The Pretender
1947 · Movie
as Thomas the butler
Ernie Adams
1885-06-17
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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
The Thirteenth Hour
1947 · Movie
as McCabe
The Last Round-up
1947 · Movie
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Black Widow
1947 · Movie
as Blinky
Desperate
1947 · Movie
as Villager (uncredited)
Killer Dill
1947 · Movie
as Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
Son of Zorro
1947 · Movie
as Judge Hyde
Robin Hood of Monterey
1947 · Movie
as Pablo
Trailing Danger
1947 · Movie
as Pennypacker
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 · Movie
as Bert Simpson
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Movie
as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947 · Movie
as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
1947 · Movie
as Charlie
Trail Street
1947 · Movie
as Eben Bowen (uncredited)
The Millerson Case
1947 · Movie
as Zeke Zilch
Fear
1946 · Movie
as House Painter
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 · Movie
as Frank Gary, Henchman
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946 · Movie
as Retner
King of the Forest Rangers
1946 · Movie
as Hiram Bailey
Dangerous Business
1946 · Movie
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
as Ed (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Movie
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Killers
1946 · Movie
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
1946 · Movie
as Counter Man
A Guy Could Change
1946 · Movie
as Newsboy
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Movie
as Fireman (Uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
1946 · Movie
Gallant Journey
1946 · Movie
as Husband (uncredited)
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The People's Choice
1946 · Movie
Girl on the Spot
1946 · Movie
as Pickpocket (uncredited)
Escape in the Fog
1945 · Movie
as George Smith
Along Came Jones
1945 · Movie
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · Movie
as Bit Part
The Suspect
1945 · Movie
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945 · Movie
as Charlie (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Movie
as Gimpy (Uncredited)
Jungle Raiders
1945 · Movie
as Charley
Frisco Sal
1945 · Movie
as McKinney
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · Movie
as Porter
The Jungle Captive
1945 · Movie
as Jim
Johnny Angel
1945 · Movie
as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
The Great John L.
1945 · Movie
as Waiter (uncredited)
Return of the Ape Man
1944 · Movie
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Movie
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Movie
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Raiders of Ghost City
1944 · Movie
as Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
Ghost Guns
1944 · Movie
as Doc Edwards
Raiders of the Border
1944 · Movie
as Whiskey Wiley
Goin' to Town
1944 · Movie
as Zeke
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 · Movie
as Nuggett Newcomb
The Climax
1944 · Movie
as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
The Phantom
1943 · Movie
as Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
Phony Express
1943 · Movie
as The Banker (uncredited)
Mystery Broadcast
1943 · Movie
as Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Movie
as Chuck
Sagebrush Law
1943 · Movie
as Landers
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Movie
as Dugan
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943 · Movie
as 'Sarge' Kincaid
Hail to the Rangers
1943 · Movie
as Latham
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Movie
as Heckler (uncredited)
Murder in Times Square
1943 · Movie
as Horsetooth
Isle of Missing Men
1942 · Movie
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942 · Movie
as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Movie
as Miller Huggins
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Movie
as Ezra Smith
One Thrilling Night
1942 · Movie
as Pete Mooney
Riding the Wind
1942 · Movie
as Jones
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Movie
as Paki
Man With Two Lives
1942 · Movie
as Gimpy
Alias Boston Blackie
1942 · Movie
as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Mug Town
1942 · Movie
as Thief
The Lone Prairie
1942 · Movie
as Judge Barstow
Bandit Ranger
1942 · Movie
as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
Sabotage Squad
1942 · Movie
as Smoke Shop Customer
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942 · Movie
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Movie
as Doorman (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Movie
as Car Thief (uncredited)
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 · Movie
as Medicine Show Spectator
Swamp Woman
1941 · Movie
as Spratt
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Movie
The Devil Commands
1941 · Movie
as Elam
Sea Raiders
1941 · Movie
as Zeke
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Movie
as Jules Mason, caretaker
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Movie
as Greeley
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Movie
as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · Movie
as Mustang
Honolulu Lu
1941 · Movie
as Pierre
