Ernie Adams

Born: 1885-06-17 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1947-11-26

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.

Filmography

1947

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Trail Street as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
Desperate as Villager (uncredited)
The Last Round-up as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Pretender as Thomas the butler
The Law Comes to Gunsight as Bert Simpson
The Thirteenth Hour as McCabe
Robin Hood of Monterey as Pablo
Son of Zorro as Judge Hyde
Yankee Fakir as Charlie
The Millerson Case as Zeke Zilch
Killer Dill as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
The Black Widow as Blinky
Trailing Danger as Pennypacker

1946

It's a Wonderful Life as Ed (uncredited)
The Killers as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Girl on the Spot as Pickpocket (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
Gallant Journey as Husband (uncredited)
Fear as House Painter
King of the Forest Rangers as Hiram Bailey
The People's Choice
A Guy Could Change as Newsboy
Deadline at Dawn as Waiter (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Frank Gary, Henchman
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways as Retner
Up Goes Maisie as Fireman (Uncredited)
Traffic in Crime as Counter Man
Dangerous Business as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

1945

Along Came Jones as Townsman (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog as George Smith
The Man in Half Moon Street as Porter
The Great John L. as Waiter (uncredited)
The Power of the Whistler as Bit Part
The Suspect as Cabbie (uncredited)
Johnny Angel as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery as Gimpy (Uncredited)
Jungle Raiders as Charley
Brenda Starr, Reporter as Charlie (uncredited)
The Jungle Captive as Jim
Frisco Sal as McKinney

1944

Murder, My Sweet as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
The Climax as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Raiders of Ghost City as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
Raiders of the Border as Whiskey Wiley
Return of the Ape Man as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
Marshal of Gunsmoke as Nuggett Newcomb
Goin' to Town as Zeke
Arizona Whirlwind as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Ghost Guns as Doc Edwards

1943

Murder in Times Square as Horsetooth
Mission to Moscow as Heckler (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
Phony Express as The Banker (uncredited)
Beyond the Last Frontier as 'Sarge' Kincaid
Headin' for God's Country as Chuck
Hail to the Rangers as Latham
Keep 'Em Slugging as Dugan
Sagebrush Law as Landers
The Phantom as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)

1942

The Pride of the Yankees as Miller Huggins
The Tuttles of Tahiti as Paki
The Lady Is Willing as Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life as Ezra Smith
Man With Two Lives as Gimpy
Isle of Missing Men as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Riding the Wind as Jones
Sabotage Squad as Smoke Shop Customer
Bandit Ranger as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
One Thrilling Night as Pete Mooney
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Cactus Makes Perfect as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
The Lone Prairie as Judge Barstow
Alias Boston Blackie as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Mug Town as Thief

1941

The Sea Wolf
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Michaelson (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Newsstand Clerk
Road Agent as Jake
The Face Behind the Mask as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Riders of Death Valley as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
Swamp Woman as Spratt
Bad Man of Deadwood as Medicine Show Spectator
The Officer and the Lady as Car Thief (uncredited)
Robbers of the Range as Greeley
The Devil Commands as Elam
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Mustang
Invisible Ghost as Jules Mason, caretaker
Honolulu Lu as Pierre
Westward Ho-Hum
Sea Raiders as Zeke
The Pinto Kid as Ed Slade

1940

The Invisible Man Returns as Minor Role (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Dark Command as Townsman
The Son of Monte Cristo as Informer
He Stayed for Breakfast as Workman
Castle on the Hudson as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
The Man with Nine Lives as Pete Daggett
Girls of the Road as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Before I Hang as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
Out West with the Peppers as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
Primrose Path as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
The Man from Tumbleweeds as Shifty Sheldon
The Fargo Kid as Bush Cleveland
Riders from Nowhere as Manny
Yukon Flight as Henry

1939

Union Pacific as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Doc Grover
I Stole a Million as Mooch (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Tower of London as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Code of the Streets as Henchman
Sundown on the Prairie as Henchman Blackie
Overland with Kit Carson as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
The Man from Sundown as Shorty Bates
Down the Wyoming Trail as Ernie Adams
Mandrake the Magician as Brown
Ex-Champ as Street Cleaner
The Phantom Stage as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
Frontier Pony Express as Man at Deer Lodge Station
The Invisible Killer as Squint, the Croupier
Trigger Pals as Henchman Pete

1938

You and Me as Nick (uncredited)
Exposed as Bum
There Goes My Heart as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret as Sidewalk Heckler
Down on the Farm as Pony Concessioner
Where the Buffalo Roam as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
Song of the Buckaroo as Cashier
Land of Fighting Men as Slim
Rollin' Plains as Cain Moody
Thunder in the Desert as Tramp
The Mexicali Kid as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
The Purple Vigilantes as Blake
The Chaser as Injured Man
Outlaw Express as Express Rider
Gun Packer as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
West of Cheyenne as Henchman Shorty
California Frontier as Barclay

