Jimmie Adams
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| Born | James B. Adams October 14, 1888 Paterson, New Jersey USA |
| Died | December 19, 1933 (aged 45) Glendale, California USA |
| Occupation | Film actor |
Jimmie Adams a.k.a. James Adams, a.k.a. Jimmy Adams of The Ranch Boys, (4 October 1888 - 19 December 1933) was a silent-screen comedian.
[edit] Career
In 1921 Adams starred in two-reel comedies for Educational Pictures and Al Christie. The slightly built, pencil-mustached Adams has been described by historian Kalton C. Lahue as "a poor man's Charley Chase." Like Chase, and unlike the other comics at Educational, Adams favored situation comedy over slapstick.
He briefly replaced Mack Sennett comic Harry McCoy in the cartoon-inspired Hall Room Boys series (produced by Harry Cohn and Jack Cohn, later of Columbia Pictures). By 1924 Adams was back with Educational.
Christie hired Adams for six comedies released in 1926 and 1927. The Christie comedies were more polite and less extreme than the slam-bang comedies of other studios, but Christie's soft-pedal comedy style did find an audience. Star comedians Jimmie Adams, Bobby Vernon, Lige Conley, Neal Burns, and Billy Dooley constituted a lineup that was no threat to Hal Roach, but nevertheless entertained millions with a style than either Roach or Mack Sennett could or would provide.
Adams was also a singer. In 1930 he co-starred with burly comic Bud Jamison as "The Rolling Stones," a pair of singing vagabonds touring America. Adams also sang with The Ranch Boys, a musical group featured in Charley Chase comedies.
[edit] Death
Adams died of heart attack at age of 45, in Glendale, California.
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| NAME | Adams, Jimmie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adams, James B. |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 October 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paterson, New Jersey USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1933-12-19 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Glendale, California USA |
