Person
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Acting · 1919–1991 · Bristol, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Tennessee Ernie Ford was a musician and actor.
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Red Skelton Show
Loser Lumpkin
The Lucy Show
Homer Higgins
What's My Line?
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I Love Lucy
Ernie Ford
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Steve Allen Show
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The Jack Benny Program
Ernie Ford
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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Filmography
- 2023Sixteen TonsMusic
- 2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Tab Hunter ConfidentialSelf (archive)
- 2014A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2014Tennessee Ernie Ford: Amazing Grace
- 2004Tennessee Ernie Ford: His Life and Times
- 1984DTV: Golden OldiesSelf
- 1980Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersSelf
- 1975Timber TrampsMan in Timber Association Meeting (uncredited)
- 1974Dinah!Self
- 1972Tennessee Ernie Ford's White ChristmasSelf - Host
- 1971The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- 1969The Jim Nabors Hour
- 1969The Johnny Cash ShowSelf
- 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime HourSelf
- 1968The Dean Martin Christmas ShowSelf (uncredited)
- 1968The Mouse on the MayflowerNarrator (voice)
- 1968Mouse on the MayflowerNarrator (voice)
- 1968Here's LucyErnie Epperson
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
- 1967The Danny Thomas HourSelf
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
- 1962The Lucy ShowHomer Higgins
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1959StartimeSelf
- 1957The Lux ShowSelf
- 1957The Lonely ManSinger
- 1956The Ford Show
- 1956The Tennessee Ernie Ford ShowSelf - Host
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
- 1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelf
- 1954The George Gobel ShowSelf
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1951Man in the SaddleWrangler (uncredited)
- 1951I Love LucyErnie Ford
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowLoser Lumpkin
- 1950The Jack Benny ProgramErnie Ford
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1946The Best Years of Our LivesNightclub/Hillbilly Singer (uncredited)
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