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)

It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night

1934

as Bag Thief (uncredited)

Freaks
Freaks

1932

as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

The Killers
The Killers

1946

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet

1944

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Little Caesar
Little Caesar

1931

as Cashier (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man Returns

1940

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

1936

as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939

as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Miller Huggins

Dark Command
Dark Command

1940

as Townsman

The Sea Wolf
Road Agent
Road Agent

1941

as Jake

The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

as Michaelson (uncredited)

Before I Hang
Before I Hang

1940

as Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly

Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Reporter (uncredited)

Buck Privates Come Home
Buck Privates Come Home

1947

as Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)

Fear
Fear

1946

as House Painter