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Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Birthday: 1885-06-18 | Place of Birth: San 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernie Adams (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1947
Son of Zorro

as    Judge Hyde

1947
The Thirteenth Hour

as    McCabe

1947
Robin Hood of Monterey

as    Pablo

1947
The Pretender

as    Thomas the butler

1946
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

as    Frank Gary, Henchman

1946
Fear

as    House Painter

1945
Jungle Raiders

as    Charley

1945
Escape in the Fog

as    George Smith

1945
The Jungle Captive

as    Jim

1945
Frisco Sal

as    McKinney

1944
Arizona Whirlwind

as    Warren, the Jewel Cutter

1944
Raiders of the Border

as    Whiskey Wiley

1943
Beyond the Last Frontier

as    'Sarge' Kincaid

1942
Isle of Missing Men

as    Captain of the S. S. Mariposa

1942
Riding the Wind

as    Jones

1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as    Miller Huggins

1941
Invisible Ghost

as    Jules Mason, caretaker

1940
The Fargo Kid

as    Bush Cleveland

1940
The Invisible Man Returns

as    Minor Role (uncredited)

1940
The Man with Nine Lives

as    Pete Daggett

1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds

as    Shifty Sheldon

1939
The Phantom Stage

as    Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

1939
Frontier Pony Express

as    Man at Deer Lodge Station

1938
Rollin' Plains

as    Cain Moody

1938
Thunder in the Desert

as    Tramp

1937
Colorado Kid

as    Bibben Tucker

1937
Arizona Gunfighter

as    Grizzly Barr

1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail

as    Peters

1937
Law of the Ranger

as    Zeke