Ernie Anderson

Ernie Anderson

actor, writer, additional crew

Ernie Anderson was born on Nov 12, 1923 in USA. Ernie Anderson's big-screen debut came with Rango - Season 1 directed by Murray Golden in 1967, strarring Doc / Agent / Preacher. Ernie Anderson is known for Hard Eight directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Baker Hall stars as Sydney and John C. Reilly as John. The most recent award Ernie Anderson achieved is Horror Host Hall Of Fame. The upcoming new movie Ernie Anderson plays is Hard Eight which will be released on Feb 28, 1997.

Ernie Anderson was born Ernest Earle Anderson on November 12, 1923 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He began working in radio at Burlington, Vermont's WSKI-AM in 1946. He met Tim Conway at WHK-AM in Cleveland and began writing with him. They were hired by Cleveland's WJW-TV in 1961 where they created "Ernie's Place", a daytime show of movies and comedy sketches. He created the beatnik character Ghoulardi for himself, wearing a lab coat, fright wig, fake goatee beard and mustache and became popular introducing WJW-TV's Friday night horror movie show Shock Theater (1963). Rose Marie, best known as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), recommended him to Steve Allen who recruited him for his own show.Ernie had many run-ins with his management in Cleveland and moved to California full time in 1966. He appeared in two episodes of Conway's television series Rango (1967) and then formed a comedy act with his old friend. He was hired as "the voice of ABC" in the late 1970s where he continued to work well into the 1980s. He also did the voiceover for the previews of current episodes during the first three seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Ernie Anderson died at age 73 of cancer in Los Angeles, California on February 6, 1997.

  • Birthday

    Nov 12, 1923
  • Place of Birth

    Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 0 nominations

Horror Host Hall Of Fame
2011
Horror Host Hall Of Fame
Winner - Horror Host Hall Of Fame Plaque
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
2007
Monster Kid Hall of Fame
Winner - Hall Of Fame Plaque

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