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Ernie Adams

1885–1947 · 14 titles in the catalogue

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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Their work

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  1. It's a Wonderful Life1946as Ed (uncredited)
  2. It Happened One Night1934as Bag Thief (uncredited)
  3. Freaks1932as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
  4. All Quiet on the Western Front1930as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
  5. The Killers1946as Hood with Cane (uncredited)
  6. My Man Godfrey1936as Forgotten Man (uncredited)
  7. Little Caesar1931as Cashier (uncredited)
  8. Murder, My Sweet1944as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
  9. Young Mr. Lincoln1939as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
  10. The Pride of the Yankees1942as Miller Huggins
  11. The Invisible Man Returns1940as Minor Role (uncredited)
  12. She Done Him Wrong1933as Man in Audience (uncredited)
  13. Speedy1928as Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
  14. The Man Who Came to Dinner1941as Michaelson (uncredited)