Ernie Kovacs
American comedian, actor, and writer (1919-1962) · United States · On the map · Comedians · Died at 42
Ernest Edward Kovacs was an American comedian, actor, and writer.
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Richard Quine Directed Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
George Duning Wrote Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
Jack Lemmon Also in Bell, Book and Candle and Pepe
Kim Novak Also in Pepe and Bell, Book and Candle
John Wayne Directed North to Alaska (1960)
David Letterman Influenced by Ernie
Billy Crystal Influenced by Ernie
Carol Reed Produced Our Man in Havana (1960)
Henry Hathaway Directed North to Alaska (1960)
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
George Sidney Directed Pepe (1960)
John Le Mesurier Also in Our Man in Havana and Five Golden Hours- Mario Zampi Directed Five Golden Hours (1961)
- Marcel Hillaire Also in North to Alaska and It Happened to Jane
- Irving Brecher Directed Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
Jed Harris Produced Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Barry Shear Directed The Ernie Kovacs Show
Claude Binyon Wrote North to Alaska and Pepe
John Lee Mahin Produced North to Alaska (1960)
Martin Melcher Produced It Happened to Jane (1959)
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Kovacs on Three to Get Ready in 1951 with Gertrude, who was donated after Kovacs asked his viewers to bring things they no longer wanted to the WPTZ-TV lobby.![Kovacs with close associate Andy McKay[27][28][29][30][31] (wearing a mask made of masking tape), who relocated to New York with Kovacs (and Gertrude) in 1952.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ernie_Kovacs_Andy_McKay_Kovacs_Unlimited_1952.JPG/500px-Ernie_Kovacs_Andy_McKay_Kovacs_Unlimited_1952.JPG)
Kovacs with close associate Andy McKay[27][28][29][30][31] (wearing a mask made of masking tape), who relocated to New York with Kovacs (and Gertrude) in 1952.
With wife Edie Adams in the television series Take a Good Look
Kovacs being made up (upper left) for the U.S. Steel Hour "Private Eye-Private Eye" (1961) in which he played many of his usual characters as well as a butler (upper r), a skin diver (lower l), and Santa Claus.
Kovacs slapped the hood of this Nash Metropolitan car, sending it down into a hole in the ground, circa 1960-1961. Reportedly, the cost to produce this one quick blackout used the entire budget for his half-hour television show.
Kovacs in 1961
Kovacs as Barney Colby, the super detective, 1959Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Comedians
Type
Comedian
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 1962 · aged 42
