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)

The Killers
The Killers

1946

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

The Sea Wolf
You and Me
You and Me

1938

as Nick (uncredited)

Road Gang
Road Gang

1936

as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey

1936

as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Miller Huggins

Little Caesar
Little Caesar

1931

as Cashier (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet

1944

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Union Pacific
Union Pacific

1939

as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man Returns

1940

as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Great John L.
The Great John L.

1945

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Man with Nine Lives
The Man with Nine Lives

1940

as Pete Daggett

The Suspect
The Suspect

1945

as Cabbie (uncredited)

The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask

1941

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Night Waitress
Night Waitress

1936

as Diner Who Gets Indigestion