Actor. He was a prolific actor best known for playing the character roles of barflies, hot dog vendors, henchmen, taxi drivers, valets, dandys, military men, clerks, jurors, gamblers, customers, train conductors, and criminals named Shorty, Weasel, Slug, Fink, and Lefty, etc., in crime, action, and western films of the 1930s and 1940s. He was at one time considered one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, California. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Andy Kent' in the classic western film, "Galloping Romeo" (1933). The film which was directed and written by Robert N. Bradbury, which was also written for the screen by Harry L. Fraser, and which also starred Bob Steele, Doris Hill, and George 'Gabby' Hayes, tells the story of money that is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the job driving the stage, the same thing happens. He was born one of three children as Ernest Stephen Dumarais to Leon Dumarais (1856-1915), and his wife Laura Girard Dumarais (1865-1951), in San Francisco, California, on June 18, 1885. He also had four half-siblings, Bertina Beatty (1892-1922), Aimee R. Beatty (1893-1952), Laura Beatty (1895-1923), and Bert Ford Beatty (1905-1988). He was educated locally and he began using the last name of Adams when he became interested in acting. He began his acting career in the vaudeville team of "Gilbert and Adams," and appeared on Broadway in musical comedy and in such stage productions as Jerome Kern's play, in the role of a 'Train Butcher' in "Toot-Toot!" (March 11, 1918, to April 13, 1918). He then made the transition to films. He made his actual film debut playing the uncredited role of the 'Agency Employee' in the comedy film drama, "The Delicious Little Devil" (1919). The film which was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, which was written for the screen by Harvey F. Thew and John B. Clymer, and which also starred Mae Murray, Richard Cummings, and Harry L. Rattenbury, tells the story of a poor hat-check girl who loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is. Besides, "The Delicious Little Devil" (1919), and "Galloping Romeo" (1933), his many other film credits include, "A Regular Girl" (1919), "The Baby" (1921), "Snooky's Twin Troubles" (1921), "The Show" (1922), "One Wonderful Night" (1922), "Speed Bugs" (1923), "High Kickers" (1923), "Why Pay Rent?" (1923), "Don't Scream" (1923), "Oh! What A Day!" (1923), "My Pal" (1923), "Ten Dollars Or Ten Days" (1924), "Happy Days" (1924), "Hutch Of The U.S.A." (1924), "Wall Street Blues" (1924), "Traffic Jams" (1924), "Barbara Frietchie" (1924), "The Beloved Brute" (1924), "Curlytop" (1924), "The Thundering Herd" (1925), "The Pony Express" (1925), "The Best People" (1925), "Where The Worst Begins" (1925), "Lord Jim" (1925), "The Blackbird" (1926), "The Valley Of Bravery" (1926), "The Amateur Bravery" (1926), "Hair-Trigger Baxter" (1926), "Pals In Paradise" (1926), "The Jazz Girl" (1926), "Jewels Of Desire" (1927), "Melting Millions" (1927), "A Man About Town" (1927), "Men Of Daring" (1927), "On Ze Boulevard" (1927), "The Devil's Saddle" (1927), "Nevada" (1927), "The Main Event" (1927), "The Gay Defender" (1927), "Bare Knees" (1928), "So This Is Love" (1928), "A Woman's Way" (1928), "Speedy" (1928), "Forgotten Faces" (1928), "Tenth Avenue" (1928), "Stool Pigeon" (1928), "What A Night!" (1928), "Weary River" (1929), "The Lawless Region" (1929), "One Splendid Hour" (1929), "The Studio Murder Mystery" (1929), "Thunderbolt" (1929), "Leaping Love" (1929), "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929), "Condemned!" (1929), "The Virginian" (1929), "The Mighty" (1929), "The Fighting Legion" (1930), "All Quiet On The Western Front" (1930), "Numbered Men" (1930), "For The Defense" (1930), "The Storm" (1930), "Shadow Ranch" (1930), "Little Caesar" (1931), "The Gang Buster" (1931), "Fair Warning" (1931), "Dance, Fools, Dance" (1931), "Mr. Lemon Of Orange" (1931), "The Fighting Sheriff" (1931), "The Good Bad Girl" (1931), "In Old Cheyenne" (1931), "First Aid" (1931), "The Galloping Ghost" (1931), "Facing The Gallows" (1931), "Is