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