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 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

George Smith

Escape in the Fog

Thomas the butler

The Pretender

House Painter

Fear

McCabe

The Thirteenth Hour

Henchman Joe Barnard

Hell Bent for Love

Jett Henchman (uncredited)

The Thundering Herd

Reporter (uncredited)

Calling All Cars

Man in Audience (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong

George - The Drunk (uncredited)

Leaping Love

Slim

Land of Fighting Men

Car Thief (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady

Henchman Raymond

The Law of the Wild

Red Larsen

Prescott Kid

Townsman (uncredited)

Along Came Jones

Bettor (uncredited)

Little Miss Marker

Jimmy the Weasel

Stars Over Arizona

Bit Part

The Power of the Whistler

Cashier

Song of the Buckaroo

Ace

Men of Daring

Shorty Bates

The Man from Sundown

Butch Carter

The Perfect Clue

Cabbie (uncredited)

The Suspect

Bart Hamby

The Gay Defender

Frank Gary, Henchman

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

Bush Cleveland

The Fargo Kid

Barney

The Hurricane Express

Medicine Show Spectator

Bad Man of Deadwood

Swink Tuckson

The Beloved Brute

Taxi Driver

The Best People

Pedro

A Woman's Way

Cain Moody

Rollin' Plains

Spratt

Swamp Woman

Ed Riley

The Unwritten Law

Court Photographer (uncredited)

Midnight Mary

Tramp, Willie the Weasel

Return of the Ape Man

Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith

Overland with Kit Carson

Retner

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Charlie (uncredited)

Brenda Starr, Reporter

Bartender (uncredited)

Exclusive Story

Rusty Fenton (uncredited)

The Phantom

Gimpy (Uncredited)

I Love a Mystery

Cash Burridge

Nevada

The Sea Wolf

Slug

The Tip-Off

Brady

The Galloping Ghost

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

The Last Round-up

Blinky

The Black Widow

Captain of the S. S. Mariposa

Isle of Missing Men

Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)

Cactus Makes Perfect

The Banker (uncredited)

Phony Express

John Stelter

The Miracle Rider

Shorty

The Pride of the Legion

C.S. King

Found Alive

The Red Shadow

Wally Smeed

The Gun Ranger

Villager (uncredited)

Desperate

Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

The Man in the Barn

Eddie Withers

For the Defense

Elam

The Devil Commands

Charley

Jungle Raiders

Blake

The Purple Vigilantes

Henchman Pete

Bar-Z Bad Men

Red

Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin

Zeke

Law of the Ranger

Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger

Where the Buffalo Roam

Tramp

Thunder in the Desert

Grizzly Barr

Arizona Gunfighter

Soapy

Danger Valley

Bum

Exposed

Brown

Mandrake the Magician

Zeke

Sea Raiders

Shifty Sheldon

The Man from Tumbleweeds

Hiram Bailey

King of the Forest Rangers

Watson

West of Singapore

1st Gunman

Here Comes the Groom

Jim Lee - Stage Driver

Gun Packer

Trustee with List (uncredited)

Numbered Men

Warren, the Jewel Cutter

Arizona Whirlwind

Jack Bowie

The Fighting Legion

Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)

Weary River

Miller Huggins

The Pride of the Yankees

Jules Mason, caretaker

Invisible Ghost

Henchman

Woman Unafraid

Slug-nutty fighter

The Main Event

Blinky

Beyond the Rockies

Pete Daggett

The Man with Nine Lives

Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet

Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)

Girls of the Road

Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper

The Mexicali Kid

Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)

Three Chumps Ahead

Hobo

Radio Patrol

Henchman

In Old Cheyenne

Miner

Wells Fargo

Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper

Men Of America

Gambler

A Very Honorable Guy

Doc Grover

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)

Mystery Broadcast

Keno

Hopalong Rides Again

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Dangerous Business

Pool Hall Crony

King for a Night

Henchman Pete

Trigger Pals

Sproggs

Curlytop

Ezra Smith

The Man Who Returned to Life

Deputy

Doomed at Sundown

Sheriff Rankin

Two-Fisted Sheriff

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Man at Deer Lodge Station

Frontier Pony Express

Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)

Tower of London

Ernie Adams

Down the Wyoming Trail

Squint, the Croupier

The Invisible Killer

Nat the Bat

Ranger's Code

Cafe Counterman (uncredited)

There Goes My Heart

Henchman Joe

Shadow Ranch

Practical Joker

The Ghost Rider

Man Thrown out of Apartment Building

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Manny

Riders from Nowhere

Bag Thief (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Hymie Weissenkorn