There Justice?" (1931), "The Tip-Off" (1931), "One Man Law" (1931), "Night Beat" (1931), "Panama Flo" (1932), "The Red Shadow" (1932), "The Shadow Of The Eagle" (1932), "Docks Of San Francisco" (1932), "Freaks" (1932), "The Big Timer" (1932), "The Famous Ferguson Case" (1932), "Ghost Valley" (1932), "Merrily We Go To Hell" (1932), "Is My Fave Red?" (1932), "Million Dollar Legs" (1932), "Beyond The Rockies" (1932), "The Hurricane Express" (1932), "Hold 'Em Jail" (1932), "Broadway To Cheyenne" (1932), "White Eagle" (1932), "The Pride Of The Legion" (1932), "Men Of America" (1932), "The Unwritten Law" (1932), "Slave Dollar" (1932), "She Done Him Wrong" (1933), "West Of Singapore" (1933), "Hallelujah I'm A Bum" (1933), "Breed Of The Border" (1933), "A Lady's Profession" (1933), "Found Alive" (1933), "The Kiss Before The Mirror" (1933), "Made On Broadway" (1933), "The Sphinx" (1933), "Midnight Mary" (1933), "Fighting With Kit Carson" (1933), "Ranger's Code" (1933), "Turn Back The Clock" (1933), "Secrets Of Hollywood" (1933), "Lady For A Day" (1933), "Day Of Reckoning" (1933), "Blood Money" (1933), "King For A Night" (1933), "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Good Dame" (1934), "The Lost Jungle" (1934), "Woman Unafraid" (1934), "Badge Of Honor" (1934), "The Undie-World" (1934), "The New Dealers" (1934), "Whirlpool" (1934), "A Very Honorable Guy" (1934), "We're Not Dressing" (1934), "Hell Bent For Love" (1934), "Little Miss Marker" (1934), "Operator 13" (1934), "Money Means Nothing" (1934), "Here Comes The Groom" (1934), "Murder In The Private Car" (1934), "Three Chumps Ahead" (1934), "The Girl From Missouri" (1934), "Springtime For Henry" (1934), "Law Of The Wild" (1934), "The Prescott Kid" (1934), "Flirtation" (1934), "Men Of The Night" (1934), "It's A Gift" (1934), "Broadway Bill" (1934), "Calling All Cars" (1935), "Square Shooter" (1935), "Carnival" (1935), "Ruggles Of Red Gap" (1935), "The Whole Town's Talking" (1935), "Times Square Lady" (1935), "The Perfect Clue" (1935), "The Casino Murder Case" (1935), "The Miracle Rider" (1935), "The Ghost Rider" (1935), "Men Of The Hour" (1935), "The Glass Key" (1935), "Trails End" (1935), "Here Comes The Band" (1935), "She Married Her Boss" (1935), "It's In The Air" (1935), "Annie Oakley" (1935), "Rose Of The Rancho" (1936), "Exclusive Story" (1936), "The Invisible Ray" (1936), "Hell-Ship Morgan" (1936), "The Return Of Jimmy Valentine" (1936), "Road Gang" (1936), "Moonlight Murder" (1936), "Pride Of The Marines" (1936), "Three On The Trail" (1936), "Rio Grande Romance" (1936), "The Crime Of Dr. Forbes" (1936), "Crash Donovan" (1936), "My American Wife" (1936), "My Man Godfrey" (1936), "Missing Girls" (1936), "Bulldog Edition" (1936), "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" (1936), "The Gun Ranger" (1936), "Dodge City Trail" (1936), "Night Waitress" (1936), "Parole Racket" (1937), "Lightnin' Crandall" (1937), "Under Strange Flags" (1937), "Bar-Z Bad Men" (1937), "The Frame-Up" (1937), "The Trusted Outlaw" (1937), "Law Of The Ranger" (1937), "Gun Lords Of Stirrup Basin" (1937), "San Quentin" (1937), "Come On, Cowboys" (1937), "Two-Fisted Sheriff" (1937), "Anything For A Thrill" (1937), "Range Defenders" (1937), "Doomed At Sundown" (1937), "Reported Missing!" (1937), "Hopalong Rides Again" (1937), "The Man Who Cried Wolf" (1937), "Ridin' The Lone Trail" (1937), "Stars Over Arizona" (1937), "Arizona Gunfighter" (1937), "Radio Patrol" (1937), "Life Begins With Love" (1937), "Trouble At Midnight" (1937), "Danger Valley" (1937), "The Old Wyoming Trail" (1937), "The Man In The Barn" (1937), "Colorado Kid" (1937), "The Shadow" (1937), "Tim Tyler's Luck" (1937), "Wells Fargo" (1937), "West Of Rainbow's End" (1938), "The Jury's Secret" (1938), "The Purple Vigilantes" (1938), "The Painted Trail" (1938), "Hollywood Stadium Mystery" (1938), "Thunder In The Desert" (1938), "Land Of Fighting Men" (1938), "International Crime" (1938), "Law of The Plains" (1938), "You And Me" (1938), "Outlaw Express" (1938), "Stagecoach Days" (1938), "West Of Cheyenne" (1938), "The