Ernie Adams
Known For
Acting
Born
1885-06-17 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died
1947-11-26
Biography
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.
Most Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ed (uncredited)
Night Waitress
as Diner Who Gets Indigestion
Exposed
as Bum
Road Gang
as Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Night Beat
as Hymie Weissenkorn
Freaks
as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
as Bag Thief (uncredited)
Murder, My Sweet
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Colorado Kid
as Bibben Tucker
The Pretender
as Thomas the butler
Fear
as House Painter
Swamp Woman
as Spratt
The Killers
as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Arizona Gunfighter
as Grizzly Barr
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
as Court Photographer (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
Lightnin' Crandall
as Texas May
The Pride of the Yankees
as Miller Huggins