Ernie Adams
Acting
🎂 1885-06-17
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(253)
Ed (uncredited)
1946
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1932
Informer
1940
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
1930
Miner
1937
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946
Bag Thief (uncredited)
1934
Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936
Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
1947
Cashier (uncredited)
1931
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939
Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947
Jules Mason, caretaker
1941
Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939
Pete
1934
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944
Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Miller Huggins
1942
Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938
Nick (uncredited)
1938
Heckler (uncredited)
1943
Medicine Show Spectator
1941
Husband (uncredited)
1946
Michaelson (uncredited)
1941
Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
1928
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940
Bettor (uncredited)
1934
Cabbie (uncredited)
1945
Gimpy
1942
Townsman (uncredited)
1945
Townsman
1940
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Fink
1937
1st Gunman
1934
(uncredited)
1940
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944
McCabe
1947
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941
Slug
1931
Counter Man
1946
Pete Daggett
1940
Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
1940
1941
Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
1931
Henchman
1939
Bum
1938
Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933
Chuck
1943
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939
George Smith
1945
Mechanic (uncredited)
1936
Barney
1932
Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938
Barker
1935
Newsboy
1946
Dugan
1943
Counterman (uncredited)
1935
Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
1929
Jim
1945
Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940
'Sarge' Kincaid
1943
Ed Riley
1932
Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940
Paki
1942
Charlie
1947
Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Pat Kelly
1932
Horsetooth
1943
Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944
Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936
Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
1945
Pennypacker
1947
Street Cleaner
1939
Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944
Thief
1942
Doc Grover
1939
Henchman Joe Barnard
1934
Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940
Injured Man
1938
Agency Employee (uncredited)
1919
Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943
Retner
1946
Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940
Red
1937
Blinky
1947
Elam
1941
Fireman (Uncredited)
1946
Villager (uncredited)
1947
Tramp
1938
Bit Part
1945
Bertie's No. 2 Man
1926
Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938
Bush Cleveland
1940
Soapy
1937
Frank Gary, Henchman
1946
Shorty
1932
Pierre
1941
Trustee with List (uncredited)
1930
Landers
1943
Mooch (uncredited)
1939
Pool Hall Crony
1933
Thomas the butler
1947
Joe
1933
Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943
Jordan
1931
Henchman
1934
House Painter
1946
Zeke
1941
Whiskey Wiley
1944
Henchman Raymond
1934
Bert Simpson
1947
Henchman Becker
1937
The Banker (uncredited)
1943
One of Tyler's Thugs
1931
Hobo
1937
Squint, the Croupier
1939
Sidewalk Heckler
1938
Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945
Stubb
1931
Idaho
1936
Ernie Adams
1939
Pablo
1947
Henchman Joe
1930
McKinney
1945
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1947
Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936
Porter
1945
Keno
1937
Henry
1940
Newsstand Clerk
1941
Cain Moody
1938
Brady
1931
Charley
1945
1942
Ed Slade
1941
Cashier
1938
Assayer Benson
1936
Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937
'Tip' Crane
1934
Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942
Passerby
1935
Bibben Tucker
1937
Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933
Grizzly Barr
1937
Hood
1929
Greeley
1941
Pony Concessioner
1938
Dandy (uncredited)
1926
Bettor (uncredited)
1935
Bartender (uncredited)
1936
Car Thief (uncredited)
1941
Hymie Weissenkorn
1931
1946
Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944
1941
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Henchman Blackie
1939
Judge Hyde
1947
Deputy
1937
Sheriff Rankin
1937
Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
1933
Practical Joker
1935
Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939
Jones
1942
One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933
Hiram Bailey
1946
Radical (uncredited)
1937
Jake
1941
John Stelter
1935
Workman
1940
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946
Latham
1943
Flash Tracy
1928
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Eddie Withers
1930
1925
Brown
1939
C.S. King
1933
George - The Drunk (uncredited)
1929
Judge Barstow
1942
Cohort
1927
Cash Burridge
1927
Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Pedro
1928
Jett Henchman (uncredited)
1925
Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939
Henchman
1925
Butterfly Kid
1926
Peters
1937
Gambler
1934
Jack Bowie
1930
Red Larsen
1934
The Runt - Henchman
1937
Henchman Pete
1939
Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Shifty Sheldon
1940
Charlie (uncredited)
1945
Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933
Ezra Smith
1942
Pete Mooney
1942
Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
1922
Mustang
1941
Swink Tuckson
1924
Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
1947
Smoke Shop Customer
1942
Blake
1938
Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
1932
Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942
Doc Edwards
1944
Henchman
1931
Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
1930
Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Henchman Pete
1937
Andy Kent
1933
Watson
1933
Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938
Dillon
1936
1932
Dropper
1928
Slim
1938
Express Rider
1938
Manny
1940
T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934
Wally Smeed
1936
Jimmy the Weasel
1937
The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1924
Blinky
1932
Nuggett Newcomb
1944
Horse Player (uncredited)
1937
Spratt
1941
Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939
Sproggs
1924
Barclay
1938
Nat the Bat
1933
Ace
1927
Slug-nutty fighter
1927
Butch Carter
1935
Texas May
1937
Sandy (uncredited)
1934
Zeke
1937
Zeke
1944
Bart Hamby
1927
Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932
Valet
1927
Solly
1929
Snarky
1928
Shorty Bates
1939
Taxi Driver
1925