Great Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok" (1938), "Man's Country" (1938), "Rollin' Plains" (1938), "The Closer" (1938), "The Texans" (1938), "Durango Valley Raiders" (1938), "The Mexicali Kid" (1938), "Wanted By The Police" (1938), "The Spider's Web" (1938), 'Down On The Farm" (1938), "Where The Buffalo Roam" (1938), "There Goes My Heart" (1938), "Exposed" (1938), "Gun Packer" (1938), "The Last Warning" (1938), "Song Of The Buckaroo" (1938), "Ride A Crooked Mile" (1938), "California Frontier" (1938), "Tough Kid" (1938), "Trigger Pals" (1939), "St. Louis Blues" (1939), "Sundown On The Prairie" (1939), "Texas Stampede" (1939), "The Phantom Stage" (1939), "You Can't Cheat An Honest Man" (1939), "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939), "Frontier Pony Express" (1939), "Code Of The Streets" (1939), "Union Pacific" (1939), "Man Of Conquest" (1939), "Mandrake, The Magician" (1939), "Ex-Champ" (1939), "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939), "6, 000 Enemies" (1939), "Down The Wyoming Trail" (1939), "The Man From Sundown" (1939), "Overland With Kit Carson" (1939), "Behind Prison Gates" (1939), "I Stole A Million" (1939), "Fugitive At Large" (1939), "Those High Grey Walls" (1939), "Rio" (1939), "Flaming Land" (1939), "The Invisible Killer" (1939), "Tower Of London" (1939), "Yukon Flight" (1940), "The Invisible Man Returns" (1940), "West Of Carson City" (1940), "Young Tom Edison" (1940), "Castle On The Hudson" (1940), "Primrose Path" (1940), "Dark Command" (1940), "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" (1940), "The Man With Nine Lives" (1940), "Enemy Agent" (1940), "The Man From Tumbleweeds" (1940), "Out West With The Peppers" (1940), "The Golden Trail" (1940), "Girls Of The Road" (1940), "Military Academy" (1940), "He Stayed For Breakfast" (1940), "He Stayed For Breakfast" (1940), "Before I Hang" (1940), "Street Of Memories" (1940), "The Son Of Monte Cristo" (1940), "The Fargo Kid" (1940), "Bowery Boy" (1940), "Riders From Nowhere" (1940), "The Face Behind The Mask" (1941), "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" (1941), "The Devil Commands" (1941), "The Pinto Kid" (1941), "Ride, Kelly, Ride" (1941), "Outlaws Of The Panhandle" (1941), "The Lone Wolf Takes A Chance" (1941), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Dutiful But Dumb" (1941), "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie" (1941), "It Happened All Night" (1941), "Robbers Of The Range" (1941), "Invisible Ghost" (1941), "The Big Boss" (1941), "Riders Of Death Valley" (1941), "The Richest Man In Town" (1941), "I Was A Prisoner On Devil's Island" (1941), "Mystery Ship" (1941), "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" (1941), "Bad Man Of Deadwood" (1941), "Westward Ho-Hum" (1941), "Two Latins From Manhattan" (1941), "The Officer And The Lady" (1941), "Sea Raiders" (1941), "Roaring Frontiers" (1941), "Swamp Woman" (1941), "Honolulu Lu" (1941), "Riders of The Badlands" (1941), "Road Agent" (1941), "Bedtime Story" (1941), "The Man Who Came To Dinner" (1942), "West Of Tombstone" (1942), "The Man Who Returned To Life" (1942), "The Lady Is Willing" (1942), "Stagecoach Buckaroo" (1942), "Cactus Makes Perfect" (1942), "Riding The Wind" (1942), "Man With Two Lives" (1942), "Alias Boston Blackie" (1942), "The Tuttles Of Tahiti" (1942), "My Gal Sal" (1942), "One Thrilling Night" (1942), "They All Kissed The Bride" (1942), "Flight Lieutenant" (1942), "The Pride Of The Yankees" (1942), "Timber!" (1942), "Sabotage Squad" (1942), "Isle Of Missing Men" (1942), "Bandit Ranger" (1942), "The Lone Prairie" (1942), "Stand By All Networks" (1942), "The Valley Of Vanishing Men" (1942), "Mug Town" (1942), "He's My Guy" (1943), "Keep 'Em Slugging" (1943), "Murder In Times Square" (1943), "Sagebrush Law" (1943), "She Has What It Takes" (1943), "Mission To Moscow" (1943), "A Gentle Gangster" (1943), "Hers To Hold" (1943), "Wings Over The Pacific" (1943), "Robin Hood Of The Range" (1943), "The Masked Marvel" (1943), "Headin' For God's Country" (1943), "Hail To The Rangers" (1943), "Beyond The Last Frontier" (1943), "Phony Express" (1943), "Mystery