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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
Arizona Whirlwind (1944) subtitle poster
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 Movie
as Warren, the Jewel Cutter
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The Thundering Herd (1925) subtitle poster
The Thundering Herd
1925 Movie
as Jett Henchman (uncredited)
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Woman Unafraid (1934) subtitle poster
Woman Unafraid
1934 Movie
as Henchman
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The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) subtitle poster
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 Movie
as Ezra Smith
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Down on the Farm (1938) subtitle poster
Down on the Farm
1938 Movie
as Pony Concessioner
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The Good Bad Girl (1931) subtitle poster
The Good Bad Girl
1931 Movie
as One of Tyler's Thugs
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Dangerous Business (1946) subtitle poster
Dangerous Business
1946 Movie
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
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Arizona Gunfighter (1937) subtitle poster
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 Movie
as Grizzly Barr
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Fear (1946) subtitle poster
Fear
1946 Movie
as House Painter
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The Devil Commands (1941) subtitle poster
The Devil Commands
1941 Movie
as Elam
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Breed of the Border (1933) subtitle poster
Breed of the Border
1933 Movie
as Joe
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Return of the Ape Man (1944) subtitle poster
Return of the Ape Man
1944 Movie
as Tramp, Willie the Weasel
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The Tip-Off (1931) subtitle poster
The Tip-Off
1931 Movie
as Slug
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The Phantom Stage (1939) subtitle poster
The Phantom Stage
1939 Movie
as Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
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What a Night! (1928) subtitle poster
What a Night!
1928 Movie
as Snarky
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Where the Buffalo Roam (1938) subtitle poster
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 Movie
as Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
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Isle of Missing Men (1942) subtitle poster
Isle of Missing Men
1942 Movie
as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
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So This Is Love (1928) subtitle poster
So This Is Love
1928 Movie
as Flash Tracy
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Crash Donovan (1936) subtitle poster
Crash Donovan
1936 Movie
as Mechanic (uncredited)
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The Thirteenth Hour (1947) subtitle poster
The Thirteenth Hour
1947 Movie
as McCabe
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Beyond the Rockies (1932) subtitle poster
Beyond the Rockies
1932 Movie
as Blinky
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Out West with the Peppers (1940) subtitle poster
Out West with the Peppers
1940 Movie
as Oscar - Telegraph Operator
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The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) subtitle poster
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
1946 Movie
as Frank Gary, Henchman
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Panama Flo (1932) subtitle poster
Panama Flo
1932 Movie
as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
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