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Ernie Adams
Born · June 17, 1885
Died · November 26, 1947 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Bio
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.
The Last Round-up
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
6.0
1947
The Black Widow
Blinky
4.9
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
5.4
1947
Robin Hood of Monterey
Pablo
5.9
1947
The Pretender
Thomas the butler
5.5
1947
Killer Dill
Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
5.0
1947
Desperate
Villager (uncredited)
6.5
1947
Trailing Danger
Pennypacker
0.0
1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight
Bert Simpson
5.0
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
6.3
1947
Yankee Fakir
Charlie
5.0
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
McCabe
5.8
1947
Son of Zorro
Judge Hyde
6.0
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Ed (uncredited)
8.3
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
5.9
1946
Gallant Journey
Husband (uncredited)
6.1
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Frank Gary, Henchman
4.3
1946
The Killers
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
7.3
1946
Traffic in Crime
Counter Man
6.0
1946
Dangerous Business
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
0.0
1946
King of the Forest Rangers
Hiram Bailey
6.0
1946
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
Retner
3.7
1946
Deadline at Dawn
Waiter (uncredited)
6.2
1946
Fear
House Painter
4.3
1946
Up Goes Maisie
Fireman (Uncredited)
6.7
1946
A Guy Could Change
Newsboy
0.0
1946
Jungle Raiders
Charley
5.5
1945
Along Came Jones
Townsman (uncredited)
5.8
1945
The Jungle Captive
Jim
5.6
1945
The Power of the Whistler
Bit Part
5.8
1945
Escape in the Fog
George Smith
5.2
1945
Frisco Sal
McKinney
4.0
1945
The Suspect
Cabbie (uncredited)
6.7
1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Charlie (uncredited)
0.0
1945
I Love a Mystery
Gimpy (Uncredited)
6.1
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
Porter
5.4
1945
Murder, My Sweet
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
7.2
1944
Ghost Guns
Doc Edwards
5.8
1944
The Climax
Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
5.4
1944
Goin' to Town
Zeke
0.0
1944
Raiders of Ghost City
Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
6.0
1944
Return of the Ape Man
Tramp, Willie the Weasel
5.4
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
Warren, the Jewel Cutter
5.5
1944
Raiders of the Border
Whiskey Wiley
0.0
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke
Nuggett Newcomb
0.0
1944
The Phantom
Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
6.2
1943
Mystery Broadcast
Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
6.2
1943
Phony Express
The Banker (uncredited)
5.4
1943
Hail to the Rangers
Latham
0.0
1943
Headin' for God's Country
Chuck
0.0
1943
Beyond the Last Frontier
'Sarge' Kincaid
0.0
1943
Mission to Moscow
Heckler (uncredited)
5.2
1943
Sagebrush Law
Landers
6.0
1943
Murder in Times Square
Horsetooth
4.6
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Dugan
5.5
1943
Mug Town
Thief
7.0
1942
The Lone Prairie
Judge Barstow
0.0
1942
Bandit Ranger
Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
3.5
1942
Isle of Missing Men
Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
6.2
1942
Sabotage Squad
Smoke Shop Customer
6.0
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Miller Huggins
7.4
1942
One Thrilling Night
Pete Mooney
5.2
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Paki
5.5
1942
Cactus Makes Perfect
Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
5.5
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
5.5
1942
Riding the Wind
Jones
0.0
1942
Man With Two Lives
Gimpy
5.3
1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo
5.0
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Ezra Smith
6.0
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Michaelson (uncredited)
6.9
1941
Road Agent
Jake
0.0
1941
Honolulu Lu
Pierre
4.2
1941
Swamp Woman
Spratt
4.8
1941
Sea Raiders
Zeke
6.0
1941
The Officer and the Lady
Car Thief (uncredited)
6.0
1941
Westward Ho-Hum
0.0
1941
Bad Man of Deadwood
Medicine Show Spectator
4.4
1941
