Now he’s vanished, due in part to the censoring of his biggest motion picture outing, the one that made him a superstar, ...

Ernest Day was the brainchild of Tennessee native Phil Baker, who grew up watching Ernest Goes to Camp — as well as Varney's many other Ernest films — and was always struck by the fact that the Walt ...

Bill Byrge, an actor best known for his role in the Ernest movies with Jim Varney, has died, PEOPLE can confirm. He was 86. Byrge's cousin Sharon Chapman announced his death on Facebook Thursday, Jan.

Gailard Sartain, the very funny character actor who spent some 20 years on Hee Haw, appeared in three Ernest films with Jim Varney and displayed a flair for the dramatic in The Buddy Holly Story ...