1928Stool Pigeon — Dropper
- 1928What a Night! — Snarky
- 1927A Man About Town — Cohort
- 1927Melting Millions
- 1927Men of Daring — Ace
- 1927Nevada — Cash Burridge
- 1927On Ze Boulevard — Valet
- 1927The Gay Defender — Bart Hamby
- 1927The Main Event — Slug-nutty fighter
- 1926Hair-Trigger Baxter — Shorty Hillis
- 1926Pals in Paradise — Butterfly Kid
- 1926The Amateur Gentleman — Dandy (uncredited)
- 1926The Blackbird — Bertie's No. 2 Man
- 1925The Best People — Taxi Driver
- 1925The Pony Express — Henchman (uncredited)
- 1925The Thundering Herd — Jett Henchman (uncredited)
- 1925Where the Worst Begins
- 1924Curlytop — Sproggs
- 1924Ten Dollars or Ten Days — The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
- 1924The Beloved Brute — Swink Tuckson
- 1922The Show — Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1919A Regular Girl — Shorty
- 1919The Delicious Little Devil — Agency Employee (uncredited)