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