W.L. Adams

born: 13 March 1894 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

died: 15 February 1943 West Los Angeles, California, United States of America (heart failure, age 48)

Acrobatic American actor, who also went by the moniker of "Bumps" Adams when he briefly starred in low-level two-reel comedies (for Screen Crafts, Inc.) in the early 1920s. Later worked as a radio engineer.

Real name: Walter Lawrence Adams Height: 5'8½

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1917 Luke's Lost Liberty [?] 1917 Luke's Busy Day [?] 1917 Luke's Trolley Troubles [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Lawyer [?] 1917 Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke On Tin Can Alley [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Plumber [?] 1917 Stop! Luke! Listen! [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Messenger Man knocked off ladder 1917 Lonesome Luke, Mechanic [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke's Wild Women [?] 1917 Pinched [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Birds Of A Feather [?] 1917 Bliss Trombone player 1917 Lonesome Luke In From London To Laramie [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Love, Laughs And Lather [?] 1917 The Flirt [?] 1917 All Aboard [?] 1917 Move On [?] 1917 Step Lively [?] 1918 The Tip [?] Acknowledgements & sources: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-5TVB (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-FM8M (birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-SL7L (delayed birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-YYT4 (delayed birth record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLW-GL6W (birth record — index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-NGN4 (birth reg.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PV-7ZT (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2B-LDB (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVF-QNC (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7W-5MW (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NC-H74 (1924 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8M-J15 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JX-BKY (1934 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97F-8KD (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DQ-NCH (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFW-X77 (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG28-2GDM (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS1-BVZJ (headstone app.) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3684261 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22bumps+adams%22&dr_year=1919-1922 (Newspapers.com — search) 1916 LACD: Adams W Lawrence student r 1412 Bond 1917 LACD: Adams W Lawrence photo player r 1412 Bond 1918 LACD: Adams Walter L [flag] r1412 Bond 1920 LACD: Adams W Laurence r1412 Bond 1921 LACD: Adams Bumps photoplayer r1412 Bond 1921 LACD: Adams W Lawrence photoplayer r1412 Bond 1922 LACD: Adams W Lawrence photoplayer r1412 Bond 1923 LACD: Adams W Lawrence photoplayer r1412 Bond 1924 LACD: Adams Walter L mot pict producer r1412 Bond 1925 LACD: Adams Walter L (Elite Radio Shoppe) r1412 Bond https://www.flickr.com/photos/nfig/albums/72157676110913882/ (Unidentified Films, Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/nfig/31667389285/in/album-72157676110913882/ (Unidentified Films, Flickr) https://archive.org/details/movpicwor431movi/page/n167/mode/2up?view=theater (Moving Picture World, 03 Jan 1920) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380533617/ (Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug 1919) Jesse Brisson (research and information; identification in Bliss, Lonesome Luke Messenger) This page was last updated on: 06 August 2024