Ernie Adams
Acting
Born June 17, 1885 · 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 playin…
Known For · 40 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
All Quiet on the Western Front
Freaks
It Happened One Night
The Killers
Murder, My Sweet
My Man Godfrey
The Pride of the Yankees
Arizona Gunfighter
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Invisible Man Returns
Union Pacific
Night Beat
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Little Caesar
Fear
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Exposed
The Sea Wolf
Merrily We Go to Hell
Along Came Jones
She Done Him Wrong
She Married Her Boss
Road Agent
The Thundering Herd
Phony Express
Before I Hang
Swamp Woman
Road Gang
Colorado Kid
West of Cheyenne
The Son of Monte Cristo
Rollin' Plains
Danger Valley
The Pretender
The Face Behind the Mask
King for a Night
The Millerson Case
Lightnin' Crandall
First Aid