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.
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.
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