Ernie Adams

Jun 17, 1885 - Nov 26, 1947 (62 years old) in 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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Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

Ed (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet

Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Bag Thief (uncredited)

Dark Command

Townsman

My Man Godfrey

Forgotten Man (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

Miller Huggins

The Son of Monte Cristo

Informer

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Michaelson (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Credits

The Last Round-up 1947

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6
The Black Widow 1947

Blinky

★ 4.9
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947

Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Robin Hood of Monterey 1947

Pablo

★ 5.9
The Pretender 1947

Thomas the butler

★ 5.5
Killer Dill 1947

Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)

★ 5
Desperate 1947

Villager (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Trailing Danger 1947

Pennypacker

★ NR
The Law Comes to Gunsight 1947

Bert Simpson

★ 5
Buck Privates Come Home 1947

Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Yankee Fakir 1947

Charlie

★ 5
The Thirteenth Hour 1947

McCabe

★ 5.8
Son of Zorro 1947

Judge Hyde

★ 6
It's a Wonderful Life 1946

Ed (uncredited)

★ 8.3
The Secret of the Whistler 1946

★ 5.9
Gallant Journey 1946

Husband (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine 1946

Frank Gary, Henchman

★ 4.3
The Killers 1946

Hood with Cane (uncredited)

★ 7.4
Traffic in Crime 1946

Counter Man

★ 6
Dangerous Business 1946

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

★ NR
King of the Forest Rangers 1946

Hiram Bailey

★ 6
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways 1946

Retner

★ 3.7
Deadline at Dawn 1946

Waiter (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Fear 1946

House Painter

★ 4.3
Up Goes Maisie 1946

Fireman (Uncredited)

★ 6.7
A Guy Could Change 1946

Newsboy

★ NR
Johnny Angel 1945

Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Jungle Raiders 1945

Charley

★ 5.5
Along Came Jones 1945

Townsman (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Jungle Captive 1945

Jim

★ 5.6
The Power of the Whistler 1945

Bit Part

★ 5.8
Escape in the Fog 1945

George Smith

★ 5.3
Frisco Sal 1945

McKinney

★ 4
The Suspect 1945

Cabbie (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Brenda Starr, Reporter 1945

Charlie (uncredited)

★ NR
I Love a Mystery 1945

Gimpy (Uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Man in Half Moon Street 1945

Porter

★ 5.4
Murder, My Sweet 1944

Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Ghost Guns 1944

Doc Edwards

★ 5.8
The Climax 1944

Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

★ 5.4
Goin' to Town 1944

Zeke

★ NR
Raiders of Ghost City 1944

Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper

★ 6
Return of the Ape Man 1944

Tramp, Willie the Weasel

★ 5.4
Arizona Whirlwind 1944

Warren, the Jewel Cutter

★ 5.5
Raiders of the Border 1944

Whiskey Wiley

★ NR
Marshal of Gunsmoke 1944

Nuggett Newcomb

★ NR
The Phantom 1943

Rusty Fenton (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Mystery Broadcast 1943

Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Phony Express 1943

The Banker (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Hail to the Rangers 1943

Latham

★ NR
Headin' for God's Country 1943

Chuck

★ NR
Beyond the Last Frontier 1943

'Sarge' Kincaid

★ NR
Mission to Moscow 1943

Heckler (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Sagebrush Law 1943

Landers

★ 6
Murder in Times Square 1943

Horsetooth

★ 4.6
Keep 'Em Slugging 1943

Dugan

★ 5.5
Mug Town 1942

Thief

★ 7
The Lone Prairie 1942

Judge Barstow

★ NR
Bandit Ranger 1942

Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)

★ 3.5
Isle of Missing Men 1942

Captain of the S. S. Mariposa

★ 6.2
Sabotage Squad 1942

Smoke Shop Customer

★ 6
The Pride of the Yankees 1942

Miller Huggins

★ 7.4
One Thrilling Night 1942

Pete Mooney

★ 5.2
The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942

Paki

★ 5.5
Cactus Makes Perfect 1942

Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Alias Boston Blackie 1942

Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Riding the Wind 1942

Jones

★ NR
Man With Two Lives 1942

Gimpy

★ 5.3
Stagecoach Buckaroo 1942

★ 5
The Man Who Returned to Life 1942

Ezra Smith

★ 6
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941

Michaelson (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Road Agent 1941

Jake

★ NR
Honolulu Lu 1941

Pierre

★ 4.2
Swamp Woman 1941

Spratt

★ 4.8
Sea Raiders 1941

Zeke

★ 6
The Officer and the Lady 1941

Car Thief (uncredited)

