Ernie Adams

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.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

as Ed (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

as Bag Thief (uncredited)

Freaks

as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)

All Quiet on the Western Front

as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)

The Killers

as Hood with Cane (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey

as Forgotten Man (uncredited)

Little Caesar

as Cashier (uncredited)

Murder, My Sweet

as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

as Miller Huggins