Jimmie Adams

Acting

Jimmie Adams

Born — Died

1888-10-04 — 1933-12-19

Place of birth

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 6 titles

1920s · 30 titles

Grief poster
NR

Begins with a child-cast parody of "The Kid." The Adams portion finds the guy chased about town because they are looking for some crook in a gray derby...and Jimmie happens to have one.

Grief

1921

No artwork available
9.0

When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to deal with the problem. When he tames Emma, however, jealous ranch hands tie him up and kidnap Molly, so it's Emma to the rescue!

Whoa, Emma!

1926

Stop Flirting poster
3.7

On their honeymoon Vivian twice finds Perry in the arms of other women. Though Perry claims he was simply catching one who slipped, Vivian decides to teach him a lesson in fidelity. She begins aggressively flirting with every man she encounters, including a Scotsman, to make Perry jealous. To get back at her, Perry stages his own death in a plane crash, but when Vivian discovers the plane crash was a hoax, she is initially even more enraged. However, after a series of further misadventures, the couple eventually reconciles.

Stop Flirting

1925

No artwork available
7.0

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.

Nerve Tonic

1924

Bang! poster
10.0

Bang! is a 1921 silent comedy

Bang!

1921

The Farmer's Daughter poster
10.0

The Farmer's Daughter is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson.

The Farmer's Daughter

1928

This Is The Life poster
NR

When a bottle of hair tonic renders him bald, Jimmie is mistaken for a famous French beautician and is called upon to demonstrate his skills.

This Is The Life

1926

The Steeplechaser poster
2.0

A slapstick comedy short with Lige Conley.

The Steeplechaser

1922

Swiss Movements poster
8.0

To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.

Swiss Movements

1927

No artwork available
10.0

Jimmie Adams leads the cast, along with Lorraine MacLean and Billy Engle, in this Al Christie production.

Holy Mackerel

1928

Holy Smoke poster
8.0

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Educational.

Holy Smoke

1921

No artwork available
7.0

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.

Love Shy

1928

No artwork available
NR

Jimmie, an oil stock salesman, is roughly handled by a couple of shrewd promoters who have stolen a well from a poor girl. The latter saves our hero, who in turn gets the well back for her.

Done in Oil

1923

Kismet poster
8.2

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

Kismet

1920

Sunless Sunday poster
NR

A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.

Sunless Sunday

1921

Her Man o' War poster
7.0

During World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However, instead of being placed in a prisoner-of-war camp, he is assigned to the small farm of a young woman and her son to help raise crops to help feed the German army and people.

Her Man o' War

1926

Beauty à la Mud poster
7.0

When a bottle of hair tonic renders him bald, Jimmie is mistaken for a famous French beautician and is called upon to demonstrate his skills.

Beauty à la Mud

1926

No artwork available
10.0

Chaos behind the scenes at a show.

For Sadie's Sake

1926

A Baby Doll Bandit poster
8.0

Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight, but one day the town was brightened considerably by the arrival of Miss Betsy Beautiful, whom the School Trustee sent to relieve the sheriff of one of his duties teaching school.

A Baby Doll Bandit

1920

No artwork available
7.0

Campers on a vacation have all the comforts of home fitted into their Ford car. Eggs are fried on the hot engine, and coffee is percolated in the radiator.

Free and Easy

1921

The Office Scandal poster
7.0

Haver, a newspaper reporter persuades a judge to release the suspected killer of a wealthy racetrack owner.

The Office Scandal

1929

No artwork available
7.0

Jimmie, Lavoris and Turpentine, three Knights of the Road (Bums/tramps), have just arrived in the West where Two-Gun Joe, the local bad man, surprises them while they eat. The sheriff runs him off but, in his haste to escape, Two-Gun drops a monogrammed pipe. Jimmie picks it up. Molly, on a nearby ranch, is having troubles with her foreman who, when he sees the pipe, thinks Jimmie is the outlaw and gets real peaceful. Impressed, Molly offer Jimmie the ranch-foreman's job. But they haven't seen the last of Two-Gun Joe.

Chase Yourself

1926

Hold Your Breath poster
6.3

When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.

Hold Your Breath

1924

No artwork available
NR

The pair are elegant down-and-outs in a park where a mother and her baby are having a picnic. Their dog steals the picnic basket for them but when the woman complains to the policeman on duty, they have to hide their booty. Unfortunately the dog keeps giving the game away.

Nobody's Baby

1922

Fair But Foolish poster
8.0

The comedy occurs on shipboard where Jimmie is the object of attention for a pair of pickpockets who plan to use him to smuggle their ill-gotten off the ship. Arrested at customs, he manages to escape but gets caught again as he tries to rejoin his girl whose father is trying to remove her from his influence.

Fair But Foolish

1925

No artwork available
7.0

Jimmie Adams, a comedian who bears a strong resemblance to comedian Charley Chase, stars as a man going to the hills of Tennessee to visit his kin. On the way, he meets a sweet lady and they hit it off well. However, they don't realize that both are coming to visit relatives who are in the middle of a serious feud. Instead of a warm welcome, her kin tries to blow his butt off and he is forced to make a run for it. Unfortunately, his relatives don't seem much nicer, as they treat him rather poorly to say the least!

Meet the Folks

1927

A Good Scout poster
8.0

A snappy young book agent reforms and becomes a cook for a group of Boy Scouts.

A Good Scout

1922

Nonsense poster
7.5

A farmer's daughter, Little Nell, is abducted and it's up to two of her faithful admirers to rescue her.

Nonsense

1920

A Fresh Start poster
6.8

Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell.

A Fresh Start

1920

No artwork available
NR

Two rival suitors plot to win the girl using fair means or foul.

High and Dry

1920