Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee ...

Jim Varney, the Emmy award-winning actor and comedian who starred as the titular role of Ernest P. Worrell in the Ernest films, played Dr. Otto. Byrge, who played Bobby in the Ernest franchise ...

Within the “Ernest” franchise, Varney played the title character Ernest P. Worrell, which he conceived along with advertiser Carden & Cherry. John R. Cherry III directed most of the “Ernest ...

The rubber-faced Varney made his debut as Ernest P. Worrell, a dim-witted Southerner with an unseen neighbor named Vern, in local commercials for a Nashville advertising agency starting in 1980.

Byrge portrayed the character Bobby in the Ernest movies opposite Jim Varney's Ernest P. Worrell. The films and television series followed the adventures of Ernest — who began as a character ...