Ernie Adams
Born June 17, 1885 (Age: 140)
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San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Johnny Angel
1945
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as Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Jungle Raiders
1945
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as Charley
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Age: 60
Along Came Jones
1945
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Jungle Captive
1945
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as Jim
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Age: 60
The Great John L.
1945
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as Waiter (uncredited)
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Age: 59
The Power of the Whistler
1945
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as Bit Part
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Age: 59
Escape in the Fog
1945
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as George Smith
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Age: 59
Frisco Sal
1945
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as McKinney
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Age: 59
The Suspect
1945
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as Cabbie (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945
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as Charlie (uncredited)
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Age: 59
I Love a Mystery
1945
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as Gimpy (Uncredited)
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Age: 59
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
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as Porter
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Age: 59
Mug Town
1942
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as Thief
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Age: 57
The Lone Prairie
1942
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as Judge Barstow
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Age: 57
Bandit Ranger
1942
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as Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Isle of Missing Men
1942
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as Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
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Age: 57
Sabotage Squad
1942
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as Smoke Shop Customer
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Age: 57
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
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as Miller Huggins
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Age: 57
One Thrilling Night
1942
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as Pete Mooney
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Age: 56
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
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as Paki
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Age: 56
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942
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as Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
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as Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Riding the Wind
1942
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as Jones
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Age: 56
Man With Two Lives
1942
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as Gimpy
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Age: 56
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
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as
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Age: 56
The Lady Is Willing
1942
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as Doorman (uncredited)
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Age: 56
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
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as Ezra Smith
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Age: 56
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
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as Michaelson (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Road Agent
1941
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as Jake
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Age: 56
Honolulu Lu
1941
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as Pierre
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Age: 56
Swamp Woman
1941
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as Spratt
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Age: 56
Sea Raiders
1941
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as Zeke
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Age: 56
The Officer and the Lady
1941
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as Car Thief (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Westward Ho-Hum
1941
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as
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Age: 56
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
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as Medicine Show Spectator
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Age: 56
The Devil Commands
1941
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as Elam
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Age: 56
Riders of Death Valley
1941
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as Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
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Age: 56
Invisible Ghost
1941
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as Jules Mason, caretaker
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Age: 55
Robbers of the Range
1941
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as Greeley
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Age: 55
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
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as Mustang
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Age: 55
The Sea Wolf
1941
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as
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Age: 55
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
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as Newsstand Clerk
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Age: 55
The Pinto Kid
1941
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as Ed Slade
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Age: 55
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
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as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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Age: 55
The Unwritten Law
1932
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as Ed Riley
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Age: 47
Men Of America
1932
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as Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
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Age: 47
The Pride of the Legion
1932
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as Shorty
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Age: 47
The Hurricane Express
1932
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as Barney
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Age: 47
Beyond the Rockies
1932
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as Blinky
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Age: 47
Million Dollar Legs
1932
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as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
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as Reporter (uncredited)
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Age: 46
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
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as Pat Kelly
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Age: 46
The Red Shadow
1932
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as
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Age: 46
Panama Flo
1932
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as Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
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Age: 46
Freaks
1932
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as Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Night Beat
1931
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as Hymie Weissenkorn
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Age: 46
One Man Law
1931
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as Stubb
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Age: 46
The Tip-Off
1931
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as Slug
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Age: 46
Is There Justice?
1931
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as Shorty Gray
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Age: 46
The Galloping Ghost
1931
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as Brady
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Age: 46
In Old Cheyenne
1931
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as Henchman
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Age: 45
The Good Bad Girl
1931
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as One of Tyler's Thugs
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Age: 45
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
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as Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Fair Warning
1931
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as Jordan
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Age: 45
Little Caesar
1931
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as Cashier (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Shadow Ranch
1930
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as Henchman Joe
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Age: 45
The Storm
1930
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as Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
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Age: 45
For the Defense
1930
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as Eddie Withers
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Age: 45
Numbered Men
1930
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as Trustee with List (bit)
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Age: 44
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
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as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
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Age: 44
The Fighting Legion
1930
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as Jack Bowie
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Age: 44