
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
It's a Wonderful Life
Ed (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Bag Thief (uncredited)
Freaks
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Forgotten Man (uncredited)
The Killers
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Little Caesar
Cashier (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (264)
Movies (264)
Killer Dill
1947as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
The Black Widow
1947as Blinky
Trail Street
1947as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
Desperate
1947as Villager (uncredited)
Son of Zorro
1947as Judge Hyde
The Pretender
1947as Thomas the butler
The Thirteenth Hour
1947as McCabe
Yankee Fakir
1947as Charlie
Buck Privates Come Home
1947as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947as Bert Simpson
The Last Round-up
1947as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Trailing Danger
1947as Pennypacker
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947as Pablo
It's a Wonderful Life
1946as Ed (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946as Waiter (uncredited)
Fear
1946as House Painter
Dangerous Business
1946as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
The Killers
1946as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
King of the Forest Rangers
1946as Hiram Bailey
Up Goes Maisie
1946as Fireman (Uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
1946
Traffic in Crime
1946as Counter Man
Gallant Journey
1946as Husband (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
1946as Newsboy
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946as Frank Gary, Henchman
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946as Retner
The People's Choice
1946
Frisco Sal
1945as McKinney
The Great John L.
1945as Waiter (uncredited)
The Jungle Captive
1945as Jim
Along Came Jones
1945as Townsman (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
1945as Gimpy (Uncredited)
The Power of the Whistler
1945as Bit Part
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945as Charlie (uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945as Porter
Jungle Raiders
1945as Charley
Escape in the Fog
1945as George Smith
Murder, My Sweet
1944as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Return of the Ape Man
1944as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944as Nuggett Newcomb
The Climax
1944as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
Ghost Guns
1944as Doc Edwards
The Suspect
1944as Cabbie (uncredited)
Goin' to Town
1944as Zeke
Raiders of Ghost City
1944as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
Raiders of the Border
1944as Whiskey Wiley
Arizona Whirlwind
1944as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943as 'Sarge' Kincaid
The Phantom
1943as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast
1943as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
Phony Express
1943as The Banker (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943as Dugan
Mission to Moscow
1943as Heckler (uncredited)
Hail to the Rangers
1943as Latham
Murder in Times Square
1943as Horsetooth
Sagebrush Law
1943as Landers
Headin' for God's Country
1943as Chuck
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
1942as Doorman (uncredited)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942as Paki
Riding the Wind
1942as Jones
The Pride of the Yankees
1942as Miller Huggins
The Lone Prairie
1942as Judge Barstow
Bandit Ranger
1942as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
Isle of Missing Men
1942as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
One Thrilling Night
1942as Pete Mooney
Man With Two Lives
1942as Gimpy
Mug Town
1942as Thief
Sabotage Squad
1942as Smoke Shop Customer
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942as Ezra Smith
Alias Boston Blackie
1942as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941as Michaelson (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941as Newsstand Clerk
Robbers of the Range
1941as Greeley
Invisible Ghost
1941as Jules Mason, caretaker
The Sea Wolf
1941
Swamp Woman
1941as Spratt
Road Agent
1941as Jake
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
1941as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Devil Commands
1941as Elam
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941as Medicine Show Spectator
Honolulu Lu
1941as Pierre
Sea Raiders
1941as Zeke
Riders of Death Valley
1941as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
The Pinto Kid
1941as Ed Slade
The Officer and the Lady
1941as Car Thief (uncredited)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941as Mustang
Primrose Path
1940as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
Before I Hang
1940as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
Girls of the Road
1940as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
The Fargo Kid
1940as Bush Cleveland
The Invisible Man Returns
1940as Minor Role (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Dark Command
1940as Townsman
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940as Workman
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940as (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940as Informer
Yukon Flight
1940as Henry
The Man with Nine Lives
1940as Pete Daggett
Riders from Nowhere
1940as Manny
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940as Shifty Sheldon
Out West with the Peppers
1940as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
Castle on the Hudson
1940as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
The Phantom Stage
1939as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
Frontier Pony Express
1939as Man at Deer Lodge Station
Tower of London
1939as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Code of the Streets
1939as Henchman
Union Pacific
1939as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician
1939as Brown
The Invisible Killer
1939as Squint, the Croupier
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939as Doc Grover
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Overland with Kit Carson
1939as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
I Stole a Million
1939as Mooch (uncredited)
Trigger Pals
