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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 Main Event (1927) subtitle poster
The Main Event
1927 Movie
as Slug-nutty fighter
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Dodge City Trail (1936) subtitle poster
Dodge City Trail
1936 Movie
as Dillon
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Found Alive (1933) subtitle poster
Found Alive
1933 Movie
as C.S. King
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The Pinto Kid (1941) subtitle poster
The Pinto Kid
1941 Movie
as Ed Slade
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Three Chumps Ahead (1934) subtitle poster
Three Chumps Ahead
1934 Movie
as Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
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The Red Shadow (1932) subtitle poster
The Red Shadow
1932 Movie
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The Beloved Brute (1924) subtitle poster
The Beloved Brute
1924 Movie
as Swink Tuckson
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The Best People (1925) subtitle poster
The Best People
1925 Movie
as Taxi Driver
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Stars Over Arizona (1937) subtitle poster
Stars Over Arizona
1937 Movie
as Jimmy the Weasel
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Men of the Hour (1935) subtitle poster
Men of the Hour
1935 Movie
as Steve
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Stool Pigeon (1928) subtitle poster
Stool Pigeon
1928 Movie
as Dropper
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Hell Bent for Love (1934) subtitle poster
Hell Bent for Love
1934 Movie
as Henchman Joe Barnard
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Badge of Honor (1934) subtitle poster
Badge of Honor
1934 Movie
as 'Tip' Crane
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The Fighting Legion (1930) subtitle poster
The Fighting Legion
1930 Movie
as Jack Bowie
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Westward Ho-Hum (1941) subtitle poster
Westward Ho-Hum
1941 Movie
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Men of Daring (1927) subtitle poster
Men of Daring
1927 Movie
as Ace
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In Old Cheyenne (1931) subtitle poster
In Old Cheyenne
1931 Movie
as Henchman
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Curlytop (1924) subtitle poster
Curlytop
1924 Movie
as Sproggs
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Melting Millions (1927) subtitle poster
Melting Millions
1927 Movie
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Is There Justice? (1931) subtitle poster
Is There Justice?
1931 Movie
as Shorty Gray
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West of Cheyenne (1938) subtitle poster
West of Cheyenne
1938 Movie
as Henchman Shorty
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First Aid (1931) subtitle poster
First Aid
1931 Movie
as Joe
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Hair-Trigger Baxter (1926) subtitle poster
Hair-Trigger Baxter
1926 Movie
as Shorty Hillis
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