Ernie Adams
male
Born on June 17, 1885 (140 years old)
Passed Away on November 26, 1947
From San Francisco, California, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1947
The Pretender
as
Thomas the butler
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
as
McCabe
1947
The Last Round-up
as
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1947
The Black Widow
as
Blinky
1947
Desperate
as
Villager (uncredited)
1947
Killer Dill
as
Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
1947
Son of Zorro
as
Judge Hyde
1947
Robin Hood of Monterey
as
Pablo
1947
Trailing Danger
as
Pennypacker
1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as
Bert Simpson
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as
Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as
Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
1947
Yankee Fakir
as
Charlie
1947
- 1946
Fear
as
House Painter
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as
Frank Gary, Henchman
1946
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as
Retner
1946
King of the Forest Rangers
as
Hiram Bailey
1946
Dangerous Business
as
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as
Ed (uncredited)
1946
Deadline at Dawn
as
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
The Killers
as
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946
Traffic in Crime
as
Counter Man
1946
A Guy Could Change
as
Newsboy
1946
Up Goes Maisie
as
Fireman (Uncredited)
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Gallant Journey
as
Husband (uncredited)
1946
- 1945
Escape in the Fog
as
George Smith
1945
Along Came Jones
as
Townsman (uncredited)
1945
The Power of the Whistler
as
Bit Part
1945
The Suspect
as
Cabbie (uncredited)
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as
Charlie (uncredited)
1945
I Love a Mystery
as
Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945
Jungle Raiders
as
Charley
1945
Frisco Sal
as
McKinney
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
as
Porter
1945
The Jungle Captive
as
Jim
1945
Johnny Angel
as
Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
1945
The Great John L.
as
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
- 1944
Return of the Ape Man
as
Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
as
Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944
Murder, My Sweet
as
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
as
Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944
Ghost Guns
as
Doc Edwards
1944
Raiders of the Border
as
Whiskey Wiley
1944
Goin' to Town
as
Zeke
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke
as
Nuggett Newcomb
1944
The Climax
as
Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944
- 1943
The Phantom
as
Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943
Phony Express
as
The Banker (uncredited)
1943
Mystery Broadcast
as
Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943
Headin' for God's Country
as
Chuck
1943
Sagebrush Law
as
Landers
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as
Dugan
1943
Beyond the Last Frontier
as
'Sarge' Kincaid
1943
Hail to the Rangers
as
Latham
1943
Mission to Moscow
as
Heckler (uncredited)
1943
Murder in Times Square
as
Horsetooth
1943
- 1942
Isle of Missing Men
as
Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942
Cactus Makes Perfect
as
Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as
Miller Huggins
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
as
Ezra Smith
1942
One Thrilling Night
as
Pete Mooney
1942
Riding the Wind
as
Jones
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as
Paki
1942
Man With Two Lives
as
Gimpy
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
as
Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Mug Town
as
Thief
1942
The Lone Prairie
as
Judge Barstow
1942
Bandit Ranger
as
Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Sabotage Squad
as
Smoke Shop Customer
1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
The Lady Is Willing
as
Doorman (uncredited)
1942
- 1941
The Officer and the Lady
as
Car Thief (uncredited)
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
as
Medicine Show Spectator
1941
Swamp Woman
as
Spratt
1941
The Sea Wolf
1941
The Devil Commands
as
Elam
1941
Sea Raiders
as
Zeke
1941
Invisible Ghost
as
Jules Mason, caretaker
1941
Robbers of the Range
as
Greeley
1941
Riders of Death Valley
as
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as
Mustang
1941
Honolulu Lu
as
Pierre
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as
Newsstand Clerk
1941
The Pinto Kid
as
Ed Slade
1941
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as
Michaelson (uncredited)
1941
Road Agent
as
Jake
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
as
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
- 1940
The Fargo Kid
as
Bush Cleveland
1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as
Shifty Sheldon
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
as
Pete Daggett
1940
Girls of the Road
as
Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940
Riders from Nowhere
as
Manny
1940
Yukon Flight
as
Henry
1940
Young Tom Edison
as
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940
Out West with the Peppers
as
Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Dark Command
as
Townsman
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