Night Beat

Pete Mooney

One Thrilling Night

Jones

Riding the Wind

Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

The Phantom Stage

Bibben Tucker

Colorado Kid

Henry

Yukon Flight

Diner Who Gets Indigestion

Night Waitress

Greeley

Robbers of the Range

Ed (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

Waiter (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn

Paki

The Tuttles of Tahiti

Henchman

The Pony Express

Gimpy

Man With Two Lives

Chuck

Headin' for God's Country

Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)

Killer Dill

Passenger Buying Maple Sugar

Young Tom Edison

Oscar - Telegraph Operator

Out West with the Peppers

Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

Speedy

Assayer Benson

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns

Idaho

Three on the Trail

Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

Riders of Death Valley

Hood with Cane (uncredited)

The Killers

Peters

Ridin' the Lone Trail

Landers

Sagebrush Law

Mustang

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Bertie's No. 2 Man

The Blackbird

Townsman

Dark Command

Henchman

Code of the Streets

One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)

A Lady's Profession

Fink

San Quentin

Informer

The Son of Monte Cristo

Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

Before I Hang

Counterman (uncredited)

It's in the Air

Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Man in Bluebell (uncredited)

Primrose Path

Workman

He Stayed for Breakfast

(uncredited)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Johnny Behind the 8-Ball

The Storm

Hood

The Mighty

Jake - Speakeasy Doorman

Panama Flo

Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)

Road Gang

The Runt - Henchman

Anything for a Thrill

Newsboy

A Guy Could Change

Counter Man

Traffic in Crime

Henchman Becker

Tim Tyler's Luck

Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Alias Boston Blackie

Pierre

Honolulu Lu

Pat Kelly

The Shadow of the Eagle

Solly

One Splendid Hour

Judge Hyde

Son of Zorro

Newsstand Clerk

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Ed Slade

The Pinto Kid

Thief

Mug Town

Dugan

Keep 'Em Slugging

'Sarge' Kincaid

Beyond the Last Frontier

Westward Ho-Hum

Latham

Hail to the Rangers

Judge Barstow

The Lone Prairie

Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper

Raiders of Ghost City

Doc Edwards

Ghost Guns

Whiskey Wiley

Raiders of the Border

Pablo

Robin Hood of Monterey

Pennypacker

Trailing Danger

Barker

Carnival

Bert Simpson

The Law Comes to Gunsight

Joe

Breed of the Border

Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)

Bandit Ranger

Henchman Blackie

Sundown on the Prairie

Fireman (Uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie

Smoke Shop Customer

Sabotage Squad

One of Tyler's Thugs

The Good Bad Girl

Texas May

Lightnin' Crandall

Mooch (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

Sandy (uncredited)

Men of the Night

T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant

The Undie-World

Radical (uncredited)

Life Begins with Love

Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

Million Dollar Legs

Dandy (uncredited)

The Amateur Gentleman

Butterfly Kid

Pals in Paradise

Snarky

What a Night!

Dillon

Dodge City Trail

Jordan

Fair Warning

Pony Concessioner

Down on the Farm

Heckler (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Cohort

A Man About Town

Sidewalk Heckler

The Jury's Secret

Express Rider

Outlaw Express

Street Cleaner

Ex-Champ

Mechanic (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

Bettor (uncredited)

The Glass Key

Flash Tracy

So This Is Love

Injured Man

The Chaser

'Tip' Crane

Badge of Honor

2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front

Zeke

Goin' to Town

Cashier (uncredited)

Little Caesar

Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)

Buck Privates Come Home

Horsetooth

Murder in Times Square

McKinney

Frisco Sal

Porter

The Man in Half Moon Street

Jim

The Jungle Captive

Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

Freaks

Michaelson (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Nuggett Newcomb

Marshal of Gunsmoke

Forgotten Man (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

The Cashier's Father (uncredited)

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

The Climax

Reporter (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell

Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

The Show

Barclay

California Frontier

Stubb

One Man Law

Pete

The Lost Jungle

Where the Worst Begins

Andy Kent

Galloping Romeo

Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Jake

Road Agent

Dropper

Stool Pigeon

Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Stagecoach Buckaroo

The Secret of the Whistler

Valet

On Ze Boulevard

Passerby

She Married Her Boss

Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur

Made on Broadway

Nick (uncredited)

You and Me

Horse Player (uncredited)

The Frame-Up

Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)

Dance, Fools, Dance

Charlie

Yankee Fakir

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Face Behind the Mask

Husband (uncredited)

Gallant Journey

Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)

Johnny Angel

Agency Employee (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil

Doorman (uncredited)

The Lady Is Willing

Waiter (uncredited)

The Great John L.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

253

Gender

Male

Birthday

1885-06-17

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Ernest S. Adams