Actor

Ernie Adams

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Acting credits

259

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.8

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Movies: 259Series: 0

TMDB ID: 34098

IMDb ID: nm0010958

Known for: Acting

Born: June 17, 1885

Died: November 26, 1947

Age: 62

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1919 - 1947

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q2045706

Also known as

Ernest S. Adams • Ernie S. Adams • Ernest Adams • Ernest Stephen Dumarais

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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.