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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1885
Died
November 26, 1947
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Ernest S. Adams
- Ernie S. Adams
- Ernest Adams
- Ernest Stephen Dumarais
Ernie Adams
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Last Round-up
1947
4.9
Blinky
The Black Widow
1947
5.3
Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
5.9
Pablo
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947
5.5
Thomas the butler
The Pretender
1947
5.0
Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
Killer Dill
1947
6.5
Villager (uncredited)
Desperate
1947
0.0
Pennypacker
Trailing Danger
1947
5.0
Bert Simpson
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947
6.3
Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Credits
The Last Round-up
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1947
6.0
The Black Widow
as Blinky
1947
4.9
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
1947
5.3
Robin Hood of Monterey
as Pablo
1947
5.9
The Pretender
as Thomas the butler
1947
5.5
Killer Dill
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Desperate
as Villager (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Trailing Danger
as Pennypacker
1947
0.0
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Bert Simpson
1947
5.0
Buck Privates Come Home
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Yankee Fakir
as Charlie
1947
5.0
Trail Street
as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
1947
6.4
The Thirteenth Hour
as McCabe
1947
5.8
Son of Zorro
as Judge Hyde
1947
6.0
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ed (uncredited)
1946
8.3
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
5.9
Gallant Journey
as Husband (uncredited)
1946
6.1
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Frank Gary, Henchman
1946
4.1
The Killers
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946
7.3
Traffic in Crime
as Counter Man
1946
6.0
Dangerous Business
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946
0.0
King of the Forest Rangers
as Hiram Bailey
1946
6.0
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
as Retner
1946
3.5
Deadline at Dawn
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Fear
as House Painter
1946
4.5
Up Goes Maisie
as Fireman (Uncredited)
1946
6.7
A Guy Could Change
as Newsboy
1946
0.0
Johnny Angel
as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
1945
5.9
Jungle Raiders
as Charley
1945
5.5
Along Came Jones
as Townsman (uncredited)
1945
5.6
The Jungle Captive
as Jim
1945
5.5
The Great John L.
as Waiter (uncredited)
1945
5.0
The Power of the Whistler
as Bit Part
1945
5.8
Escape in the Fog
as George Smith
1945
5.3
Frisco Sal
as McKinney
1945
3.7
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Charlie (uncredited)
1945
0.0
I Love a Mystery
as Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945
6.2
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Porter
1945
5.4
The Suspect
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Murder, My Sweet
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944
7.2
Ghost Guns
as Doc Edwards
1944
5.8
The Climax
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944
5.5
Goin' to Town
as Zeke
1944
0.0
Raiders of Ghost City
as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944
6.0
Return of the Ape Man
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944
5.4
Arizona Whirlwind
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944
5.5
Raiders of the Border
as Whiskey Wiley
1944
0.0
Marshal of Gunsmoke
as Nuggett Newcomb
1944
0.0
The Phantom
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Mystery Broadcast
as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Phony Express
as The Banker (uncredited)
1943
5.4
Hail to the Rangers
as Latham
1943
0.0
Headin' for God's Country
as Chuck
1943
0.0
Beyond the Last Frontier
as 'Sarge' Kincaid
1943
0.0
Mission to Moscow
as Heckler (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Sagebrush Law
as Landers
1943
6.0
Murder in Times Square
as Horsetooth
1943
4.3
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Dugan
1943
5.5
Mug Town
as Thief
1942
7.0
The Lone Prairie
as Judge Barstow
1942
0.0
Bandit Ranger
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942
3.4
Isle of Missing Men
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942
6.2
Sabotage Squad
as Smoke Shop Customer
1942
6.0
The Pride of the Yankees
as Miller Huggins
1942
7.4
One Thrilling Night
as Pete Mooney
1942
5.2
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Paki
1942
5.5
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942
5.7
Alias Boston Blackie
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942
5.4
Riding the Wind
as Jones
1942
0.0
Man With Two Lives
as Gimpy
1942
5.3
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
5.0
The Lady Is Willing
