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