as
Informer
1940
Before I Hang
as
Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940
Castle on the Hudson
as
Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940
Primrose Path
as
Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
as
Workman
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as
(uncredited)
1940
- 1939
The Man from Sundown
as
Shorty Bates
1939
Overland with Kit Carson
as
Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939
Mandrake the Magician
as
Brown
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as
Doc Grover
1939
Trigger Pals
as
Henchman Pete
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939
Frontier Pony Express
as
Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939
Union Pacific
as
Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
as
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939
Tower of London
as
Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
Down the Wyoming Trail
as
Ernie Adams
1939
The Invisible Killer
as
Squint, the Croupier
1939
The Phantom Stage
as
Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939
Code of the Streets
as
Henchman
1939
Sundown on the Prairie
as
Henchman Blackie
1939
I Stole a Million
as
Mooch (uncredited)
1939
Ex-Champ
as
Street Cleaner
1939
- 1938
Land of Fighting Men
as
Slim
1938
Song of the Buckaroo
as
Cashier
1938
Rollin' Plains
as
Cain Moody
1938
The Purple Vigilantes
as
Blake
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
as
Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938
Thunder in the Desert
as
Tramp
1938
Exposed
as
Bum
1938
Gun Packer
as
Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938
The Mexicali Kid
as
Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938
There Goes My Heart
as
Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938
Down on the Farm
as
Pony Concessioner
1938
The Jury's Secret
as
Sidewalk Heckler
1938
Outlaw Express
as
Express Rider
1938
The Chaser
as
Injured Man
1938
California Frontier
as
Barclay
1938
You and Me
as
Nick (uncredited)
1938
- 1937
Stars Over Arizona
as
Jimmy the Weasel
1937
The Man in the Barn
as
Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
as
Henchman Pete
1937
Law of the Ranger
as
Zeke
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as
Red
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
as
Grizzly Barr
1937
Danger Valley
as
Soapy
1937
Radio Patrol
as
Hobo
1937
Wells Fargo
as
Miner
1937
Hopalong Rides Again
as
Keno
1937
Doomed at Sundown
as
Deputy
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as
Sheriff Rankin
1937
Colorado Kid
as
Bibben Tucker
1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as
Peters
1937
San Quentin
as
Fink
1937
Anything for a Thrill
as
The Runt - Henchman
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as
Henchman Becker
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
as
Texas May
1937
Life Begins with Love
as
Radical (uncredited)
1937
The Frame-Up
as
Horse Player (uncredited)
1937
- 1936
Exclusive Story
as
Bartender (uncredited)
1936
The Gun Ranger
as
Wally Smeed
1936
Night Waitress
as
Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as
Assayer Benson
1936
Three on the Trail
as
Idaho
1936
Road Gang
as
Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936
Dodge City Trail
as
Dillon
1936
Crash Donovan
as
Mechanic (uncredited)
1936
My Man Godfrey
as
Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936
- 1935
- 1934
Hell Bent for Love
as
Henchman Joe Barnard
1934
The Law of the Wild
as
Henchman Raymond
1934
Prescott Kid
as
Red Larsen
1934
Little Miss Marker
as
Bettor (uncredited)
1934
Here Comes the Groom
as
1st Gunman
1934
Woman Unafraid
as
Henchman
1934
Three Chumps Ahead
as
Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
as
Gambler
1934
It Happened One Night
as
Bag Thief (uncredited)
1934
Men of the Night
as
Sandy (uncredited)
1934
The Undie-World
as
T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934
Badge of Honor
as
'Tip' Crane
1934
The Lost Jungle
as
Pete
1934
Whirlpool
as
Ben (uncredited)
1934
- 1933
She Done Him Wrong
as
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933
Midnight Mary
as
Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933
Found Alive
as
C.S. King
1933
West of Singapore
as
Watson
1933
King for a Night
as
Pool Hall Crony
1933
Ranger's Code
as
Nat the Bat
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as
Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933
A Lady's Profession
as
One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933
Breed of the Border
as
Joe
1933
Galloping Romeo
as
Andy Kent
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as
Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933
Made on Broadway
as
Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
1933
- 1932
The Hurricane Express
as
Barney
1932
The Unwritten Law
as
Ed Riley
1932
The Pride of the Legion
as
Shorty
1932
The Red Shadow
1932
Beyond the Rockies
as
Blinky
1932
Men Of America
as
Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932
Panama Flo
as
Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
as
Pat Kelly
1932
Million Dollar Legs
as
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Freaks
as
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
as
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1925
- 1924
- 1922
- 1919
