Ernie Adams

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

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

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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It's a Wonderful Life
8.3

It's a Wonderful Life

1946as Ed (uncredited)
Freaks
7.8

Freaks

1932as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.7

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
7.8

It Happened One Night

1934as Bag Thief (uncredited)
The Killers
7.4

The Killers

1946as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
7.6

My Man Godfrey

1936as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
You and Me
6.6

You and Me

1938as Nick (uncredited)
The Sea Wolf
7.2

The Sea Wolf

1941
Murder, My Sweet
7.2

Murder, My Sweet

1944as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Little Caesar
6.9

Little Caesar

1931as Cashier (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
7.4

The Pride of the Yankees

1942as Miller Huggins
The Great John L.
6.3

The Great John L.

1945as Waiter (uncredited)
Dark Command
6.4

Dark Command

1940as Townsman
The Suspect
6.8

The Suspect

1945as Cabbie (uncredited)
The Phantom
6.6

The Phantom

1943as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Tower of London
6.1

Tower of London

1939as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Trail Street
6.5

Trail Street

1947as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
5.9

Young Tom Edison

1940as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
The Invisible Man Returns
6.3

The Invisible Man Returns

1940as Minor Role (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
7.2

Exclusive Story

1936as Bartender (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
5.9

She Done Him Wrong

1933as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
The Climax
5.5

The Climax

1944as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street
5.9

The Man in Half Moon Street

1945as Porter
The Face Behind the Mask
6.5

The Face Behind the Mask

1941as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Union Pacific
6.7

Union Pacific

1939as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
5.5

Wells Fargo

1937as Miner
The Kiss Before the Mirror
5.6

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
The Jungle Captive
5.6

The Jungle Captive

1945as Jim
The Man with Nine Lives
6.3

The Man with Nine Lives

1940as Pete Daggett
The Man Who Returned to Life
7.3

The Man Who Returned to Life

1942as Ezra Smith
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
5.8

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940as (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
5.7

Mission to Moscow

1943as Heckler (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
7.0

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941as Michaelson (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2

The Son of Monte Cristo

1940as Informer
Desperate
6.5

Desperate

1947as Villager (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
7.3

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939as Doc Grover
Midnight Mary
6.9

Midnight Mary

1933as Court Photographer (uncredited)
The Black Widow
5.3

The Black Widow

1947as Blinky
Along Came Jones
5.8

Along Came Jones

1945as Townsman (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
6.0

Johnny Angel

1945as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
6.5

Here Comes the Groom

1934as 1st Gunman
The Lone Prairie
8.5

The Lone Prairie

1942as Judge Barstow
San Quentin
6.6

San Quentin

1937as Fink
Escape in the Fog
5.4

Escape in the Fog

1945as George Smith
Road Gang
7.0

Road Gang

1936as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Life Begins with Love
6.7

Life Begins with Love

1937as Radical (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
5.7

The Delicious Little Devil

1919as Agency Employee (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
5.0

The Jury's Secret

1938as Sidewalk Heckler
Deadline at Dawn
6.2

Deadline at Dawn

1946as Waiter (uncredited)