Person
Ernie Kovacs
Acting · 1919–1962 · Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian and actor.
Known for
What's My Line?
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Jack Benny Program
Ernie Kovacs
The Oscars
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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This Is Your Life
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Startime
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The David Susskind Show
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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Ernie Kovacs
Filmography
- 1992Death Scenes 2Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Death In Hollywood
- 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original GeniusSelf - archival footage
- 1976Bob Hope's World of ComedySelf (archive footage)
- 1961Sail a Crooked ShipBugsy G. Foglemeyer aka The Captain
- 1961Five Golden HoursAldo Bondi
- 1960PepeImmigration Inspector
- 1960North to AlaskaFrankie Canon
- 1960Strangers When We MeetRoger Altar
- 1960Wake Me When It's OverCharlie Stark
- 1960Our Man in HavanaCaptain Segura
- 1959Shotgun SladeHacks
- 1959StartimeSelf
- 1959It Happened to JaneHarry Foster Malone
- 1959Kovacs on MusicSelf
- 1959The David Susskind ShowSelf
- 1958Bell, Book and CandleSidney Redlitch
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourErnie Kovacs
- 1957TopazeTopaze
- 1957Operation Mad BallCapt. Paul Lock
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1956Showdown at Ulcer GulchMan in bar
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953General Electric TheaterSam Lund
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsHack
- 1951The Ernie Kovacs Show
- 1951Baseball FilmEverybody
- 1950The Jack Benny ProgramErnie Kovacs
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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