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
- Trailing Danger as Pennypacker
- Killer Dill as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
- Trail Street as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
- Desperate as Villager (uncredited)
- The Pretender as Thomas the butler
- Yankee Fakir as Charlie
- The Black Widow as Blinky
- The Last Round-up as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- Son of Zorro as Judge Hyde
- The Thirteenth Hour as McCabe
- Buck Privates Come Home as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
- The Law Comes to Gunsight as Bert Simpson
- Robin Hood of Monterey as Pablo
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as Ed (uncredited)
- Dangerous Business as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
- Fear as House Painter
- Up Goes Maisie as Fireman (Uncredited)
- Deadline at Dawn as Waiter (uncredited)
- A Guy Could Change as Newsboy
- The Secret of the Whistler
- Gallant Journey as Husband (uncredited)
- Traffic in Crime as Counter Man
- The Killers as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
- King of the Forest Rangers as Hiram Bailey
- Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways as Retner
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Frank Gary, Henchman
1945
- Frisco Sal as McKinney
- Jungle Raiders as Charley
- Johnny Angel as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
- Escape in the Fog as George Smith
- The Man in Half Moon Street as Porter
- The Power of the Whistler as Bit Part
- Along Came Jones as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Jungle Captive as Jim
- The Great John L. as Waiter (uncredited)
- I Love a Mystery as Gimpy (Uncredited)
- Brenda Starr, Reporter as Charlie (uncredited)
1944
- Ghost Guns as Doc Edwards
- The Suspect as Cabbie (uncredited)
- The Climax as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
- Marshal of Gunsmoke as Nuggett Newcomb
- Raiders of the Border as Whiskey Wiley
- Return of the Ape Man as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
- Murder, My Sweet as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
- Goin' to Town as Zeke
- Raiders of Ghost City as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
- Arizona Whirlwind as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1943
- The Phantom as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
- Mystery Broadcast as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
- Murder in Times Square as Horsetooth
- Hail to the Rangers as Latham
- Mission to Moscow as Heckler (uncredited)
- Keep 'Em Slugging as Dugan
- Beyond the Last Frontier as 'Sarge' Kincaid
- Headin' for God's Country as Chuck
- Phony Express as The Banker (uncredited)
- Sagebrush Law as Landers
1942
- Stagecoach Buckaroo
- Bandit Ranger as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
- Mug Town as Thief
- The Pride of the Yankees as Miller Huggins
- The Lady Is Willing as Doorman (uncredited)
- The Tuttles of Tahiti as Paki
- Isle of Missing Men as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
- The Lone Prairie as Judge Barstow
- Riding the Wind as Jones
- One Thrilling Night as Pete Mooney
- Cactus Makes Perfect as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
- Sabotage Squad as Smoke Shop Customer
- Man With Two Lives as Gimpy
- The Man Who Returned to Life as Ezra Smith
- Alias Boston Blackie as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1941
- Invisible Ghost as Jules Mason, caretaker
- Swamp Woman as Spratt
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Mustang
- The Face Behind the Mask as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- The Devil Commands as Elam
- Road Agent as Jake
- The Man Who Came to Dinner as Michaelson (uncredited)
- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Newsstand Clerk
- Robbers of the Range as Greeley
- The Officer and the Lady as Car Thief (uncredited)
- The Sea Wolf
- Westward Ho-Hum
- Sea Raiders as Zeke
- Riders of Death Valley as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
- Bad Man of Deadwood as Medicine Show Spectator
- Honolulu Lu as Pierre
- The Pinto Kid as Ed Slade
1940
- Yukon Flight as Henry
- Dark Command as Townsman
- The Son of Monte Cristo as Informer
- The Man with Nine Lives as Pete Daggett
- Primrose Path as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
- The Man from Tumbleweeds as Shifty Sheldon
- The Fargo Kid as Bush Cleveland
- Before I Hang as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
- Riders from Nowhere as Manny
- The Invisible Man Returns as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Young Tom Edison as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Workman
- Girls of the Road as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as (uncredited)
- Castle on the Hudson as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
- Out West with the Peppers as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1939
- Trigger Pals as Henchman Pete
- Ex-Champ as Street Cleaner
- Young Mr. Lincoln as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
- Tower of London as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
- The Phantom Stage as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
- The Invisible Killer as Squint, the Croupier
- I Stole a Million as Mooch (uncredited)
- The Man from Sundown as Shorty Bates
- Mandrake the Magician as Brown
- Code of the Streets as Henchman
- Union Pacific as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
- Frontier Pony Express as Man at Deer Lodge Station
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Doc Grover
- Overland with Kit Carson as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
- Sundown on the Prairie as Henchman Blackie
- Down the Wyoming Trail as Ernie Adams
1938
- Rollin' Plains as Cain Moody
