Ernie Adams
Known for ActingBorn 1885-06-17 — died 1947-11-26San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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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
1946 · as Ed (uncredited)
Freaks
1932 · as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934 · as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Road Agent
1941 · as Jake
Along Came Jones
1945 · as Townsman (uncredited)
The Killers
1946 · as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Road Gang
1936 · as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Fear
1946 · as House Painter
Union Pacific
1939 · as Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Night Waitress
1936 · as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
My Man Godfrey
1936 · as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · as Grizzly Barr
Little Caesar
1931 · as Cashier (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · as Miller Huggins
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · as Reporter (uncredited)