1937

Lightnin' Crandall as Texas May
Colorado Kid as Bibben Tucker
Law of the Ranger as Zeke
Life Begins with Love as Radical (uncredited)
Ridin' the Lone Trail as Peters
Arizona Gunfighter as Grizzly Barr
Tim Tyler's Luck as Henchman Becker
Wells Fargo as Miner
San Quentin as Fink
The Man in the Barn as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Danger Valley as Soapy
Anything for a Thrill as The Runt - Henchman
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin as Red
Bar-Z Bad Men as Henchman Pete
Doomed at Sundown as Deputy
Radio Patrol as Hobo
Two-Fisted Sheriff as Sheriff Rankin
Hopalong Rides Again as Keno
Stars Over Arizona as Jimmy the Weasel
The Frame-Up as Horse Player (uncredited)

1936

My Man Godfrey as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Night Waitress as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
Road Gang as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Three on the Trail as Idaho
Crash Donovan as Mechanic (uncredited)
Exclusive Story as Bartender (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Assayer Benson
Dodge City Trail as Dillon
The Gun Ranger as Wally Smeed

1935

She Married Her Boss as Passerby
The Casino Murder Case as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
It's in the Air as Counterman (uncredited)
Men of the Hour as Steve
The Glass Key as Bettor (uncredited)
Calling All Cars as Reporter (uncredited)
The Miracle Rider as John Stelter
Carnival as Barker (uncredited)
The Ghost Rider as Practical Joker
The Perfect Clue as Butch Carter

1934

It Happened One Night as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom as 1st Gunman
Little Miss Marker as Bettor (uncredited)
We're Not Dressing as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy as Gambler
Men of the Night as Sandy (uncredited)
The Law of the Wild as Henchman Raymond
Hell Bent for Love as Henchman Joe Barnard
The Prescott Kid as Red Larsen
The Undie-World as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
Whirlpool as Ben (uncredited)
The Lost Jungle as Pete
Three Chumps Ahead as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
Woman Unafraid as Henchman
Badge of Honor as 'Tip' Crane

1933

She Done Him Wrong as Man in Audience (uncredited)
A Lady's Profession as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
King for a Night as Pool Hall Crony
The Kiss Before the Mirror as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
Midnight Mary as Court Photographer (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
Breed of the Border as Joe
West of Singapore as Watson
Found Alive as C.S. King
Made on Broadway as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
Ranger's Code as Nat the Bat
Galloping Romeo as Andy Kent

1932

Freaks as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell as Reporter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
The Shadow of the Eagle as Pat Kelly
The Pride of the Legion as Shorty
The Hurricane Express as Barney
Men Of America as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
Panama Flo as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
The Unwritten Law as Ed Riley
Beyond the Rockies as Blinky
The Red Shadow

1931

Little Caesar as Cashier (uncredited)
First Aid as Joe
Night Beat as Hymie Weissenkorn
The Good Bad Girl as One of Tyler's Thugs
The Tip-Off as Slug
Dance, Fools, Dance as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
Is There Justice? as Shorty Gray
The Galloping Ghost as Brady
Fair Warning as Jordan
In Old Cheyenne as Henchman
One Man Law as Stubb

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Numbered Men as Trustee with List (bit)
The Storm as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
For the Defense as Eddie Withers
Shadow Ranch as Henchman Joe
The Fighting Legion as Jack Bowie

1929

The Mighty as Hood
Weary River as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
Leaping Love as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
One Splendid Hour as Solly

1928

So This Is Love as Flash Tracy
Speedy as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
What a Night! as Snarky
A Woman's Way as Pedro
Forgotten Faces
Stool Pigeon as Dropper

1927

A Man About Town as Cohort
The Gay Defender as Bart Hamby
The Main Event as Slug-nutty fighter
Men of Daring as Ace
Melting Millions
On Ze Boulevard as Valet
Nevada as Cash Burridge

1926

The Blackbird as Bertie's No. 2 Man
Hair-Trigger Baxter as Shorty Hillis
The Amateur Gentleman as Dandy (uncredited)
Pals in Paradise as Butterfly Kid

1925

The Thundering Herd as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
The Pony Express as Henchman (uncredited)
Where the Worst Begins
The Best People as Taxi Driver

1924

Ten Dollars or Ten Days as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
Curlytop as Sproggs
The Beloved Brute as Swink Tuckson

1922

The Show as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)

1919

The Delicious Little Devil as Agency Employee (uncredited)
A Regular Girl as Shorty