Ernie Adams
Age: N/A | From: San Francisco, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Ernest S. Adams , Ernie S. Adams , Ernest Adams , Ernest Stephen Dumarais
Gender: Male
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 190
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) Ed (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930) 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Freaks
(1932) Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
The Killers
(1946) Hood with Cane (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942) Miller Huggins
Little Caesar
(1931) Cashier (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940) Minor Role (uncredited)
Union Pacific
(1939) Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Taxicab Driver (uncredited) | |
| Blinky | ||
| Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) | ||
| Pablo | ||
| Thomas the butler | ||
| Little Joe's Driver (uncredited) | ||
| Villager (uncredited) | ||
| Pennypacker | ||
| Bert Simpson | ||
| Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited) | ||
| McCabe | ||
| Judge Hyde | ||
| 1946 | Ed (uncredited) | |
| Frank Gary, Henchman | ||
| Hood with Cane (uncredited) | ||
| Counter Man | ||
| Morgue Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Hiram Bailey | ||
| Retner | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| House Painter | ||
| Fireman (Uncredited) | ||
| Newsboy | ||
| 1945 | Charley | |
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| Jim | ||
| Bit Part | ||
| George Smith | ||
| McKinney | ||
| Cabbie (uncredited) | ||
| Charlie (uncredited) | ||
| Gimpy (Uncredited) | ||
| Porter | ||
| 1944 | Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited) | |
| Doc Edwards | ||
| Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited) | ||
| Zeke | ||
| Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper | ||
| Tramp, Willie the Weasel | ||
| Warren, the Jewel Cutter | ||
| Whiskey Wiley | ||
| Nuggett Newcomb | ||
| 1943 | Rusty Fenton (uncredited) | |
| Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited) | ||
| The Banker (uncredited) | ||
| Latham | ||
| Chuck | ||
| 'Sarge' Kincaid | ||
| Heckler (uncredited) | ||
| Landers | ||
| Horsetooth | ||
| Dugan | ||
| 1942 | Thief | |
| Judge Barstow | ||
| Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Captain of the S. S. Mariposa | ||
| Smoke Shop Customer | ||
| Miller Huggins | ||
| Paki | ||
| Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited) | ||
| Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited) | ||
| Jones | ||
| Gimpy | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1941 | Michaelson (uncredited) | |
| Jake | ||
| Pierre | ||
| Spratt | ||
| Zeke | ||
| Car Thief (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Medicine Show Spectator | ||
| Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14] | ||
| Jules Mason, caretaker | ||
| Greeley | ||
| Mustang | ||
| N/A | ||
| Newsstand Clerk | ||
| Ed Slade | ||
| Elam | ||
| 1940 | Manny | |
| Bush Cleveland | ||
| Informer | ||
| Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly | ||
| Workman | ||
| Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited) | ||
| Oscar - Telegraph Operator | ||
| Shifty Sheldon | ||
| Pete Daggett | ||
| Townsman | ||
| Man in Bluebell | ||
| Passenger Buying Maple Sugar | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Kelner - the Fink (uncredited) | ||
| Minor Role (uncredited) | ||
| Henry | ||
| 1939 | Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited) | |
| Squint, the Croupier | ||
| Mooch (uncredited) | ||
| Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith | ||
| Shorty Bates | ||
| Ernie Adams | ||
| Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited) | ||
| Street Cleaner | ||
| Brown | ||
| Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Man at Deer Lodge Station | ||
| Doc Grover | ||
| Eddie - Circus Attendant | ||
| Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits) | ||
| Henchman Blackie | ||
| Henchman Pete | ||
| 1938 | Barclay | |
| Cashier | ||
| Jim Lee - Stage Driver | ||
| Bum | ||
| Slim | ||
| Cafe Counterman (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger | ||
| Pony Concessioner | ||
| Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper | ||
| Injured Man | ||
| Cain Moody | ||
| Express Rider | ||
| Tramp | ||
| Blake | ||
| Sidewalk Heckler | ||
| 1937 | Miner | |
| Henchman Becker | ||
| Bibben Tucker | ||
| Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited) | ||
| Soapy | ||
| Radical (uncredited) | ||
| Hobo | ||
| Grizzly Barr | ||
| Jimmy the Weasel | ||
| Peters | ||
| Keno | ||
| Deputy | ||
| The Runt - Henchman | ||
| Sheriff Rankin | ||
| Fink | ||
| Red | ||
| Zeke | ||
| Henchman Pete | ||
| Texas May | ||
| 1936 | Diner Who Gets Indigestion | |
| Dillon | ||
| Wally Smeed | ||
| Assayer Benson | ||
| Forgotten Man (uncredited) | ||
| Mechanic (uncredited) | ||
| Idaho | ||
| Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited) | ||
| Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Counterman (uncredited) | |
| Bettor (uncredited) | ||
| John Stelter | ||
| Practical Joker | ||
| Butch Carter | ||
| Barker | ||
| Reporter (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Sandy (uncredited) | |
| Red Larsen | ||
| Henchman Raymond | ||
| Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| 1st Gunman | ||
| Bettor (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman Joe Barnard | ||
| Gambler | ||
| T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant | ||
| 'Tip' Crane | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Pete | ||
| Bag Thief (uncredited) | ||
| 1933 | Pool Hall Crony | |
| Nat the Bat | ||
| Andy Kent | ||
| Court Photographer (uncredited) | ||
| Man Seeking a Light (uncredited) | ||
| C.S. King | ||
| One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited) | ||
| Joe | ||
| Man in Audience (uncredited) | ||
| Man Thrown out of Apartment Building | ||
| Watson | ||
| 1932 | Ed Riley | |
| Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper | ||
| Shorty | ||
| Barney | ||
| Blinky | ||
| Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) | ||
| Reporter (uncredited) | ||
| Sideshow Patron (uncredited) | ||
| Pat Kelly | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jake - Speakeasy Doorman | ||
| 1931 | Hymie Weissenkorn | |
| Stubb | ||
| Slug McGee | ||
| Brady | ||
| Henchman | ||
| One of Tyler's Thugs | ||
| Luva’s Henchman #1 (uncredited) | ||
| Jordan | ||
| Cashier (uncredited) | ||
| 1930 | Henchman Joe | |
| Johnny Behind the 8-Ball | ||
| Eddie Withers | ||
| Trustee with List (uncredited) | ||
| 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited) | ||
| Jack Bowie | ||
| 1929 | Hood | |
| George - The Drunk (uncredited) | ||
| Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited) | ||
| 1928 | Snarky | |
| Dropper | ||
| Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited) | ||
| Pedro | ||
| Flash Tracy | ||
| 1927 | Bart Hamby | |
| Slug-nutty fighter | ||
| Cash Burridge | ||
| Ace | ||
| Cohort | ||
| 1926 | Butterfly Kid | |
| Dandy (uncredited) | ||
| Bertie's No. 2 Man | ||
| 1925 | Taxi Driver | |
| N/A | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Jett Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| 1924 | Sproggs | |
| Swink Tuckson | ||
| The Cashier's Father (uncredited) | ||
| 1922 | Magician / Audience Member (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
