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 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.
Movies & TV Shows
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — Ed (uncredited)
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It Happened One Night (1934) — Bag Thief (uncredited)
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Freaks (1932) — Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
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The Killers (1946) — Hood with Cane (uncredited)
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My Man Godfrey (1936) — Forgotten Man (uncredited)
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Little Caesar (1931) — Cashier (uncredited)
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Murder, My Sweet (1944) — Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) — Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) — Miller Huggins
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The Invisible Man Returns (1940) — Minor Role (uncredited)
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She Done Him Wrong (1933) — Man in Audience (uncredited)
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Speedy (1928) — Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) — Michaelson (uncredited)
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Union Pacific (1939) — Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
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The Sea Wolf (1941)
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The Suspect (1945) — Cabbie (uncredited)
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Dark Command (1940) — Townsman
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Invisible Ghost (1941) — Jules Mason, caretaker
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Tower of London (1939) — Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
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Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) — Reporter (uncredited)
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The Face Behind the Mask (1941) — Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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You and Me (1938) — Nick (uncredited)
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Desperate (1947) — Villager (uncredited)
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Escape in the Fog (1945) — George Smith
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Along Came Jones (1945) — Townsman (uncredited)
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Deadline at Dawn (1946) — Waiter (uncredited)
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The Climax (1944) — Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
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Before I Hang (1940) — Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
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The Devil Commands (1941) — Elam
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) — Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
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Buck Privates Come Home (1947) — Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
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San Quentin (1937) — Fink
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Johnny Angel (1945) — Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
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Little Miss Marker (1934) — Bettor (uncredited)
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Midnight Mary (1933) — Court Photographer (uncredited)
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Primrose Path (1940) — Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) — (uncredited)
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The Man with Nine Lives (1940) — Pete Daggett
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The Blackbird (1926) — Bertie's No. 2 Man