Bill Byrge, the actor who portrayed Bobby in the Ernest movies, has died at 92, his cousin shared on social media. Byrge played a supporting role in the schlocky yet beloved comedy franchise, which ...

While he worked at a library in Nashville, he played Bobby in four of those films and on a Saturday morning kids show.

Character actor and comedian Bill Byrge, best known for his role as Ernest's neighbor Bobby in Ernest films, has passed away at the age of 92.

Bill Byrge, best known for his role as Bobby in various Ernest P. Worrell movies and TV series, has died at the age of 92. Byrge's cousin Sharon Chapman shared the news of his passing in a ...

"Billy just had this way about him and you obviously noticed him automatically no matter where he was at," Bill Byrge's cousin Sharon Chapman tells PEOPLE ...

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 ...

Life could be pretty if there wasn't someone like Ernest P. Worrell on this planet. In this movie he helps to escape an evil troll out of his grave. That's the start of the end for the world.

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 ...

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 ...