The Devil Commands
Elam
6.2
1941
Riders of Death Valley
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
6.5
1941
Invisible Ghost
Jules Mason, caretaker
5.2
1941
Robbers of the Range
Greeley
7.0
1941
The Sea Wolf
7.1
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Mustang
5.0
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Newsstand Clerk
6.0
1941
The Pinto Kid
Ed Slade
0.0
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
6.5
1941
Riders from Nowhere
Manny
6.0
1940
The Fargo Kid
Bush Cleveland
6.5
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
Informer
6.2
1940
Before I Hang
Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
6.2
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
Workman
0.0
1940
Girls of the Road
Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
5.0
1940
Out West with the Peppers
Oscar - Telegraph Operator
5.7
1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Shifty Sheldon
3.0
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
Pete Daggett
6.2
1940
Dark Command
Townsman
6.3
1940
Primrose Path
Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
6.5
1940
Young Tom Edison
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
5.6
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(uncredited)
5.6
1940
Castle on the Hudson
Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
6.8
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
Minor Role (uncredited)
6.2
1940
Yukon Flight
Henry
3.9
1940
Tower of London
Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
6.0
1939
The Invisible Killer
Squint, the Croupier
4.0
1939
I Stole a Million
Mooch (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Overland with Kit Carson
Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
0.5
1939
The Man from Sundown
Shorty Bates
0.0
1939
Down the Wyoming Trail
Ernie Adams
4.0
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
7.2
1939
Ex-Champ
Street Cleaner
6.0
1939
Mandrake the Magician
Brown
5.6
1939
Union Pacific
Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Code of the Streets
Henchman
7.0
1939
Frontier Pony Express
Man at Deer Lodge Station
4.8
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Doc Grover
6.0
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
6.7
1939
The Phantom Stage
Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
0.0
1939
Sundown on the Prairie
Henchman Blackie
0.0
1939
Trigger Pals
Henchman Pete
5.0
1939
California Frontier
Barclay
0.0
1938
Song of the Buckaroo
Cashier
0.0
1938
Gun Packer
Jim Lee - Stage Driver
0.0
1938
Exposed
Bum
5.0
1938
Land of Fighting Men
Slim
0.0
1938
There Goes My Heart
Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
7.2
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
5.0
1938
Down on the Farm
Pony Concessioner
0.0
1938
The Mexicali Kid
Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
5.0
1938
The Chaser
Injured Man
6.0
1938
Rollin' Plains
Cain Moody
0.0
1938
Outlaw Express
Express Rider
0.0
1938
You and Me
Nick (uncredited)
6.7
1938
Thunder in the Desert
Tramp
6.0
1938
The Purple Vigilantes
Blake
5.0
1938
The Jury's Secret
Sidewalk Heckler
3.0
1938
Wells Fargo
Miner
5.1
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
Henchman Becker
0.0
1937
Colorado Kid
Bibben Tucker
4.0
1937
The Man in the Barn
Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
5.3
1937
Danger Valley
Soapy
0.0
1937
Life Begins with Love
Radical (uncredited)
5.0
1937
Radio Patrol
Hobo
0.0
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
Grizzly Barr
4.7
1937
Stars Over Arizona
Jimmy the Weasel
0.0
1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Peters
5.0
1937
Hopalong Rides Again
Keno
7.0
1937
Doomed at Sundown
Deputy
3.0
1937
Anything for a Thrill
The Runt - Henchman
2.0
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Sheriff Rankin
2.0
1937
San Quentin
Fink
6.5
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Red
6.0
1937
Law of the Ranger
Zeke
0.0
1937
The Frame-Up
Horse Player (uncredited)
6.0
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
Henchman Pete
2.3
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Texas May
3.0
1937
Night Waitress
Diner Who Gets Indigestion
5.8
1936
Dodge City Trail
Dillon
3.0
1936
The Gun Ranger
Wally Smeed