as Doorman (uncredited)
1942
6.4
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Ezra Smith
1942
6.0
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Michaelson (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Road Agent
as Jake
1941
0.0
Honolulu Lu
as Pierre
1941
4.2
Swamp Woman
as Spratt
1941
4.8
Sea Raiders
as Zeke
1941
6.0
The Officer and the Lady
as Car Thief (uncredited)
1941
6.0
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
0.0
Bad Man of Deadwood
as Medicine Show Spectator
1941
4.4
The Devil Commands
as Elam
1941
6.2
Riders of Death Valley
as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941
6.5
Invisible Ghost
as Jules Mason, caretaker
1941
5.3
Robbers of the Range
as Greeley
1941
7.0
The Sea Wolf
1941
7.2
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Mustang
1941
5.0
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Newsstand Clerk
1941
6.0
The Pinto Kid
as Ed Slade
1941
0.0
The Face Behind the Mask
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
6.5
Riders from Nowhere
as Manny
1940
6.0
The Fargo Kid
as Bush Cleveland
1940
6.5
The Son of Monte Cristo
as Informer
1940
5.9
Before I Hang
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940
6.2
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Workman
1940
0.0
Girls of the Road
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940
5.0
Out West with the Peppers
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940
5.7
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as Shifty Sheldon
1940
3.0
The Man with Nine Lives
as Pete Daggett
1940
6.2
Dark Command
as Townsman
1940
6.3
Primrose Path
as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
1940
6.6
Young Tom Edison
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940
5.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Castle on the Hudson
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
6.3
Yukon Flight
as Henry
1940
3.9
Tower of London
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
6.0
The Invisible Killer
as Squint, the Croupier
1939
3.8
I Stole a Million
as Mooch (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Overland with Kit Carson
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939
0.5
The Man from Sundown
as Shorty Bates
1939
0.0
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Ernie Adams
1939
4.0
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939
7.2
Ex-Champ
as Street Cleaner
1939
6.0
Mandrake the Magician
as Brown
1939
5.6
Union Pacific
as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939
6.6
Code of the Streets
as Henchman
1939
7.0
Frontier Pony Express
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939
4.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Doc Grover
1939
6.0
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939
6.8
The Phantom Stage
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939
0.0
Sundown on the Prairie
as Henchman Blackie
1939
0.0
Trigger Pals
as Henchman Pete
1939
5.0
California Frontier
as Barclay
1938
0.0
Song of the Buckaroo
as Cashier
1938
0.0
Gun Packer
as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938
0.0
Exposed
as Bum
1938
5.0
Land of Fighting Men
as Slim
1938
0.0
There Goes My Heart
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938
7.1
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938
5.0
Down on the Farm
as Pony Concessioner
1938
0.0
The Mexicali Kid
as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938
5.0
The Chaser
as Injured Man
1938
6.0
Rollin' Plains
as Cain Moody
1938
0.0
Outlaw Express
as Express Rider
1938
1.0
You and Me
as Nick (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Thunder in the Desert
as Tramp
1938
6.0
The Purple Vigilantes
as Blake
1938
3.0
The Jury's Secret
as Sidewalk Heckler
1938
4.0
Wells Fargo
as Miner
1937
5.2
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Henchman Becker
1937
0.0
Colorado Kid
as Bibben Tucker
1937
4.0
The Man in the Barn
as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937
5.3
Danger Valley
as Soapy
1937
0.0
Life Begins with Love
as Radical (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Radio Patrol
as Hobo
1937
0.0
Arizona Gunfighter
as Grizzly Barr
1937
3.8
Stars Over Arizona
as Jimmy the Weasel
1937
0.0
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Peters
1937
5.0
Hopalong Rides Again
as Keno
1937
5.5
Doomed at Sundown
as Deputy
1937
3.0
Anything for a Thrill
as The Runt - Henchman
1937
2.0
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Sheriff Rankin
1937
2.3
San Quentin
as Fink
1937
6.5
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Red
1937
6.0
Law of the Ranger
as Zeke
1937
0.0
The Frame-Up
as Horse Player (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Henchman Pete
1937
2.3
Lightnin' Crandall
as Texas May
1937
2.0
Night Waitress
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936