★ 6
Westward Ho-Hum 1941

★ NR
Bad Man of Deadwood 1941

Medicine Show Spectator

★ 4.4
The Devil Commands 1941

Elam

★ 6.2
Riders of Death Valley 1941

Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

★ 6.5
Invisible Ghost 1941

Jules Mason, caretaker

★ 5.2
Robbers of the Range 1941

Greeley

★ 7
The Sea Wolf 1941

★ 7.1
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 1941

Mustang

★ 5
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance 1941

Newsstand Clerk

★ 6
The Pinto Kid 1941

Ed Slade

★ NR
The Face Behind the Mask 1941

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Riders from Nowhere 1940

Manny

★ 6
The Fargo Kid 1940

Bush Cleveland

★ 6.5
The Son of Monte Cristo 1940

Informer

★ 6.1
Before I Hang 1940

Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

★ 6.1
He Stayed for Breakfast 1940

Workman

★ NR
Girls of the Road 1940

Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)

★ 5
Out West with the Peppers 1940

Oscar - Telegraph Operator

★ 5.7
The Man from Tumbleweeds 1940

Shifty Sheldon

★ 3
The Man with Nine Lives 1940

Pete Daggett

★ 6.2
Dark Command 1940

Townsman

★ 6.3
Primrose Path 1940

Man in Bluebell (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Young Tom Edison 1940

Passenger Buying Maple Sugar

★ 5.6
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940

(uncredited)

★ 5.6
Castle on the Hudson 1940

Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Invisible Man Returns 1940

Minor Role (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Yukon Flight 1940

Henry

★ 3.9
Tower of London 1939

Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Invisible Killer 1939

Squint, the Croupier

★ 4
I Stole a Million 1939

Mooch (uncredited)

★ 6
Overland with Kit Carson 1939

Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith

★ 0.5
The Man from Sundown 1939

Shorty Bates

★ NR
Down the Wyoming Trail 1939

Ernie Adams

★ 4
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Ex-Champ 1939

Street Cleaner

★ 6
Mandrake the Magician 1939

Brown

★ 5.6
Union Pacific 1939

Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Code of the Streets 1939

Henchman

★ 7
Frontier Pony Express 1939

Man at Deer Lodge Station

★ 4.8
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Doc Grover

★ 6
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Phantom Stage 1939

Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

★ NR
Sundown on the Prairie 1939

Henchman Blackie

★ NR
Trigger Pals 1939

Henchman Pete

★ 5
California Frontier 1938

Barclay

★ NR
Song of the Buckaroo 1938

Cashier

★ NR
Gun Packer 1938

Jim Lee - Stage Driver

★ NR
Exposed 1938

Bum

★ 5
Land of Fighting Men 1938

Slim

★ NR
There Goes My Heart 1938

Cafe Counterman (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Where the Buffalo Roam 1938

Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger

★ 5
Down on the Farm 1938

Pony Concessioner

★ NR
The Mexicali Kid 1938

Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper

★ 5
The Chaser 1938

Injured Man

★ 6
Rollin' Plains 1938

Cain Moody

★ NR
Outlaw Express 1938

Express Rider

★ NR
You and Me 1938

Nick (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Thunder in the Desert 1938

Tramp

★ 6
The Purple Vigilantes 1938

Blake

★ 5
The Jury's Secret 1938

Sidewalk Heckler

★ 3
Wells Fargo 1937

Miner

★ 5.2
Tim Tyler's Luck 1937

Henchman Becker

★ NR
Colorado Kid 1937

Bibben Tucker

★ 4
The Man in the Barn 1937

Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Danger Valley 1937

Soapy

★ NR
Life Begins with Love 1937

Radical (uncredited)

★ 5
Radio Patrol 1937

Hobo

★ NR
Arizona Gunfighter 1937

Grizzly Barr

★ 4.7
Stars Over Arizona 1937

Jimmy the Weasel

★ NR
Ridin' the Lone Trail 1937

Peters

★ 5
Hopalong Rides Again 1937

Keno

★ 7
Doomed at Sundown 1937

Deputy

★ 3
Anything for a Thrill 1937

The Runt - Henchman

★ 2
Two-Fisted Sheriff 1937

Sheriff Rankin

★ 2
San Quentin 1937

Fink

★ 6.5
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin 1937

Red

★ 6
Law of the Ranger 1937

Zeke

★ NR
The Frame-Up 1937

Horse Player (uncredited)

★ 6
Bar-Z Bad Men 1937

Henchman Pete

★ 2.3
Lightnin' Crandall 1937

Texas May

★ 3
Night Waitress 1936

Diner Who Gets Indigestion

★ 5.8
Dodge City Trail 1936

Dillon

★ 3
The Gun Ranger 1936

Wally Smeed

★ NR
Hopalong Cassidy Returns 1936

Assayer Benson

★ 6.3
My Man Godfrey 1936

Forgotten Man (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Crash Donovan 1936

Mechanic (uncredited)

★ NR
Three on the Trail 1936

Idaho

★ 5
Road Gang 1936

Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Exclusive Story 1936

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.5
It's in the Air 1935

Counterman (uncredited)

