Ernie Adams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1885, San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- November 26, 1947
- Movies
- 268
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 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 Millerson Case | Zeke Zilch |
| 1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | Bert Simpson |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Charlie |
| 1947 | Trail Street | Eben Bowen (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Thirteenth Hour | McCabe |
| 1947 | Son of Zorro | Judge Hyde |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Ed (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The People's Choice | |
| 1946 | The Secret of the Whistler | |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | Husband (uncredited) |
| 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 |
| 1946 | Girl on the Spot | Pickpocket (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | Leslie, the Steward (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Jungle Raiders | Charley |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Jungle Captive | Jim |
| 1945 | The Great John L. | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 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 Lady Is Willing | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Man Who Returned to Life | Ezra Smith |
| 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 | The Sea Wolf | |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Mustang |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Newsstand Clerk |
| 1941 | The Pinto Kid | Ed Slade |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 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 | West of Cheyenne | Henchman Shorty |
| 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 | Men of the Hour | Steve |
| 1935 | The Miracle Rider | John Stelter |
| 1935 | The Ghost Rider | Practical Joker |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case | Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Perfect Clue | Butch Carter |
| 1935 | Carnival | Barker (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Calling All Cars | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Men of the Night | Sandy (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The 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 | We're Not Dressing | Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited) |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | Gambler |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Ben (uncredited) |
| 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 | Beyond the Rockies | Blinky |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) |
| 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 |
| 1931 | Is There Justice? | Shorty Gray |
| 1931 | The Galloping Ghost | Brady |
| 1931 | First Aid | Joe |
| 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 (bit) |
| 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 | Forgotten Faces | |
| 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 |
| 1927 | Melting Millions | |
| 1926 | Pals in Paradise | Butterfly Kid |
| 1926 | Hair-Trigger Baxter | Shorty Hillis |
| 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 (uncredited) |
| 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) |
| 1919 | A Regular Girl | Shorty |
| 1919 | The Delicious Little Devil | Agency Employee (uncredited) |
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