Ernie Adams (actor)
Ernest "Ernie" Adams (born June 18, 1885 in San Francisco , California , † November 26, 1947 in Los Angeles , California) was an American actor .
Life
Adams was a small, gaunt actor and was mostly cast as a crook in the sound film era; he often played the decoy, informer or insidious in crime films and westerns . He began his career in musical comedies such as Toot Toot by Jerome Kern on the stages of Broadway. His first film appearances are recorded for 1919; Until his death he played small and small, but occasionally more important supporting roles. Among other things, he was with the Mascot Pictures under contract, mostly serial brought to market. He also starred regularly for Republic Pictures in the mid-1930s in the B-films with Bob Steele and Johnny Mack Brown . Adams appeared in at least 440 films, including nearly 150 westerns and over thirty serials . One of his best-known roles - played against his image - is that in the serial The Phantom from 1943.
Filmography (selection)
- 1919: A Regular Girl
- 1930: For the Defense
- 1933: Midnight Mary
- 1934: It Happened One Night (It Happened One Night)
- 1934: Broadway Bill
- 1936: My husband Godfrey (My Man Godfrey)
- 1936: Riots in Mesa Grande (Hopalong Cassidy Returns)
- 1938: You and me (You and Me)
- 1941: The Devil Commands
- 1942: A kiss too much (They All Kissed the Bride)
- 1942: Pride of the Yankees (The Pride of the Yankees)
- 1942: Isle of Missing Men
- 1943: The Phantom (Serial)
- 1943: Jack London
- 1944: Such a Papa (Casanova Brown)
- 1944: An American Romance
- 1944: The Merry Monahans
- 1947: Zorro's Son (Son of Zorro) (Serial)
- 1947: Pauline, stop kissing (The Perils of Pauline)
- 1948: Return of the Bad Man
Web links
- Ernie Adams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Adams at B-Westerns.com
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Adams, Ernie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adams, Ernest |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1885 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1947 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California |