Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

1885-06-17 – 1947-11-26 (age 62) San Francisco, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Ed (uncredited)

Freaks
Freaks

1932

as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night

1934

as Bag Thief (uncredited)

Little Caesar
Little Caesar

1931

as Cashier (uncredited)

The Killers
The Killers

1946

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

The Blackbird
The Blackbird

1926

as Bertie's No. 2 Man

The Suspect
The Suspect

1945

as Cabbie (uncredited)

The Climax
The Climax

1944

as Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn

1946

as Waiter (uncredited)

Whirlpool
Whirlpool

1934

as Ben (uncredited)

Jungle Raiders
Jungle Raiders

1945

as Charley

Outlaw Express
Outlaw Express

1938

as Express Rider

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Trail Street
Trail Street

1947

as Eben Bowen (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet

1944

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Miller Huggins

Primrose Path
Primrose Path

1940

as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

1936

as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

Sabotage Squad
Sabotage Squad

1942

as Smoke Shop Customer