His cousin, Sharon Chapman, announced the news on her Facebook page on Thursday.  “My cousin, Bill Byrge, passed away in the ...

Bill Byrge, remembered as the silent, silly Bobby in a number of Jim Varney's Ernest projects, has died at the age of 92 ...

The poster for “Ernest Saves Christmas.” Touchstone Pictures Chapman didn’t state the cause of death. Byrge is best known for starring on the 1980s children’s “Ernest” franchise ...

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It’s Ernest” and “Ernest Saves Christmas,” which is notable for being shot almost entirely on the Walt Disney World property outside of Orlando, Florida. He co-starred in the two other ...

Byrge went on to appear alongside Varney as the character Bobby in the 1988 film “Ernest Saves Christmas” and TV show, “Hey, Vern, It’s Ernest!,” 1990’s “Ernest Goes to Jail,” 1991 ...

Bill Byrge, the librarian turned actor who was a regular in the Ernest movies, died January 9, 2025 in Nashville at age 92.

as well as several movies like Ernest Goes To Jail and Ernest Saves Christmas. Chapman revealed that Byrge died at his own residence in his home state of Tennessee, while remembering her cousin to ...