- Gun Packer as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
- California Frontier as Barclay
- Exposed as Bum
- Song of the Buckaroo as Cashier
- Where the Buffalo Roam as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
- You and Me as Nick (uncredited)
- The Purple Vigilantes as Blake
- Thunder in the Desert as Tramp
- The Jury's Secret as Sidewalk Heckler
- Land of Fighting Men as Slim
- The Mexicali Kid as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
- Down on the Farm as Pony Concessioner
- There Goes My Heart as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
- Outlaw Express as Express Rider
- The Chaser as Injured Man
1937
- San Quentin as Fink
- Radio Patrol as Hobo
- Arizona Gunfighter as Grizzly Barr
- The Man in the Barn as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo as Miner
- Lightnin' Crandall as Texas May
- Colorado Kid as Bibben Tucker
- Life Begins with Love as Radical (uncredited)
- Tim Tyler's Luck as Henchman Becker
- Two-Fisted Sheriff as Sheriff Rankin
- The Frame-Up as Horse Player (uncredited)
- Danger Valley as Soapy
- Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin as Red
- Doomed at Sundown as Deputy
- Bar-Z Bad Men as Henchman Pete
- Law of the Ranger as Zeke
- Hopalong Rides Again as Keno
- Stars Over Arizona as Jimmy the Weasel
- Anything for a Thrill as The Runt - Henchman
- Ridin' the Lone Trail as Peters
1936
- Exclusive Story as Bartender (uncredited)
- Night Waitress as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
- Road Gang as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
- Crash Donovan as Mechanic (uncredited)
- Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Assayer Benson
- My Man Godfrey as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
- Dodge City Trail as Dillon
- The Gun Ranger as Wally Smeed
- Three on the Trail as Idaho
1935
- Carnival as Barker
- The Casino Murder Case as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
- It's in the Air as Counterman (uncredited)
- The Ghost Rider as Practical Joker
- The Glass Key as Bettor (uncredited)
- The Miracle Rider as John Stelter
- She Married Her Boss as Passerby
- Calling All Cars as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Perfect Clue as Butch Carter
1934
- Three Chumps Ahead as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
- Woman Unafraid as Henchman
- It Happened One Night as Bag Thief (uncredited)
- Prescott Kid as Red Larsen
- We're Not Dressing as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
- Hell Bent for Love as Henchman Joe Barnard
- The Lost Jungle as Pete
- Here Comes the Groom as 1st Gunman
- The Law of the Wild as Henchman Raymond
- A Very Honorable Guy as Gambler
- Badge of Honor as 'Tip' Crane
- Little Miss Marker as Bettor (uncredited)
- The Undie-World as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
- Men of the Night as Sandy (uncredited)
- Whirlpool as Ben (uncredited)
1933
- Found Alive as C.S. King
- Galloping Romeo as Andy Kent
- Midnight Mary as Court Photographer (uncredited)
- Ranger's Code as Nat the Bat
- She Done Him Wrong as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Made on Broadway as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
- The Kiss Before the Mirror as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
- Breed of the Border as Joe
- West of Singapore as Watson
- King for a Night as Pool Hall Crony
- A Lady's Profession as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1932
- Freaks as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Legs as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
- Panama Flo as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
- The Red Shadow
- Merrily We Go to Hell as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Shadow of the Eagle as Pat Kelly
- The Pride of the Legion as Shorty
- The Unwritten Law as Ed Riley
- Beyond the Rockies as Blinky
- Men Of America as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
- The Hurricane Express as Barney
1931
- Little Caesar as Cashier (uncredited)
- Fair Warning as Jordan
- One Man Law as Stubb
- In Old Cheyenne as Henchman
- Night Beat as Hymie Weissenkorn
- The Tip-Off as Slug
- The Good Bad Girl as One of Tyler's Thugs
- Dance, Fools, Dance as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
- The Galloping Ghost as Brady
1930
- Shadow Ranch as Henchman Joe
- All Quiet on the Western Front as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
- The Storm as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
- Numbered Men as Trustee with List (uncredited)
- For the Defense as Eddie Withers
- The Fighting Legion as Jack Bowie
1929
- Weary River as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
- Leaping Love as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
- The Mighty as Hood
- One Splendid Hour as Solly
1928
- Forgotten Faces
- Speedy as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
- Stool Pigeon as Dropper
- So This Is Love as Flash Tracy
- What a Night! as Snarky
- A Woman's Way as Pedro
1927
- Nevada as Cash Burridge
- Melting Millions
- The Main Event as Slug-nutty fighter
- Men of Daring as Ace
- A Man About Town as Cohort
- The Gay Defender as Bart Hamby
- On Ze Boulevard as Valet
1926
- The Blackbird as Bertie's No. 2 Man
- The Amateur Gentleman as Dandy (uncredited)
- Pals in Paradise as Butterfly Kid
1925
- The Pony Express as Henchman
- The Thundering Herd as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
- The Best People as Taxi Driver
- Where the Worst Begins
1924
- Curlytop as Sproggs
- The Beloved Brute as Swink Tuckson
- Ten Dollars or Ten Days as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1922
- The Show as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
1919
- The Delicious Little Devil as Agency Employee (uncredited)