★ 5
She Married Her Boss 1935

Passerby

★ 7
The Glass Key 1935

Bettor (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Miracle Rider 1935

John Stelter

★ 4.3
The Ghost Rider 1935

Practical Joker

★ 5
The Perfect Clue 1935

Butch Carter

★ 5.5
Carnival 1935

Barker

★ NR
Calling All Cars 1935

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 2
Men of the Night 1934

Sandy (uncredited)

★ 2
Prescott Kid 1934

Red Larsen

★ NR
The Law of the Wild 1934

Henchman Raymond

★ 5
Three Chumps Ahead 1934

Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)

★ NR
Here Comes the Groom 1934

1st Gunman

★ 4
Little Miss Marker 1934

Bettor (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Hell Bent for Love 1934

Henchman Joe Barnard

★ NR
A Very Honorable Guy 1934

Gambler

★ 2
The Undie-World 1934

T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant

★ 9
Badge of Honor 1934

'Tip' Crane

★ 5.2
Woman Unafraid 1934

Henchman

★ 5
The Lost Jungle 1934

Pete

★ 3
It Happened One Night 1934

Bag Thief (uncredited)

★ 7.8
King for a Night 1933

Pool Hall Crony

★ 6.2
Ranger's Code 1933

Nat the Bat

★ NR
Galloping Romeo 1933

Andy Kent

★ NR
Midnight Mary 1933

Court Photographer (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Made on Broadway 1933

Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur

★ 6.5
The Kiss Before the Mirror 1933

Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Found Alive 1933

C.S. King

★ NR
A Lady's Profession 1933

One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)

★ NR
Breed of the Border 1933

Joe

★ NR
She Done Him Wrong 1933

Man in Audience (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933

Man Thrown out of Apartment Building

★ 7.4
West of Singapore 1933

Watson

★ NR
The Unwritten Law 1932

Ed Riley

★ NR
Men Of America 1932

Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper

★ 4
The Pride of the Legion 1932

Shorty

★ 6
The Hurricane Express 1932

Barney

★ 5.2
Beyond the Rockies 1932

Blinky

★ 5.5
Million Dollar Legs 1932

Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Merrily We Go to Hell 1932

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Shadow of the Eagle 1932

Pat Kelly

★ 5.1
The Red Shadow 1932

★ NR
Panama Flo 1932

Jake - Speakeasy Doorman

★ 7
Freaks 1932

Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

★ 7.8
Night Beat 1931

Hymie Weissenkorn

★ 5.5
One Man Law 1931

Stubb

★ 5
The Tip-Off 1931

Slug McGee

★ 5.2
The Galloping Ghost 1931

Brady

★ 2
In Old Cheyenne 1931

Henchman

★ NR
The Good Bad Girl 1931

One of Tyler's Thugs

★ 5.5
Dance, Fools, Dance 1931

Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Fair Warning 1931

Jordan

★ NR
Little Caesar 1931

Cashier (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Shadow Ranch 1930

Henchman Joe

★ 6
The Storm 1930

Johnny Behind the 8-Ball

★ 5
For the Defense 1930

Eddie Withers

★ 4.8
Numbered Men 1930

Trustee with List (uncredited)

★ 4.6
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930

2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

★ 7.7
The Fighting Legion 1930

Jack Bowie

★ NR
The Mighty 1929

Hood

★ 5
Leaping Love 1929

George - The Drunk (uncredited)

★ NR
One Splendid Hour 1929

Solly

★ NR
Weary River 1929

Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)

★ 5.7
What a Night! 1928

Snarky

★ NR
Stool Pigeon 1928

Dropper

★ NR
Speedy 1928

Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

★ 7.3
A Woman's Way 1928

Pedro

★ NR
So This Is Love 1928

Flash Tracy

★ 5.2
The Gay Defender 1927

Bart Hamby

★ NR
The Main Event 1927

Slug-nutty fighter

★ NR
Nevada 1927

Cash Burridge

★ 6
On Ze Boulevard 1927

Valet

★ NR
Men of Daring 1927

Ace

★ NR
A Man About Town 1927

Cohort

★ NR
Pals in Paradise 1926

Butterfly Kid

★ 6
The Amateur Gentleman 1926

Dandy (uncredited)

★ NR
The Blackbird 1926

Bertie's No. 2 Man

★ 6.3
The Best People 1925

Taxi Driver

★ NR
Where the Worst Begins 1925

★ NR
The Pony Express 1925

Henchman

★ 5.9
The Thundering Herd 1925

Jett Henchman (uncredited)

★ NR
Curlytop 1924

Sproggs

★ NR
The Beloved Brute 1924

Swink Tuckson

★ NR
Ten Dollars or Ten Days 1924

The Cashier's Father (uncredited)

★ 4.5
The Show 1922

Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Delicious Little Devil 1919

Agency Employee (uncredited)

★ 5.6