5.8
Dodge City Trail
as Dillon
1936
3.0
The Gun Ranger
as Wally Smeed
1936
0.0
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
as Assayer Benson
1936
6.0
My Man Godfrey
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Crash Donovan
as Mechanic (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Three on the Trail
as Idaho
1936
4.5
Road Gang
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936
6.5
Exclusive Story
as Bartender (uncredited)
1936
6.5
It's in the Air
as Counterman (uncredited)
1935
5.0
She Married Her Boss
as Passerby
1935
7.0
The Glass Key
as Bettor (uncredited)
1935
6.4
The Miracle Rider
as John Stelter
1935
4.3
The Ghost Rider
as Practical Joker
1935
5.0
The Casino Murder Case
as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
1935
6.5
The Perfect Clue
as Butch Carter
1935
5.5
Carnival
as Barker
1935
0.0
Calling All Cars
as Reporter (uncredited)
1935
2.0
Men of the Night
as Sandy (uncredited)
1934
2.0
Prescott Kid
as Red Larsen
1934
0.0
The Law of the Wild
as Henchman Raymond
1934
5.0
Three Chumps Ahead
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Here Comes the Groom
as 1st Gunman
1934
4.0
Little Miss Marker
as Bettor (uncredited)
1934
6.4
Hell Bent for Love
as Henchman Joe Barnard
1934
0.0
We're Not Dressing
as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
1934
6.7
A Very Honorable Guy
as Gambler
1934
2.0
Whirlpool
as Ben (uncredited)
1934
5.9
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934
9.0
Badge of Honor
as 'Tip' Crane
1934
4.4
Woman Unafraid
as Henchman
1934
5.0
The Lost Jungle
as Pete
1934
2.3
It Happened One Night
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
1934
7.8
King for a Night
as Pool Hall Crony
1933
6.2
Ranger's Code
as Nat the Bat
1933
0.0
Galloping Romeo
as Andy Kent
1933
0.0
Midnight Mary
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933
6.8
Made on Broadway
as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
1933
6.5
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933
5.4
Found Alive
as C.S. King
1933
0.0
A Lady's Profession
as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933
0.0
Breed of the Border
as Joe
1933
0.0
She Done Him Wrong
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933
7.4
West of Singapore
as Watson
1933
0.0
The Unwritten Law
as Ed Riley
1932
0.0
Men Of America
as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932
4.0
The Pride of the Legion
as Shorty
1932
6.0
The Hurricane Express
as Barney
1932
5.2
Beyond the Rockies
as Blinky
1932
5.5
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Reporter (uncredited)
1932
6.3
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Pat Kelly
1932
5.1
The Red Shadow
1932
0.0
Panama Flo
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
1932
7.0
Freaks
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1932
7.8
Night Beat
as Hymie Weissenkorn
1931
5.5
One Man Law
as Stubb
1931
5.0
The Tip-Off
as Slug
1931
5.2
The Galloping Ghost
as Brady
1931
2.0
In Old Cheyenne
as Henchman
1931
0.0
The Good Bad Girl
as One of Tyler's Thugs
1931
5.5
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
1931
6.4
Fair Warning
as Jordan
1931
0.0
Little Caesar
as Cashier (uncredited)
1931
6.9
Shadow Ranch
as Henchman Joe
1930
6.0
The Storm
as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
1930
5.0
For the Defense
as Eddie Withers
1930
4.8
Numbered Men
as Trustee with List (uncredited)
1930
4.6
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
1930
7.7
The Fighting Legion
as Jack Bowie
1930
0.0
The Mighty
as Hood
1929
5.0
Leaping Love
as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
1929
0.0
🎬
One Splendid Hour
as Solly
1929
0.0
Weary River
as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
1929
5.7
What a Night!
as Snarky
1928
0.0
Stool Pigeon
as Dropper
1928
0.0
Forgotten Faces
1928
0.0
Speedy
as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
1928
7.3
A Woman's Way
as Pedro
1928
0.0
So This Is Love
as Flash Tracy
1928
5.5
The Gay Defender
as Bart Hamby
1927
0.0
The Main Event
as Slug-nutty fighter
1927
0.0
Nevada
as Cash Burridge
1927
6.0
🎬
On Ze Boulevard
as Valet
1927
0.0
Men of Daring
as Ace
1927
0.0
A Man About Town
as Cohort
1927
0.0
Melting Millions
1927
0.0
Pals in Paradise
as Butterfly Kid
1926
6.0
The Amateur Gentleman
as Dandy (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Blackbird
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
1926
6.3
The Best People
as Taxi Driver
1925
0.0
🎬
Where the Worst Begins
1925
0.0
The Pony Express
as Henchman
1925
5.9
The Thundering Herd
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Curlytop
as Sproggs
1924
0.0
The Beloved Brute
as Swink Tuckson
1924
0.0
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1924
4.5
The Show
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
1922
6.8
The Delicious Little Devil
as Agency Employee (uncredited)
1919
5.6