Actor
Ernie Adams
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 ...

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