Broadcast" (1943), "Jack London" (1943), "The Phantom" (1943), "Marshal Of Gunsmoke" (1944), "Raiders Of The Border" (1944), "Arizona Whirlwind" (1944), "Her Primitive Man" (1944), "Outlaws Of Santa Fe" (1944), "The Girl In The Case" (1944), "The Adventures Of Mark Twain" (1944), "The Black Parachute" (1944), "The Desert Hawk" (1944), "Louisiana Hayride" (1944), "Return Of The Ape Man" (1944), "Raiders Of Ghost City" (1944), "Patrick The Great" (1944), "Casanova Brown" (1944), "The Merry Monahans" (1944), "Goin' To Town" (1944), "The Climax" (1944), "An American Romance" (1944), "Girl Rush" (1944), "The Princess And The Pirate" (1944), "Ghost Guns" (1944), "Murder, My Sweet" (1944), "The Suspect" (1944), "Lake Placid Serenade" (1944), "The Man In Half Moon Street" (1945), "I Love A Mystery" (1945), "Brenda Starr, Reporter" (1945), "Frisco Sal" (1945), "High Powered" (1945), "Escape In The Fog" (1945), "The Power Of The Whistler" (1945), "The Master Key" (1945), "The Great John L." (1945), "Rhapsody In Blue" (1945), "The Jungle Captive" (1945), "Federal Operator 99" (1945), Along Came Jones" (1945), "Jungle Raiders" (1945), "That Night With You" (1945), "Johnny Angel" (1945), "One Way To Love" (1946), "Girl On The Spot" (1946), "The Scarlet Horseman" (1946), "Up Goes Maisie" (1946), "A Guy Could Change" (1946), "A Letter For Evie" (1946), "Deadline At Dawn" (1946), "The Shadow Returns" (1946), "The Gentleman Misbehaves" (1946), "Fear" (1946), "The People's Choice" (1946), "Hop Harrigan America's Ace of The Airways" (1946), "The Gay Cavalier" (1946), "King Of The Forest Rangers" (1946), "Do You Love Me" (1946), "One Exciting Week" (1946), "Suspense" (1946), "Dangerous Business" (1946), "The Return Of Rusty" (1946), "Traffic In Crime" (1946), "Chick Carter, Detective" (1946), "Three Wise Fools" (1946), "Lawless Breed" (1946), "The Killers" (1946), "The Mysterious Mr. Valentine" (1946), "Gallant Journey" (1946), "Shadowed" (1946), "The Secret Of The Whistler" (1946), "The Fighting Frontiersman" (1946), "San Quentin" (1946), "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946), "Renegade Girl" (1946), "The Mighty McGurk" (1947), "Son Of Zorro" (1947), "The Thirteenth Hour" (1947), "Trail Street" (1947), "Michigan Kid" (1947), "Trailing Danger" (1947), "Smash-Up: The Story Of A Woman" (1947), "Yankee Fakir" (1947), "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947), "Time Out Of Mind" (1947), "The Law Comes To Gunsight" (1947), "The Millerson Case" (1947), "Killer At Large" (1947), "Desperate" (1947), "Living In A Big Way" (1947), "The Perils Of Pauline" (1947), "Killer Dill" (1947), "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" (1947), "The Son Of Rusty" (1947), "The Pretender" (1947), "News Hounds" (1947), "Robin Hood of Monterey" (1947), "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" (1947), "The Black Widow" (1947), "The Last Round-Up" (1947), "Relentless" (1948), "The Hunted" (1948), and "Fighting Father Dunne" (1948). His last film role was playing 'Leslie - Station Agent' in the western film, "Return Of The Bad Men" (1948). The film which was directed by Ray Enright, which was written for the screen by Charles O'Neal, Jack Natteford, and Luci Ward, and which also starred Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, and Anne Jeffreys, tells the story of when part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West. During his acting career, he also used the name of Ernest Adams and Ernie S. Adams. He passed away from acute pulmonary edema in Hollywood, California, on November 26, 1947, at the age of 62, and he was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. He was married to Berdonna Weinberg Adams (1890-1961), with whom he was part of the vaudeville act, "Gilbert and Adams," and the couple had a child, a daughter. Berdonna survived her husband and she passed away in Hollywood, California, on February 12, 1961, at the age of 70, and she is buried with him at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. He was also previously married to Mamie Silver Adams, Margaret Adams, and Shirley Laurette Adams.