Ernie Adams (actor)


Ernie Adams was an American vaudevillian performer, stage and screen character actor and writer, he appeared primarily in small uncredited parts.

Biography

Adams 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 theatre. 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!.
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.

Selected filmography

A Regular Girl The Show The Beloved Brute Curlytop The Thundering Herd Pony Express The Best People Where the Worst Begins Lord Jim The Blackbird The Jazz Girl The Valley of Bravery Hair-Trigger Baxter Pals in Paradise Jewels of Desire Melting Millions Nevada The Main Event The Gay Defender Bare Knees Stool Pigeon Forgotten Faces Tenth Avenue What a Night! A Woman's Way One Splendid Hour The Fighting Legion The Galloping Ghost Night Beat