from 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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Pickpocket (uncredited)

Newsboy

Fireman (Uncredited)

House Painter

Waiter (uncredited)

Retner

Hiram Bailey

Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Counter Man

Hood with Cane (uncredited)

Frank Gary, Henchman

Husband (uncredited)

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The People's Choice
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Ed (uncredited)

Henchman Pete

Henchman Blackie

Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Doc Grover

Man at Deer Lodge Station

Henchman

Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

Brown

Street Cleaner

Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Shorty Bates

Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith

Mooch (uncredited)

Squint, the Croupier

Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)

Cashier (uncredited)

Jordan

Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)

One of Tyler's Thugs

Henchman
First Aid
Joe

Brady

Shorty Gray

Slug

Stubb

Hymie Weissenkorn

Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
One Splendid Hour
Solly

George - The Drunk (uncredited)

Hood

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Cohort

Ace
On Ze Boulevard
Valet

Cash Burridge

Slug-nutty fighter

Bart Hamby

Jett Henchman (uncredited)

Henchman (uncredited)
Where the Worst Begins
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Taxi Driver

Agency Employee (uncredited)
A Regular Girl
Shorty