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)

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

1930

as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

Freaks
Freaks

1932

as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

Night Beat
Night Beat

1931

as Hymie Weissenkorn

It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night

1934

as Bag Thief (uncredited)

Fear
Fear

1946

as House Painter

Arizona Gunfighter
Arizona Gunfighter

1937

as Grizzly Barr

The Killers
The Killers

1946

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

Road Agent
Road Agent

1941

as Jake

Swamp Woman
Swamp Woman

1941

as Spratt

Phony Express
Phony Express

1943

as The Banker (uncredited)

Lightnin' Crandall
Lightnin' Crandall

1937

as Texas May

Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid

1937

as Bibben Tucker

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet

1944

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones

1945

as Townsman (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Miller Huggins

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First Aid

1931

as Joe

Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

as Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)