It's a Wonderful Life1946
As Ed (uncredited)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Ernie Adams
Born
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.
Filmography (268)
All Quiet on the Western Front1930
As 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
It Happened One Night1934
As Bag Thief (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Freaks1932
As Sideshow Patron (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Killers1946
As Hood with Cane (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Sea Wolf1941
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Invisible Man Returns1940
As Minor Role (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Young Mr. Lincoln1939
As Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
My Man Godfrey1936
As Forgotten Man (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Little Caesar1931
As Cashier (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Murder, My Sweet1944
As Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Townsman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Miller Huggins
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Man Who Came to Dinner1941
As Michaelson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Union Pacific1939
As Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome1947
As Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
She Done Him Wrong1933
As Man in Audience (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Tower of London1939
As Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Son of Monte Cristo1940
As Informer
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Buck Privates Come Home1947
As Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Merrily We Go to Hell1932
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Pretender1947
As Thomas the butler
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Lady Is Willing1942
As Doorman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Face Behind the Mask1941
As Hotel Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
She Married Her Boss1935
As Passerby
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Road Agent1941
As Jake
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Escape in the Fog1945
As George Smith
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Along Came Jones1945
As Townsman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Man with Nine Lives1940
As Pete Daggett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe1940
As (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Trail Street1947
As Eben Bowen (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Climax1944
As Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Officer and the Lady1941
As Car Thief (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Castle on the Hudson1940
As Kelner - the Fink (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
You and Me1938
As Nick (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Swamp Woman1941
As Spratt
TMDb 5.0 / 10
I Stole a Million1939
As Mooch (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance1941
As Newsstand Clerk
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Fear1946
As House Painter
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Great John L.1945
As Waiter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
I Love a Mystery1945
As Gimpy (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Riders of Death Valley1941
As Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Waiter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Return of the Ape Man1944
As Tramp, Willie the Weasel
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Girl on the Spot1946
As Pickpocket (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Dance, Fools, Dance1931
As Luva’s Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Johnny Angel1945
As Leslie, the Steward (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Power of the Whistler1945
As Bit Part
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Murder in Times Square1943
As Horsetooth
TMDb 4.7 / 10
So This Is Love1928
As Flash Tracy
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Invisible Ghost1941
As Jules Mason, caretaker
TMDb 5.3 / 10
There Goes My Heart1938
As Cafe Counterman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man1939
As Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Young Tom Edison1940
As Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
TMDb 5.9 / 10
He Stayed for Breakfast1940
As Workman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Suspect1945
As Cabbie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Heckler (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Lone Ranger Rides Again1939
As Doc Grover
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Secret of the Whistler1946
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Night Waitress1936
As Diner Who Gets Indigestion
TMDb 6.4 / 10
We're Not Dressing1934
As Sailor Tossing Cards (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Little Miss Marker1934
As Bettor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Primrose Path1940
As Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Jury's Secret1938
As Sidewalk Heckler
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Wells Fargo1937
As Miner
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Midnight Mary1933
As Court Photographer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bad Man of Deadwood1941
As Medicine Show Spectator
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Night Beat1931
As Hymie Weissenkorn
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Tuttles of Tahiti1942
As Paki
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Life Begins with Love1937
As Radical (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Arizona Gunfighter1937
As Grizzly Barr
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Thirteenth Hour1947
As McCabe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Gallant Journey1946
As Husband (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Here Comes the Groom1934
As 1st Gunman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Girls of the Road1940
As Roadhouse Proprietor (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Road Gang1936
As Jeff - Convict with Bad Leg (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
San Quentin1937
As Fink
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Raiders of Ghost City1944
As Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Man With Two Lives1942
As Gimpy
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Isle of Missing Men1942
As Captain of the S. S. Mariposa
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Lady's Profession1933
As One of the Colonel's Henchmen (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man in Half Moon Street1945
As Porter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Casino Murder Case1935
As Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Men of the Hour1935
As Steve
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Law of the Wild1934
As Henchman Raymond
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Round-up1947
As Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Phony Express1943
As The Banker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Down on the Farm1938
As Pony Concessioner
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hail to the Rangers1943
As Latham
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine1946
As Frank Gary, Henchman
