Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1885-06-17
- Day of Death1947-11-26 (62 years)
- Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
- Also Known AsErnest S. AdamsErnie S. AdamsErnest AdamsErnest Stephen Dumarais
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1947
The Last Round-up
As: Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- 1947
The Black Widow
As: Blinky
- 1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
As: Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
- 1947
Robin Hood of Monterey
As: Pablo
- 1947
The Pretender
As: Thomas the butler
- 1947
Killer Dill
As: Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
- 1947
Desperate
As: Villager (uncredited)
1947Trailing Danger
As: Pennypacker
1947The Law Comes to Gunsight
As: Bert Simpson
1947Buck Privates Come Home
As: Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947Yankee Fakir
As: Charlie
1947The Thirteenth Hour
As: McCabe
1947Son of Zorro
As: Judge Hyde
- 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
As: Ed (uncredited)
1946Gallant Journey
As: Husband (uncredited)
1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
As: Frank Gary, Henchman
- 1946
The Killers
As: Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946Traffic in Crime
As: Counter Man
1946Dangerous Business
As: Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946King of the Forest Rangers
As: Hiram Bailey
1946Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
As: Retner
1946Deadline at Dawn
As: Waiter (uncredited)
1946Fear
As: House Painter
1946Up Goes Maisie
As: Fireman (Uncredited)
1946A Guy Could Change
As: Newsboy
1945Johnny Angel
As: Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
1945Jungle Raiders
As: Charley
1945Along Came Jones
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1945The Jungle Captive
As: Jim
1945The Power of the Whistler
As: Bit Part
1945Escape in the Fog
As: George Smith
1945Frisco Sal
As: McKinney
1945The Suspect
As: Cabbie (uncredited)
1945Brenda Starr, Reporter
As: Charlie (uncredited)
1945I Love a Mystery
As: Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945The Man in Half Moon Street
As: Porter
1944Murder, My Sweet
As: Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944Ghost Guns
As: Doc Edwards
1944The Climax
As: Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944Goin' to Town
As: Zeke
1944Raiders of Ghost City
As: Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944Return of the Ape Man
As: Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944Arizona Whirlwind
As: Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944Raiders of the Border
As: Whiskey Wiley
1944Marshal of Gunsmoke
As: Nuggett Newcomb
1943The Phantom
As: Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943Mystery Broadcast
As: Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943Phony Express
As: The Banker (uncredited)
1943Hail to the Rangers
As: Latham
1943Headin' for God's Country
As: Chuck
1943Beyond the Last Frontier
As: 'Sarge' Kincaid
1943Mission to Moscow
As: Heckler (uncredited)
1943Sagebrush Law
As: Landers
1943Murder in Times Square
As: Horsetooth
1943Keep 'Em Slugging
As: Dugan
1942Mug Town
As: Thief
1942The Lone Prairie
As: Judge Barstow
1942Bandit Ranger
As: Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942Isle of Missing Men
As: Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942Sabotage Squad
As: Smoke Shop Customer
1942The Pride of the Yankees
As: Miller Huggins
1942One Thrilling Night
As: Pete Mooney
1942The Tuttles of Tahiti
As: Paki
1942Cactus Makes Perfect
As: Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942Alias Boston Blackie
As: Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942Riding the Wind
As: Jones
1942Man With Two Lives
As: Gimpy
1942The Man Who Returned to Life
As: Ezra Smith
1941The Man Who Came to Dinner
As: Michaelson (uncredited)
1941Road Agent
As: Jake
1941Honolulu Lu
As: Pierre
1941Swamp Woman
As: Spratt
1941Sea Raiders
As: Zeke
1941The Officer and the Lady
As: Car Thief (uncredited)
1941Bad Man of Deadwood
As: Medicine Show Spectator
1941The Devil Commands
As: Elam
1941Riders of Death Valley
As: Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941Invisible Ghost
As: Jules Mason, caretaker
1941Robbers of the Range
As: Greeley
1941Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
As: Mustang
1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
As: Newsstand Clerk
1941The Pinto Kid
As: Ed Slade
1941The Face Behind the Mask
As: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1940Riders from Nowhere
As: Manny
1940The Fargo Kid
As: Bush Cleveland
1940The Son of Monte Cristo
As: Informer
1940Before I Hang
As: Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940He Stayed for Breakfast
As: Workman
1940Girls of the Road
As: Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940Out West with the Peppers
As: Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940The Man from Tumbleweeds
As: Shifty Sheldon
1940The Man with Nine Lives
As: Pete Daggett
1940Dark Command
As: Townsman
1940Primrose Path
As: Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
1940Young Tom Edison
As: Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
As: (uncredited)
1940Castle on the Hudson
As: Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940The Invisible Man Returns
As: Minor Role (uncredited)
1940Yukon Flight
As: Henry
1939Tower of London
As: Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939The Invisible Killer
As: Squint, the Croupier
1939I Stole a Million
As: Mooch (uncredited)
1939Overland with Kit Carson
As: Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939The Man from Sundown
As: Shorty Bates
1939Down the Wyoming Trail
As: Ernie Adams
1939Young Mr. Lincoln
As: Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939Ex-Champ
As: Street Cleaner
1939Mandrake the Magician
As: Brown
1939Union Pacific
As: Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939Code of the Streets
As: Henchman
1939Frontier Pony Express
As: Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again
