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Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character that was portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and then later in a television series (Hey Vern, It's Ernest! ) and a series of feature films.
James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won an Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns.
In 1986, Byrge began appearing alongside Gailard Sartain in a series of "Me and My Brother Bobby" commercials, produced by the Nashville advertising company Carden and Cherry, the same company responsible for the Ernest P. Worrell commercials with Jim Varney. Basic premise was Sartain and Byrge were, "Twin brothers who didn't look anything ...
Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell in Ernest Goes ... Ernest P. Worrell was Nashville's best-known TV pitchman, selling everything from hamburgers to dairy products. Cherry and Varney debuted the ...
Varney died in February 2000 at age 50 of lung cancer. The actor — who portrayed Ernest for the first time in a 1972 commercial and later starred in four Disney-produced movies as the character ...
Hey Vern, It's Ernest! is an American children's television program.It aired on Saturday mornings on CBS for one season in 1988. [1] Each episode involved short sketches on a certain theme or scenario, featuring Ernest P. Worrell (), his unseen friend Vern, and various others.
It stars Jim Varney, Gailard Sartain, Barbara Bush, Charles Napier, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Bill Byrge, Barry Scott and Dan Leegant. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell and the third film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988). It was released on April 6, 1990.
In 1985, he portrayed a gas station attendant in “Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam,” which starred Jim Varney. Byrge went on to appear alongside Varney as the character Bobby in the ...