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Code of the Streets1939
As Henchman
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Devil Commands1941
As Elam
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Son of Zorro1947
As Judge Hyde
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Crash Donovan1936
As Mechanic (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
First Aid
First Aid1931
As Joe
TMDb 8.0 / 10
It's in the Air1935
As Counterman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Men of the Night1934
As Sandy (uncredited)
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Lightnin' Crandall1937
As Texas May
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Raiders of the Border1944
As Whiskey Wiley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Numbered Men1930
As Trustee with List (bit)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
A Guy Could Change1946
As Newsboy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hell Bent for Love1934
As Henchman Joe Barnard
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Jungle Captive1945
As Jim
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Shadow of the Eagle1932
As Pat Kelly
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Exposed1938
As Bum
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Before I Hang1940
As Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum1933
As Man Thrown out of Apartment Building
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Desperate1947
As Villager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Kiss Before the Mirror1933
As Man Seeking a Light (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Honolulu Lu1941
As Pierre
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Delicious Little Devil1919
As Agency Employee (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Headin' for God's Country1943
As Chuck
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Overland with Kit Carson1939
As Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Beyond the Last Frontier1943
As 'Sarge' Kincaid
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Speedy1928
As Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
King for a Night1933
As Pool Hall Crony
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Outlaw Express1938
As Express Rider
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Pride of the Legion1932
As Shorty
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Good Bad Girl1931
As One of Tyler's Thugs
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Brenda Starr, Reporter1945
As Charlie (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
King of the Forest Rangers1946
As Hiram Bailey
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man from Tumbleweeds1940
As Shifty Sheldon
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Tim Tyler's Luck1937
As Henchman Becker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man Who Returned to Life1942
As Ezra Smith
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Robbers of the Range1941
As Greeley
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Sabotage Squad1942
As Smoke Shop Customer
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Colorado Kid1937
As Bibben Tucker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Blackbird1926
As Bertie's No. 2 Man
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Whirlpool1934
As Ben (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Danger Valley1937
As Soapy
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Where the Buffalo Roam1938
As Henchman Bert / Stage Passenger
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Weary River1929
As Ex-Con in Alley (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Prescott Kid1934
As Red Larsen
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The People's Choice
The People's Choice1946
TMDb 9.0 / 10
For the Defense1930
As Eddie Withers
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Miracle Rider1935
As John Stelter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Glass Key1935
As Bettor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Three on the Trail1936
As Idaho
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Yankee Fakir1947
As Charlie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Up Goes Maisie1946
As Fireman (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Law Comes to Gunsight1947
As Bert Simpson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sundown on the Prairie1939
As Henchman Blackie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Law of the Ranger1937
As Zeke
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Chaser1938
As Injured Man
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rollin' Plains1938
As Cain Moody
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Gay Defender1927
As Bart Hamby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Millerson Case1947
As Zeke Zilch
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Ex-Champ1939
As Street Cleaner
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie1941
As Mustang
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Hurricane Express1932
As Barney
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Man About Town1927
As Cohort
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Ridin' the Lone Trail1937
As Peters
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Thundering Herd1925
As Jett Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Breed of the Border1933
As Joe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin1937
As Red
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Keep 'Em Slugging1943
As Dugan
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Mighty1929
As Hood
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Exclusive Story1936
As Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Nevada1927
As Cash Burridge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Out West with the Peppers1940
As Oscar - Telegraph Operator
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Stagecoach Buckaroo1942
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Million Dollar Legs1932
As Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bandit Ranger1942
As Kenyon's Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Alias Boston Blackie1942
As Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mandrake the Magician1939
As Brown
TMDb 5.9 / 10
What a Night!1928
As Snarky
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Thunder in the Desert1938
As Tramp
TMDb 6.7 / 10
West of Singapore1933
As Watson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Storm1930
As Johnny Behind the 8-Ball
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Men Of America1932
As Wheels - Smokey's Gas Pumper
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ten Dollars or Ten Days1924
As The Cashier's Father (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Woman's Way1928
As Pedro
TMDb 8.0 / 10
One Thrilling Night1942
As Pete Mooney
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bar-Z Bad Men1937
As Henchman Pete
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways1946
As Retner
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Man from Sundown1939
As Shorty Bates
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Very Honorable Guy1934
As Gambler
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Frontier Pony Express1939
As Man at Deer Lodge Station
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sagebrush Law1943
As Landers
