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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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) | Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 2 | Buck Privates Come Home (1947) | Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 3 | Desperate (1947) | Villager (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 4 | The Pretender (1947) | Thomas the butler | 4 | |
| 5 | The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) | Frank Gary, Henchman | 3 | |
| 6 | The Secret of the Whistler (1946) | - | 5 | |
| 7 | The Killers (1946) | Hood with Cane (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
| 8 | Fear (1946) | House Painter | 3 | |
| 9 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | Ed (uncredited) | 8.2 | |
| 10 | Deadline at Dawn (1946) | Waiter (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 11 | The Suspect (1945) | Cabbie (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 12 | The Jungle Captive (1945) | Jim | 5 | |
| 13 | Escape in the Fog (1945) | George Smith | 5 | |
| 14 | Johnny Angel (1945) | Leslie, the Steward (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 15 | The Power of the Whistler (1945) | Bit Part | 5 | |
| 16 | Raiders of Ghost City (1944) | Hans Plattner, alias Bill Jasper | - | - |
| 17 | The Climax (1944) | Man in Audience Next to Franz (Uncredited) | 5 | |
| 18 | Murder, My Sweet (1944) | Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited) | 7.3 | |
| 19 | The Pride of the Yankees (1942) | Miller Huggins | 6.5 | |
| 20 | Alias Boston Blackie (1942) | Pop - Stage Doorman (uncredited) | - | - |
| 21 | The Sea Wolf (1941) | - | 7 | |
| 22 | The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) | Michaelson (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 23 | The Face Behind the Mask (1941) | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 24 | The Invisible Man Returns (1940) | Minor Role (uncredited) | 5.3 | |
| 25 | The Fargo Kid (1940) | Bush Cleveland | - | - |
| 26 | Before I Hang (1940) | Sam - Hospital Prison Orderly | 3 | |
| 27 | Union Pacific (1939) | Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 28 | Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) | Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 29 | Tower of London (1939) | Thirsty Prisoner (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
| 30 | You and Me (1938) | Nick (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 31 | Wells Fargo (1937) | Miner | - | - |
| 32 | My Man Godfrey (1936) | Forgotten Man (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
| 33 | Little Miss Marker (1934) | Bettor (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 34 | It Happened One Night (1934) | Bag Thief (uncredited) | 8.1 | |
| 35 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) | Man Thrown out of Apartment Building | 5 | |
| 36 | She Done Him Wrong (1933) | Man in Audience (uncredited) | 3.7 | |
| 37 | The Shadow of the Eagle (1932) | Pat Kelly | - | - |
| 38 | Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) | Reporter (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 39 | Million Dollar Legs (1932) | Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 40 | Freaks (1932) | Sideshow Patron (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
| 41 | Little Caesar (1931) | Cashier (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 42 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
| 43 | Speedy (1928) | Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited) | 6 |
