James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns.[1][2][3] He played Jed Clampett in a film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln".[4] and performed the voice of Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died at age 50 of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
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^"Jim Varney; Comedic Actor Played Rube Ernest P. Worrell in Commercials, Movies". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 2000. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
^"Jim Varney, 50, Who Turned 'Ernest' Character into a Career". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 11, 2001. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^Jim Varney / Jerry Scoggins - Hot Rod Lincoln / The Ballad Of Jed Clampett, 1993, retrieved December 4, 2023
James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell...
2008's Toy Story: The Musical, having inherited the role from his friend JimVarney, who died of lung cancer in 2000. Clark was born and raised in Macon,...
Catmull. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, JimVarney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris...
Camp is a 1987 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring JimVarney. It is the second film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and...
Preston, Diane Ladd, Brenda Blethyn, Tuesday Knight, Jamie Lee Curtis, and JimVarney in his final film appearance before his death in February 2000. Daddy...
Jail is a 1990 American comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring JimVarney. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and...
1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by John Cherry and starring JimVarney. This is the third film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, the...
and has called Chappelle a mentor. He has also said Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, JimVarney, David Spade, and Robin Williams are people he found influence from...
1991 American comedy horror film directed by John Cherry and starring JimVarney. It is the fifth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and...
the idea of immortality in a museum. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, JimVarney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris...
American comedy film directed and co-written by Coke Sams and starring JimVarney. It is the seventh film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and...
family film directed by Sean McNamara and starring JimVarney and Joey Zimmerman. It was Varney's final on-screen role before his death; he was diagnosed...
before his death in 2018), reprising their roles from previous films. JimVarney, who voiced Slinky Dog in the first two films, died in 2000, 10 years...
American comedy film written and directed by John Cherry and starring JimVarney. It is the sixth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, the...
video comedy film. It was written and directed by John Cherry and stars JimVarney. It is the ninth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and...
series. It was directed by Ernest creator John R. Cherry III and starring JimVarney. In this film, Ernest joins his employer's basketball team and later becomes...
older brother, in the CBS series The Fitzpatricks. He also starred with JimVarney in the 1989 comedy film Fast Food. Brandon also directed three films:...
slapstick comedy film directed by John Shepphird and starring Corey Haim, JimVarney and Brigitte Nielsen. A competition is held between two brothers on their...
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