As: Doc Grover
1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
As: Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939The Phantom Stage
As: Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939Sundown on the Prairie
As: Henchman Blackie
1939Trigger Pals
As: Henchman Pete
1938California Frontier
As: Barclay
1938Song of the Buckaroo
As: Cashier
1938Gun Packer
As: Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938Exposed
As: Bum
1938Land of Fighting Men
As: Slim
1938There Goes My Heart
As: Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938Where the Buffalo Roam
As: Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938Down on the Farm
As: Pony Concessioner
1938The Mexicali Kid
As: Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938The Chaser
As: Injured Man
1938Rollin' Plains
As: Cain Moody
1938Outlaw Express
As: Express Rider
1938You and Me
As: Nick (uncredited)
1938Thunder in the Desert
As: Tramp
1938The Purple Vigilantes
As: Blake
1938The Jury's Secret
As: Sidewalk Heckler
1937Wells Fargo
As: Miner
1937Tim Tyler's Luck
As: Henchman Becker
1937Colorado Kid
As: Bibben Tucker
1937The Man in the Barn
As: Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937Danger Valley
As: Soapy
1937Life Begins with Love
As: Radical (uncredited)
1937Radio Patrol
As: Hobo
1937Arizona Gunfighter
As: Grizzly Barr
1937Stars Over Arizona
As: Jimmy the Weasel
1937Ridin' the Lone Trail
As: Peters
1937Hopalong Rides Again
As: Keno
1937Doomed at Sundown
As: Deputy
1937Anything for a Thrill
As: The Runt - Henchman
1937Two-Fisted Sheriff
As: Sheriff Rankin
1937San Quentin
As: Fink
1937Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
As: Red
1937Law of the Ranger
As: Zeke
1937The Frame-Up
As: Horse Player (uncredited)
1937Bar-Z Bad Men
As: Henchman Pete
1937Lightnin' Crandall
As: Texas May
1936Night Waitress
As: Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936Dodge City Trail
As: Dillon
1936The Gun Ranger
As: Wally Smeed
1936Hopalong Cassidy Returns
As: Assayer Benson
1936My Man Godfrey
As: Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936Crash Donovan
As: Mechanic (uncredited)
1936Three on the Trail
As: Idaho
1936Road Gang
As: Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936Exclusive Story
As: Bartender (uncredited)
1935It's in the Air
As: Counterman (uncredited)
1935She Married Her Boss
As: Passerby
1935The Glass Key
As: Bettor (uncredited)
1935The Miracle Rider
As: John Stelter
1935The Ghost Rider
As: Practical Joker
1935The Perfect Clue
As: Butch Carter
1935Carnival
As: Barker
1935Calling All Cars
As: Reporter (uncredited)
1934Men of the Night
As: Sandy (uncredited)
1934Prescott Kid
As: Red Larsen
1934The Law of the Wild
As: Henchman Raymond
1934Three Chumps Ahead
As: Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934Here Comes the Groom
As: 1st Gunman
1934Little Miss Marker
As: Bettor (uncredited)
1934Hell Bent for Love
As: Henchman Joe Barnard
1934A Very Honorable Guy
As: Gambler
1934The Undie-World
As: T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934Badge of Honor
As: 'Tip' Crane
1934Woman Unafraid
As: Henchman
1934The Lost Jungle
As: Pete
- 1934
It Happened One Night
As: Bag Thief (uncredited)
1933King for a Night
As: Pool Hall Crony
1933Ranger's Code
As: Nat the Bat
1933Galloping Romeo
As: Andy Kent
1933Midnight Mary
As: Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933Made on Broadway
As: Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
1933The Kiss Before the Mirror
As: Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933Found Alive
As: C.S. King
1933A Lady's Profession
As: One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933Breed of the Border
As: Joe
1933She Done Him Wrong
As: Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
As: Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933West of Singapore
As: Watson
1932The Unwritten Law
As: Ed Riley
1932Men Of America
As: Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932The Pride of the Legion
As: Shorty
1932The Hurricane Express
As: Barney
1932Beyond the Rockies
As: Blinky
1932Million Dollar Legs
As: Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932Merrily We Go to Hell
As: Reporter (uncredited)
1932The Shadow of the Eagle
As: Pat Kelly
1932Panama Flo
As: Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
- 1932
Freaks
As: Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1931Night Beat
As: Hymie Weissenkorn
1931One Man Law
As: Stubb
1931The Tip-Off
As: Slug McGee
1931The Galloping Ghost
As: Brady
1931In Old Cheyenne
As: Henchman
1931The Good Bad Girl
As: One of Tyler's Thugs
1931Dance, Fools, Dance
As: Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
1931Fair Warning
As: Jordan
1931Little Caesar
As: Cashier (uncredited)
1930Shadow Ranch
As: Henchman Joe
1930The Storm
As: Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
1930For the Defense
As: Eddie Withers
1930Numbered Men
As: Trustee with List (uncredited)
- 1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
As: 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
1930The Fighting Legion
As: Jack Bowie
1929The Mighty
As: Hood
1929Leaping Love
As: George - The Drunk (uncredited)
1929Weary River
As: Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
1928What a Night!
As: Snarky
1928Stool Pigeon
As: Dropper
1928Speedy
As: Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
1928A Woman's Way
As: Pedro
1928So This Is Love
As: Flash Tracy
1927The Gay Defender
As: Bart Hamby
1927The Main Event
As: Slug-nutty fighter
1927Nevada
As: Cash Burridge
1927Men of Daring
As: Ace
1927A Man About Town
As: Cohort
1926Pals in Paradise
As: Butterfly Kid
1926The Amateur Gentleman
As: Dandy (uncredited)
1926The Blackbird
As: Bertie's No. 2 Man
1925The Best People
As: Taxi Driver
1925The Pony Express
As: Henchman
1925The Thundering Herd
As: Jett Henchman (uncredited)
1924Curlytop
As: Sproggs
1924The Beloved Brute
As: Swink Tuckson
1924Ten Dollars or Ten Days
As: The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1922The Show
As: Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)