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Movie
as Newsstand Clerk
The Pinto Kid
1941 · Movie
as Ed Slade
Westward Ho-Hum
1941 · Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Movie
as Michaelson (uncredited)
Road Agent
1941 · Movie
as Jake
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Movie
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Fargo Kid
1940 · Movie
as Bush Cleveland
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Movie
as Shifty Sheldon
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · Movie
as Pete Daggett
Girls of the Road
1940 · Movie
as Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
Riders from Nowhere
1940 · Movie
as Manny
Yukon Flight
1940 · Movie
as Henry
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie
as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Out West with the Peppers
1940 · Movie
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Movie
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dark Command
1940 · Movie
as Townsman
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940 · Movie
as Informer
Before I Hang
1940 · Movie
as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Movie
as Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
Primrose Path
1940 · Movie
as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 · Movie
as Workman
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · Movie
as (uncredited)
The Man from Sundown
1939 · Movie
as Shorty Bates
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 · Movie
as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
Mandrake the Magician
1939 · Movie
as Brown
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Movie
as Doc Grover
Trigger Pals
1939 · Movie
as Henchman Pete
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Movie
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Movie
as Man at Deer Lodge Station
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie
as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Tower of London
1939 · Movie
as Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939 · Movie
as Ernie Adams
The Invisible Killer
1939 · Movie
as Squint, the Croupier
The Phantom Stage
1939 · Movie
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
Code of the Streets
1939 · Movie
as Henchman
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 · Movie
as Henchman Blackie
I Stole a Million
1939 · Movie
as Mooch (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939 · Movie
as Street Cleaner
Land of Fighting Men
1938 · Movie
as Slim
Song of the Buckaroo
1938 · Movie
as Cashier
Rollin' Plains
1938 · Movie
as Cain Moody
The Purple Vigilantes
1938 · Movie
as Blake
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 · Movie
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
Thunder in the Desert
1938 · Movie
as Tramp
Exposed
1938 · Movie
as Bum
Gun Packer
1938 · Movie
as Jim Lee - Stage Driver
The Mexicali Kid
1938 · Movie
as Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Movie
as Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
1938 · Movie
as Pony Concessioner
The Jury's Secret
1938 · Movie
as Sidewalk Heckler
Outlaw Express
1938 · Movie
as Express Rider
The Chaser
1938 · Movie
as Injured Man
California Frontier
1938 · Movie
as Barclay
You and Me
1938 · Movie
as Nick (uncredited)
West of Cheyenne
1938 · Movie
as Henchman Shorty
Stars Over Arizona
1937 · Movie
as Jimmy the Weasel
The Man in the Barn
1937 · Movie
as Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937 · Movie
as Henchman Pete
Law of the Ranger
1937 · Movie
as Zeke
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937 · Movie
as Red
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · Movie
as Grizzly Barr
Danger Valley
1937 · Movie
as Soapy
Radio Patrol
1937 · Movie
as Hobo
Wells Fargo
1937 · Movie
as Miner
Hopalong Rides Again
1937 · Movie
as Keno
Doomed at Sundown
1937 · Movie
as Deputy
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937 · Movie
as Sheriff Rankin
Colorado Kid
1937 · Movie
as Bibben Tucker
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 · Movie
as Peters
San Quentin
1937 · Movie
as Fink
Anything for a Thrill
1937 · Movie
as The Runt - Henchman
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Movie
as Henchman Becker
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Movie
as Texas May
Life Begins with Love
1937 · Movie
as Radical (uncredited)
The Frame-Up
1937 · Movie
as Horse Player (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
1936 · Movie
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Gun Ranger
1936 · Movie
as Wally Smeed
Night Waitress
1936 · Movie
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Movie
as Assayer Benson
Three on the Trail
1936 · Movie
as Idaho
Road Gang
1936 · Movie
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Dodge City Trail
1936 · Movie
as Dillon
Crash Donovan
1936 · Movie
as Mechanic (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
1936 · Movie
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Calling All Cars
1935 · Movie
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Perfect Clue
1935 · Movie
as Butch Carter
The Miracle Rider
1935 · Movie
as John Stelter
The Ghost Rider
1935 · Movie
as Practical Joker
It's in the Air
1935 · Movie
as Counterman (uncredited)
