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