

Cast & creator
Best known for It's a Wonderful Life, All Quiet on the Western Front, It Happened One Night
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.
Also known as: Ernest S. Adams, Ernie S. Adams, Ernest Adams, Ernest Stephen Dumarais
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1919–1947 · acting roles
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Ed (uncredited)
1946
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
1930
Bag Thief (uncredited)
1934
Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
1932
Hood with Cane (uncredited)
1946
Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
1939

Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Miller Huggins
1942
Cashier (uncredited)
1931
Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
1947
Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
1947
Forgotten Man (uncredited)
1936
Porter
1945
Michaelson (uncredited)
1941
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
1944
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
1939
Townsman (uncredited)
1945
(uncredited)
1940
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Pickpocket (uncredited)
1946
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1933
Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
1940
Passerby
1935
Townsman
1940
Diner Who Gets Indigestion
1936
Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
1938
George Smith
1945
Informer
1940
Newsstand Clerk
1941
Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933
Heckler (uncredited)
1943
Nick (uncredited)
1938
Jake
1941
Bum
1938
Workman
1940
Counterman (uncredited)
1935
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
1939
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1941
Texas May
1937
Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
1936

Pool Hall Crony
1933
Mooch (uncredited)
1939
Jett Henchman (uncredited)
1925
Steve
1935
Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
1940
Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
1938
Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
1940
Pete Daggett
1940
Eben Bowen (uncredited)
1947
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
1941
Agency Employee (uncredited)
1919
Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
1944
Fink
1937
Husband (uncredited)
1946
Paki
1942
Doc Grover
1939
Flash Tracy
1928
One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
1933
Pony Concessioner
1938
Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
1939
Gimpy (Uncredited)
1945
House Painter
1946
Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
1934
Radical (uncredited)
1937
Medicine Show Spectator
1941
Horsetooth
1943
Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
1940
Zeke
1937
The Banker (uncredited)
1943
Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
1945
1st Gunman
1934
Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
1933
Car Thief (uncredited)
1941
Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
1935
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Peters
1937
Bit Part
1945
Gimpy
1942
Thomas the butler
1947
Ezra Smith
1942
Villager (uncredited)
1947
Sidewalk Heckler
1938
Bert Simpson
1947
Spratt
1941Joe
1931
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Bettor (uncredited)
1934
Shorty
1932
Henchman
1939
Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
1942
Henchman Becker
1937
One of Tyler's Thugs
1931
Grizzly Barr
1937
Latham
1943
McCabe
1947
Hiram Bailey
1946
Bibben Tucker
1937
Cabbie (uncredited)
1945
Miner
1937
Sandy (uncredited)
1934
Injured Man
1938
Bartender (uncredited)
1936
Cohort
1927
Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
1933
Tramp, Willie the Weasel
1944
Trustee with List (bit)
1930
'Sarge' Kincaid
1943
Oscar - Telegraph Operator
1940
Frank Gary, Henchman
1946
Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
1944
Pat Kelly
1932
Whiskey Wiley
1944
Newsboy
1946
Henchman Raymond
1934
Snarky
1928
Idaho
1936
Hymie Weissenkorn
1931
Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
1938
Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
1943
Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
1937
Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
1928
Soapy
1937
Greeley
1941
Bertie's No. 2 Man
1926
Henchman Joe Barnard
1934
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1947
Red Larsen
1934
Cain Moody
1938
Gambler
1934
Mustang
1941
Retner
1946
Jules Mason, caretaker
1941
Henchman Blackie
1939
Shifty Sheldon
1940
Express Rider
1938
Cashier
1938
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Mechanic (uncredited)
1936
The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
1924
Pablo
1947
Brady
1931
Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
1940
Slim
1938
Henchman Pete
1937
Jim
1945
Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1942
Brown
1939
Elam
1941
Joe
1933
Street Cleaner
1939
Judge Hyde
1947
Chuck
1943
Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
1930
Blake
1938
Hood
1929
The Runt - Henchman
1937
Bart Hamby
1927
Pedro
1928
McKinney
1945
Shorty Hillis
1926
Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
1931
Pennypacker
1947
Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
1939
Charley
1945
Henchman Shorty
1938
Zeke Zilch
1947
Shorty Bates
1939
Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
1929
Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
1942
Dandy (uncredited)
1926
Pete Mooney
1942
Blinky
1947
Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
1933
Barney
1932
Pete
1934
Tramp
1938
Zeke
1941
Ben (uncredited)
1934
Slug
1931
Ed Riley
1932
Red
1937


Bettor (uncredited)
1935
Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
1932
Doc Edwards
1944
Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
1942
Jones
1942
Shorty Gray
1931
Charlie (uncredited)
1945
Deputy
1937
Nuggett Newcomb
1944
George - The Drunk (uncredited)
1929
Ace
1927
Pierre
1941
Reporter (uncredited)
1935
Bush Cleveland
1940

Dillon
1936

Blinky
1932
Man at Deer Lodge Station
1939
Ernie Adams
1939
Assayer Benson
1936
Hobo
1937
Henchman
1931
Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
1947
Dugan
1943
T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
1934Solly
1929
Smoke Shop Customer
1942
John Stelter
1935
Zeke
1944
Charlie
1947
Wally Smeed
1936
Henchman
1934
Henchman (uncredited)
1925

Eddie Withers
1930
Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
1932
Watson
1933
Counter Man
1946
Judge Barstow
1942
Practical Joker
1935
Jordan
1931
Sheriff Rankin
1937
Fireman (Uncredited)
1946
Keno
1937
Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
1946
Barker (uncredited)
1935
Warren, the Jewel Cutter
1944
Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
1939
Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
1943
Thief
1942
Jimmy the Weasel
1937
Taxi Driver
1925
Slug-nutty fighter
1927
Jim Lee - Stage Driver
1938
Cash Burridge
1927
Henry
1940Shorty
1919
Butch Carter
1935
Nat the Bat
1933
Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
1922
Henchman Joe
1930
Stubb
1931
Landers
1943
Manny
1940
Butterfly Kid
1926
Henchman Pete
1939
Horse Player (uncredited)
1937Valet
1927
Jack Bowie
1930
Sproggs
1924
Barclay
1938
C.S. King
1933
Ed Slade
1941
'Tip' Crane
1934
Squint, the Croupier
1939
Andy Kent
1933
Dropper
1928
Swink Tuckson
1924