Ernie Adams
Acting
1885-06-17 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography(268)
movieThe Last Round-up
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited) · 1947 · 7.3
movieThe Black Widow
as Blinky · 1947 · 5.3
movieDick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) · 1947 · 5.5
movieRobin Hood of Monterey
as Pablo · 1947 · 6.1
movieThe Pretender
as Thomas the butler · 1947 · 5.8
movieKiller Dill
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited) · 1947 · 7.3
movieDesperate
as Villager (uncredited) · 1947 · 6.5
movieTrailing Danger
as Pennypacker · 1947 · 9.0
movieThe Millerson Case
as Zeke Zilch · 1947 · 5.9
movieThe Law Comes to Gunsight
as Bert Simpson · 1947 · 7.5
movieBuck Privates Come Home
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited) · 1947 · 6.4
movieYankee Fakir
as Charlie · 1947 · 6.0
movieTrail Street
as Eben Bowen (uncredited) · 1947 · 6.5
movieThe Thirteenth Hour
as McCabe · 1947 · 6.0
movieSon of Zorro
as Judge Hyde · 1947 · 7.5
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
as Ed (uncredited) · 1946 · 8.3
movieThe People's Choice
as · 1946 · 9.0
movieThe Secret of the Whistler
as · 1946 · 6.1
movieGallant Journey
as Husband (uncredited) · 1946 · 6.5
movieThe Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Frank Gary, Henchman · 1946 · 4.4
movieThe Killers
as Hood with Cane (uncredited) · 1946 · 7.4
movieTraffic in Crime
as Counter Man · 1946 · 6.7
movieDangerous Business
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited) · 1946 · 9.0
movieKing of the Forest Rangers
as Hiram Bailey · 1946 · 7.0