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Ernie Adams | |
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Born | Ernest Stephen Dumarais June 18, 1885 |
Died | November 26, 1947 62) Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged
Other names | Ernest S. Adams, Ernie S. Adams (billing) |
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Years active | 1919-1947 |
Ernie Adams (born Ernest Stephen Dumarais; [1] 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,[ citation needed ] he was also billed as Ernest S. Adams and Ernie S. Adams. [2]
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". [1] 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). [3]
On November 26, 1947, Adams died of an acute pulmonary edema at the West Olympic Sanitarium in Los Angeles, California, [1] aged 62. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood. [4]
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