Ernie Kovacs
Date of birth: 1919-01-23
Place of birth: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ernest Edward Kovacs
Biography
Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian and actor.
Movie Credits
Bell, Book and Candle
1958-12-25
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her inst
North to Alaska
1960-11-07
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fia
Our Man in Havana
1960-01-27
Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter
It Happened to Jane
1959-05-24
Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattenti
Operation Mad Ball
1957-08-17
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as h
Sail a Crooked Ship
1961-12-01
A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New Y
Kovacs on Music
1959-05-22
An NBC special starring Ernie Kovacs in a variety of music-themed sketches, performances, and gags.
Five Golden Hours
1961-02-01
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession unti
Pepe
1960-12-21
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director b
Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up
Wake Me When It's Over
1960-06-10
The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956-01-01
Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention.
Baseball Film
1951-01-01
A vignette for television filmed by and starring Ernie Kovacs as everybody in a baseball team, in th
Death Scenes 2
1992-01-01
DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in
Topaze
1957-09-26
A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and finds the success which ha