0.0
1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Assayer Benson
6.3
1936
My Man Godfrey
Forgotten Man (uncredited)
7.6
1936
Crash Donovan
Mechanic (uncredited)
0.0
1936
Three on the Trail
Idaho
5.0
1936
Road Gang
Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
6.5
1936
Exclusive Story
Bartender (uncredited)
6.5
1936
It's in the Air
Counterman (uncredited)
5.0
1935
She Married Her Boss
Passerby
7.0
1935
The Glass Key
Bettor (uncredited)
6.3
1935
The Miracle Rider
John Stelter
4.3
1935
The Ghost Rider
Practical Joker
5.0
1935
The Perfect Clue
Butch Carter
5.5
1935
Carnival
Barker
0.0
1935
Calling All Cars
Reporter (uncredited)
2.0
1935
Men of the Night
Sandy (uncredited)
2.0
1934
Prescott Kid
Red Larsen
0.0
1934
The Law of the Wild
Henchman Raymond
5.0
1934
Three Chumps Ahead
Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
0.0
1934
Here Comes the Groom
1st Gunman
4.0
1934
Little Miss Marker
Bettor (uncredited)
6.4
1934
Hell Bent for Love
Henchman Joe Barnard
0.0
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
Gambler
2.0
1934
The Undie-World
T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
9.0
1934
Badge of Honor
'Tip' Crane
5.2
1934
Woman Unafraid
Henchman
5.0
1934
The Lost Jungle
Pete
3.0
1934
It Happened One Night
Bag Thief (uncredited)
7.8
1934
King for a Night
Pool Hall Crony
6.2
1933
Ranger's Code
Nat the Bat
0.0
1933
Galloping Romeo
Andy Kent
0.0
1933
Midnight Mary
Court Photographer (uncredited)
6.9
1933
Made on Broadway
Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
6.5
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
5.5
1933
Found Alive
C.S. King
0.0
1933
A Lady's Profession
One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
0.0
1933
Breed of the Border
Joe
0.0
1933
She Done Him Wrong
Man in Audience (uncredited)
5.8
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
7.4
1933
West of Singapore
Watson
0.0
1933
The Unwritten Law
Ed Riley
0.0
1932
Men Of America
Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
4.0
1932
The Pride of the Legion
Shorty
6.0
1932
The Hurricane Express
Barney
5.2
1932
Beyond the Rockies
Blinky
5.5
1932
Million Dollar Legs
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
6.6
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Reporter (uncredited)
6.4
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
Pat Kelly
5.1
1932
The Red Shadow
0.0
1932
Panama Flo
Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
7.0
1932
Freaks
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
7.8
1932
Night Beat
Hymie Weissenkorn
5.5
1931
One Man Law
Stubb
5.0
1931
The Tip-Off
Slug McGee
5.2
1931
The Galloping Ghost
Brady
2.0
1931
In Old Cheyenne
Henchman
0.0
1931
The Good Bad Girl
One of Tyler's Thugs
5.5
1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
6.4
1931
Fair Warning
Jordan
0.0
1931
Little Caesar
Cashier (uncredited)
6.9
1931
Shadow Ranch
Henchman Joe
6.0
1930
The Storm
Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
5.0
1930
For the Defense
Eddie Withers
4.8
1930
Numbered Men
Trustee with List (uncredited)
4.6
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
7.8
1930
The Fighting Legion
Jack Bowie
0.0
1930
The Mighty
Hood
5.0
1929
Leaping Love
George - The Drunk (uncredited)
0.0
1929
One Splendid Hour
Solly
0.0
1929
Weary River
Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
5.5
1929
What a Night!
Snarky
0.0
1928
Stool Pigeon
Dropper
0.0
1928
Speedy
Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
7.3
1928
A Woman's Way
Pedro
0.0
1928
So This Is Love
Flash Tracy
5.2
1928
The Gay Defender
Bart Hamby
0.0
1927
The Main Event
Slug-nutty fighter
0.0
1927
Nevada
Cash Burridge
6.0
1927
On Ze Boulevard
Valet
0.0
1927
Men of Daring
Ace
0.0
1927
A Man About Town
Cohort
0.0
1927
Pals in Paradise
Butterfly Kid
6.0
1926
The Amateur Gentleman
Dandy (uncredited)
0.0
1926
The Blackbird
Bertie's No. 2 Man
6.3
1926
The Best People
Taxi Driver
0.0
1925
Where the Worst Begins
0.0
1925
The Pony Express
Henchman
5.9
1925
The Thundering Herd
Jett Henchman (uncredited)
0.0
1925
Curlytop
Sproggs
0.0
1924
The Beloved Brute
Swink Tuckson
0.0
1924
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
4.5
1924
The Show
Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
6.5
1922