Ernie Kovacs

AKA: Ernest Edward Kovacs
0.1999

1919-01-23

Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian and actor.

Crew Roles

Baseball Film
Director
Kovacs on Music
Director
Kovacs on Music
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {29}

Sidney Redlitch

1958-12-25 6.5

Bell, Book and Candle

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Frankie Canon

1960-11-07 6.5

North to Alaska

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a ...
Genre :Western, Comedy, Romance

Capt. Segura

1960-01-27 6.7

Our Man in Havana

Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn’t very successful so he accepts an offer from Hawthorn ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller

Harry Foster Malone

1959-05-24 6.1

It Happened to Jane

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the lin ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Capt. Paul Lock

1957-08-17 6.4

Operation Mad Ball

In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer. ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Bugsy G. Foglemeyer aka The Captain

1961-12-01 6

Sail A Crooked Ship

A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New York in order to rob a bank in Boston. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1959-05-22 0

Kovacs on Music

An NBC special starring Ernie Kovacs in a variety of music-themed sketches, performances, and gags. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, TV Movie

Aldo Bondi

1961-02-01 6

Five Golden Hours

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes. ...
Genre :Comedy

Immigration Inspector

1960-12-21 6.1

Pepe

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he cons ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Roger Altar

1960-06-29 6.3

Strangers When We Meet

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Capt. Charlie Stark

1960-06-10 6

Wake Me When It's Over

The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventur ...
Genre :Comedy

Man in bar

1956-01-01 5

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention. ...
Genre :Comedy, Animation

Everybody

1951-01-01 0

Baseball Film

A vignette for television filmed by and starring Ernie Kovacs as everybody in a baseball team, in the field watching... and something else. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992-01-01 5.7

Death Scenes 2

DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's assault on society. You'll see the gruesome aftermath of ...
Genre :Documentary, Horror

Ernie Kovacs

1957-11-06 8.692

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network titl ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1959-01-18 5

The David Susskind Show

The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title refe ...
Genre :Talk

Sam Lund

1953-02-01 6

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1958-10-06 5.25

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots f ...
Genre :Drama

Hack

1951-10-05 7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The t ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Self

1952-10-01 6.3

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and procee ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1956-10-05 5.3

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General ...
Genre :

1951-03-07 6.6

The Ernie Kovacs Show

The Ernie Kovacs Show is an American comedy show hosted by comedian Ernie Kovacs, first shown in Philadelphia during the early 50s, then nationally. The show appeared in many versions and formats, inc ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1953-03-19 6.9

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is ...
Genre :

Barney Colby

1953-02-01 6

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Hacks

1959-10-24 5

Shotgun Slade

Shotgun Slade is an American western television series starring Scott Brady that aired seventy-eight episodes in syndication from October 24, 1959, until 1961. Created by Frank Gruber, the stories wer ...
Genre :Western

Ernie Kovacs

1950-10-28 7.7

The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

1948-06-20 6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self - Panelist

1950-02-02 6.8

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Self - Mystery Guest

1950-02-02 6.8

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy