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Ernie Adams

Acting
1885-06-17
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.

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Known For 263 titles
The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947) subtitle poster
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 Movie
as Bert Simpson
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The Invisible Killer (1939) subtitle poster
The Invisible Killer
1939 Movie
as Squint, the Croupier
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The Unwritten Law (1932) subtitle poster
The Unwritten Law
1932 Movie
as Ed Riley
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The Man from Sundown (1939) subtitle poster
The Man from Sundown
1939 Movie
as Shorty Bates
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Lightnin' Crandall (1937) subtitle poster
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 Movie
as Texas May
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Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways (1946) subtitle poster
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
1946 Movie
as Retner
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The Show (1922) subtitle poster
The Show
1922 Movie
as Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
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Sundown on the Prairie (1939) subtitle poster
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 Movie
as Henchman Blackie
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Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937) subtitle poster
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 Movie
as Peters
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Riders from Nowhere (1940) subtitle poster
Riders from Nowhere
1940 Movie
as Manny
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Ranger's Code (1933) subtitle poster
Ranger's Code
1933 Movie
as Nat the Bat
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The Gay Defender (1927) subtitle poster
The Gay Defender
1927 Movie
as Bart Hamby
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Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944) subtitle poster
Marshal of Gunsmoke
1944 Movie
as Nuggett Newcomb
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Trailing Danger (1947) subtitle poster
Trailing Danger
1947 Movie
as Pennypacker
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One Thrilling Night (1942) subtitle poster
One Thrilling Night
1942 Movie
as Pete Mooney
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Song of the Buckaroo (1938) subtitle poster
Song of the Buckaroo
1938 Movie
as Cashier
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Shadow Ranch (1930) subtitle poster
Shadow Ranch
1930 Movie
as Henchman Joe
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Colorado Kid (1937) subtitle poster
Colorado Kid
1937 Movie
as Bibben Tucker
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A Man About Town (1927) subtitle poster
A Man About Town
1927 Movie
as Cohort
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The Perfect Clue (1935) subtitle poster
The Perfect Clue
1935 Movie
as Butch Carter
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The Purple Vigilantes (1938) subtitle poster
The Purple Vigilantes
1938 Movie
as Blake
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Men Of America (1932) subtitle poster
Men Of America
1932 Movie
as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
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Ghost Guns (1944) subtitle poster
Ghost Guns
1944 Movie
as Doc Edwards
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Pals in Paradise (1926) subtitle poster
Pals in Paradise
1926 Movie
as Butterfly Kid
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