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