Carnival
1935 · Movie
as Barker (uncredited)
The Glass Key
1935 · Movie
as Bettor (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
1935 · Movie
as Passerby
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Movie
as Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
Men of the Hour
1935 · Movie
as Steve
Hell Bent for Love
1934 · Movie
as Henchman Joe Barnard
The Law of the Wild
1934 · Movie
as Henchman Raymond
The Prescott Kid
1934 · Movie
as Red Larsen
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Movie
as Bettor (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
1934 · Movie
as 1st Gunman
Woman Unafraid
1934 · Movie
as Henchman
Three Chumps Ahead
1934 · Movie
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Movie
as Gambler
It Happened One Night
1934 · Movie
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Men of the Night
1934 · Movie
as Sandy (uncredited)
The Undie-World
1934 · Movie
as T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
Badge of Honor
1934 · Movie
as 'Tip' Crane
The Lost Jungle
1934 · Movie
as Pete
Whirlpool
1934 · Movie
as Ben (uncredited)
We're Not Dressing
1934 · Movie
as Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Movie
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933 · Movie
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
Found Alive
1933 · Movie
as C.S. King
West of Singapore
1933 · Movie
as Watson
King for a Night
1933 · Movie
as Pool Hall Crony
Ranger's Code
1933 · Movie
as Nat the Bat
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · Movie
as Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
A Lady's Profession
1933 · Movie
as One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
Breed of the Border
1933 · Movie
as Joe
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Movie
as Andy Kent
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Movie
as Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
1933 · Movie
as Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
The Hurricane Express
1932 · Movie
as Barney
The Unwritten Law
1932 · Movie
as Ed Riley
The Pride of the Legion
1932 · Movie
as Shorty
The Red Shadow
1932 · Movie
Beyond the Rockies
1932 · Movie
as Blinky
Men Of America
1932 · Movie
as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
Panama Flo
1932 · Movie
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932 · Movie
as Pat Kelly
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Movie
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Freaks
1932 · Movie
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Movie
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Tip-Off
1931 · Movie
as Slug
The Galloping Ghost
1931 · Movie
as Brady
In Old Cheyenne
1931 · Movie
as Henchman
Night Beat
1931 · Movie
as Hymie Weissenkorn
The Good Bad Girl
1931 · Movie
as One of Tyler's Thugs
Fair Warning
1931 · Movie
as Jordan
Little Caesar
1931 · Movie
as Cashier (uncredited)
One Man Law
1931 · Movie
as Stubb
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Movie
as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
Is There Justice?
1931 · Movie
as Shorty Gray
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First Aid
1931 · Movie
as Joe
For the Defense
1930 · Movie
as Eddie Withers
Numbered Men
1930 · Movie
as Trustee with List (bit)
The Fighting Legion
1930 · Movie
as Jack Bowie
Shadow Ranch
1930 · Movie
as Henchman Joe
The Storm
1930 · Movie
as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Movie
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Leaping Love
1929 · Movie
as George - The Drunk (uncredited)
Weary River
1929 · Movie
as Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
The Mighty
1929 · Movie
as Hood
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One Splendid Hour
1929 · Movie
as Solly
A Woman's Way
1928 · Movie
as Pedro
Speedy
1928 · Movie
as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
What a Night!
1928 · Movie
as Snarky
So This Is Love
1928 · Movie
as Flash Tracy
Stool Pigeon
1928 · Movie
as Dropper
Forgotten Faces
1928 · Movie
Men of Daring
1927 · Movie
as Ace
The Gay Defender
1927 · Movie
as Bart Hamby
Nevada
1927 · Movie
as Cash Burridge
The Main Event
1927 · Movie
as Slug-nutty fighter
A Man About Town
1927 · Movie
as Cohort
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On Ze Boulevard
1927 · Movie
as Valet
Melting Millions
1927 · Movie
The Blackbird
1926 · Movie
as Bertie's No. 2 Man
The Amateur Gentleman
1926 · Movie
as Dandy (uncredited)
Pals in Paradise
1926 · Movie
as Butterfly Kid
Hair-Trigger Baxter
1926 · Movie
as Shorty Hillis
The Thundering Herd
1925 · Movie
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
The Best People
1925 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
The Pony Express
1925 · Movie
as Henchman
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Where the Worst Begins
1925 · Movie
The Beloved Brute
1924 · Movie
as Swink Tuckson
Curlytop
1924 · Movie
as Sproggs
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924 · Movie
as The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
The Show
1922 · Movie
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
1919 · Movie
as Agency Employee (uncredited)
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A Regular Girl
1919 · Movie
as Shorty
