Ernie Adams (born Ernest Stephen Dumarais;[1] June 18, 1885 – November 26, 1947) was an American vaudevillian performer, stage and screen character actor and writer, he appeared primarily in small uncredited parts.[2]
Ernie Adams | |
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 Adams in Invisible Ghost (1941) | |
| Born | Ernest Stephen Dumarais June 18, 1885 |
| Died | November 26, 1947 (aged 62) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Other names | Ernest S. Adams, Ernie S. Adams (billing) |
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| Years active | 1919-1947 |
Biography
Adams was also billed as Ernest S. Adams and Ernie S. Adams.[2]
He appeared in vaudeville, theater, and film. He started his career in musical comedy on Broadway theatre. Along with his wife Berdonna Gilbert, he formed the vaudeville team "Gilbert and Adams".[1] 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).[3]
On November 26, 1947, Adams died of an acute pulmonary edema at the West Olympic Sanitarium in Los Angeles, California,[1] aged 62. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.[4]
Selected filmography
- A Regular Girl (1919)
- The Show (1922)
- The Beloved Brute (1924)
- Curlytop (1924)
- The Thundering Herd (1925)
- Pony Express (1925)
- The Best People (1925)
- Where the Worst Begins (1925)
- Lord Jim (1925)
- The Blackbird (1926)
- The Jazz Girl (1926)
- The Valley of Bravery (1926)
- Hair-Trigger Baxter (1926)
- Pals in Paradise (1926)
- Jewels of Desire (1927)
- Melting Millions (1927)
- Nevada (1927)
- The Main Event (1927)
- The Gay Defender (1927)
- Bare Knees (1928)
- Stool Pigeon (1928)
- Forgotten Faces (1928)
- Tenth Avenue (1928)
- What a Night! (1928)
- A Woman's Way (1928)
- One Splendid Hour (1929)
- The Fighting Legion (1930)
- The Galloping Ghost (1931, Serial)
- Night Beat (1931)
- Is There Justice? (1931)
- The Hurricane Express (1932)
- The Pride of the Legion (1932)
- The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
- Breed of the Border (1933)
- West of Singapore (1933)
- Galloping Romeo (1933)
- Found Alive (1933)
- It Happened One Night (1934) as The Bag Thief (uncredited)
- We're Not Dressing (1934)
- Hell Bent for Love (1934)
- Men of the Night (1934)
- The Law of the Wild (1934)
- Badge of Honor (1934)
- The Prescott Kid (1934)
- The Miracle Rider (1935)
- Men of the Hour (1935)
- Trails End (1935)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Road Gang (1936)
- Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
- San Quentin (1937) as Fink
- The Painted Trail (1938)
- West of Cheyenne (1938)
- The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
- Gun Packer (1938)
- The Man from Sundown (1939)
- The Invisible Killer (1939)
- The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
- The Golden Trail (1940)
- Enemy Agent (1940)
- The Pinto Kid (1941)
- Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)
- The Lone Prairie (1942)
- Stand By All Networks (1942)
- The Pride of the Yankees (1942) as Miller Huggins
- Phony Express (1943)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944)
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
- Ghost Guns (1944)
- Louisiana Hayride (1944)
- Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Ed
- The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
- Son of Zorro (1947)
- Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
- Trailing Danger (1947)
- Yankee Fakir (1947)
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