1939as Henchman Pete
Sundown on the Prairie
1939as Henchman Blackie
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939as Ernie Adams
Ex-Champ
1939as Street Cleaner
The Man from Sundown
1939as Shorty Bates
Thunder in the Desert
1938as Tramp
Land of Fighting Men
1938as Slim
Song of the Buckaroo
1938as Cashier
Gun Packer
1938as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
Exposed
1938as Bum
Down on the Farm
1938as Pony Concessioner
You and Me
1938as Nick (uncredited)
Rollin' Plains
1938as Cain Moody
California Frontier
1938as Barclay
There Goes My Heart
1938as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
The Chaser
1938as Injured Man
The Jury's Secret
1938as Sidewalk Heckler
The Mexicali Kid
1938as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
The Purple Vigilantes
1938as Blake
Outlaw Express
1938as Express Rider
West of Cheyenne
1938as Henchman Shorty
Life Begins with Love
1937as Radical (uncredited)
San Quentin
1937as Fink
Stars Over Arizona
1937as Jimmy the Weasel
Doomed at Sundown
1937as Deputy
Arizona Gunfighter
1937as Grizzly Barr
Colorado Kid
1937as Bibben Tucker
Radio Patrol
1937as Hobo
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937as Henchman Becker
Danger Valley
1937as Soapy
Wells Fargo
1937as Miner
Lightnin' Crandall
1937as Texas May
Law of the Ranger
1937as Zeke
The Frame-Up
1937as Horse Player (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937as Sheriff Rankin
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937as Peters
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937as Red
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937as Henchman Pete
Hopalong Rides Again
1937as Keno
Anything for a Thrill
1937as The Runt - Henchman
The Man in the Barn
1937as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936as Assayer Benson
Road Gang
1936as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Night Waitress
1936as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
The Gun Ranger
1936as Wally Smeed
Dodge City Trail
1936as Dillon
Three on the Trail
1936as Idaho
Crash Donovan
1936as Mechanic (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
1936as Bartender (uncredited)
The Glass Key
1935as Bettor (uncredited)
Carnival
1935as Barker (uncredited)
The Ghost Rider
1935as Practical Joker
The Casino Murder Case
1935as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
The Miracle Rider
1935as John Stelter
She Married Her Boss
1935as Passerby
Calling All Cars
1935as Reporter (uncredited)
It's in the Air
1935as Counterman (uncredited)
The Perfect Clue
1935as Butch Carter
Men of the Hour
1935as Steve
Woman Unafraid
1934as Henchman
It Happened One Night
1934as Bag Thief (uncredited)
The Undie-World
1934as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
The Lost Jungle
1934as Pete
We're Not Dressing
1934as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
Prescott Kid
1934as Red Larsen
The Law of the Wild
1934as Henchman Raymond
A Very Honorable Guy
1934as Gambler
Little Miss Marker
1934as Bettor (uncredited)
Badge of Honor
1934as 'Tip' Crane
Hell Bent for Love
1934as Henchman Joe Barnard
Here Comes the Groom
1934as 1st Gunman
Men of the Night
1934as Sandy (uncredited)
Whirlpool
1934as Ben (uncredited)
Three Chumps Ahead
1934as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
Galloping Romeo
1933as Andy Kent
She Done Him Wrong
1933as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
Midnight Mary
1933as Court Photographer (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
King for a Night
1933as Pool Hall Crony
Made on Broadway
1933as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
West of Singapore
1933as Watson
Found Alive
1933as C.S. King
Breed of the Border
1933as Joe
A Lady's Profession
1933as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
Ranger's Code
1933as Nat the Bat
Beyond the Rockies
1932as Blinky
The Unwritten Law
1932as Ed Riley
Freaks
1932as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Panama Flo
1932as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932as Reporter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Men Of America
1932as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
The Hurricane Express
1932as Barney
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932as Pat Kelly
The Pride of the Legion
1932as Shorty
The Red Shadow
1932
One Man Law
1931as Stubb
Night Beat
1931as Hymie Weissenkorn
The Tip-Off
1931as Slug
Little Caesar
1931as Cashier (uncredited)
The Good Bad Girl
1931as One of Tyler's Thugs
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
In Old Cheyenne
1931as Henchman
Fair Warning
1931as Jordan
The Galloping Ghost
1931as Brady
Is There Justice?
1931as Shorty Gray
For the Defense
1930as Eddie Withers
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Numbered Men
1930as Trustee with List (bit)
The Storm
1930as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
Shadow Ranch
1930as Henchman Joe
The Fighting Legion
1930as Jack Bowie
Leaping Love
1929as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
One Splendid Hour
1929as Solly
Weary River
1929as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
The Mighty
1929as Hood
A Woman's Way
1928as Pedro
Speedy
1928as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
So This Is Love
1928as Flash Tracy
What a Night!
1928as Snarky
Stool Pigeon
1928as Dropper
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Main Event
1927as Slug-nutty fighter
The Gay Defender
1927as Bart Hamby
Men of Daring
1927as Ace
Nevada
1927as Cash Burridge
A Man About Town
1927as Cohort
On Ze Boulevard
1927as Valet
Melting Millions
1927
The Amateur Gentleman
1926as Dandy (uncredited)
The Blackbird
1926as Bertie's No. 2 Man
Pals in Paradise
1926as Butterfly Kid
The Thundering Herd
1925as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
The Pony Express
1925as Henchman
The Best People
1925as Taxi Driver
Where the Worst Begins
1925
Curlytop
1924as Sproggs
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
The Beloved Brute
1924as Swink Tuckson
The Show
1922as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
1919as Agency Employee (uncredited)
A Regular Girl
1919as Shorty
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