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Fair Warning1931
As Jordan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mug Town1942
As Thief
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Song of the Buckaroo1938
As Cashier
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Tip-Off1931
As Slug
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Phantom1943
As Rusty Fenton (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Down the Wyoming Trail1939
As Ernie Adams
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Anything for a Thrill1937
As The Runt - Henchman
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Dangerous Business1946
As Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Killer Dill1947
As Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Radio Patrol1937
As Hobo
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Gun Ranger1936
As Wally Smeed
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Yukon Flight1940
As Henry
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Ghost Rider1935
As Practical Joker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
In Old Cheyenne1931
As Henchman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cactus Makes Perfect1942
As Stumpy - Smaller Prospector (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Traffic in Crime1946
As Counter Man
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Two-Fisted Sheriff1937
As Sheriff Rankin
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Man in the Barn1937
As Rowdy Man Outside Theatre (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dodge City Trail1936
As Dillon
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Forgotten Faces1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Riding the Wind1942
As Jones
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Leaping Love1929
As George - The Drunk (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Ghost Guns1944
As Doc Edwards
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Westward Ho-Hum1941
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Land of Fighting Men1938
As Slim
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Carnival1935
As Barker (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
California Frontier1938
As Barclay
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mystery Broadcast1943
As Radio Writer in Cafe (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Goin' to Town1944
As Zeke
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Robin Hood of Monterey1947
As Pablo
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Galloping Ghost1931
As Brady
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Arizona Whirlwind1944
As Warren, the Jewel Cutter
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hair-Trigger Baxter1926
As Shorty Hillis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Frisco Sal1945
As McKinney
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Pony Express1925
As Henchman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hopalong Rides Again1937
As Keno
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sea Raiders1941
As Zeke
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Trailing Danger1947
As Pennypacker
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jungle Raiders1945
As Charley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Best People1925
As Taxi Driver
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Invisible Killer1939
As Squint, the Croupier
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Doomed at Sundown1937
As Deputy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Purple Vigilantes1938
As Blake
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Made on Broadway1933
As Elmer - Jeff's Chauffeur
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hopalong Cassidy Returns1936
As Assayer Benson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Amateur Gentleman1926
As Dandy (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Frame-Up1937
As Horse Player (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Lost Jungle1934
As Pete
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Is There Justice?1931
As Shorty Gray
TMDb 7.0 / 10
One Splendid Hour
One Splendid Hour1929
As Solly
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Black Widow1947
As Blinky
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Stars Over Arizona1937
As Jimmy the Weasel
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Red Shadow1932
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Gun Packer1938
As Jim Lee - Stage Driver
TMDb 7.0 / 10
One Man Law1931
As Stubb
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Riders from Nowhere1940
As Manny
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Show1922
As Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Panama Flo1932
As Jake - Speakeasy Doorman
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Melting Millions1927
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Lone Prairie1942
As Judge Barstow
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Mexicali Kid1938
As Carl--Gorson's Bookkeeper
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Undie-World1934
As T.N.T. Room Checkroom Attendant
TMDb 9.5 / 10
On Ze Boulevard
On Ze Boulevard1927
As Valet
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Beloved Brute1924
As Swink Tuckson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Calling All Cars1935
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Where the Worst Begins
Where the Worst Begins1925
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ranger's Code1933
As Nat the Bat
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Woman Unafraid1934
As Henchman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Trigger Pals1939
As Henchman Pete
TMDb 5.8 / 10
West of Cheyenne1938
As Henchman Shorty
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fargo Kid1940
As Bush Cleveland
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Perfect Clue1935
As Butch Carter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Pinto Kid1941
As Ed Slade
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Curlytop1924
As Sproggs
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Fighting Legion1930
As Jack Bowie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Stool Pigeon1928
As Dropper
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Phantom Stage1939
As Henchman Runt (Stage Guard in Credits)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Unwritten Law1932
As Ed Riley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Galloping Romeo1933
As Andy Kent
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Marshal of Gunsmoke1944
As Nuggett Newcomb
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Three Chumps Ahead1934
As Pool Hall Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Badge of Honor1934
As 'Tip' Crane
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Regular Girl
A Regular Girl1919
As Shorty
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Shadow Ranch1930
As Henchman Joe
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Main Event1927
As Slug-nutty fighter
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Men of Daring1927
As Ace
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Pals in Paradise1926
As Butterfly Kid
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Found Alive1933
As C.S. King
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Beyond the Rockies1932
As Blinky
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb