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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
Composer, singer and author, educated at the Cincinnati Conservatory.... more
Trivia:
Country singer. more
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
Another
1 win
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Alternate Names:
Tennessee Ernie
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- W. (2008/I) (writer: "Shotgun Boogie")
... aka Oliver Stone's W. (Germany: TV title)
... aka W. - Ein missverstandenes Leben (Germany: DVD title) - Unaccompanied Minors (2006) (performer: "Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus")
... aka Grounded (UK) - Best of Country Live! (2006) (V) (performer: "Shotgun Boogie")
- Wild Seven (2006) (performer: "Sixteen Tons")
- Door to Door (2002) (TV) (performer: "Sixteen Tons")
- "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 1994)
- Bart Gets an Elephant (1994) TV episode (performer: "Sixteen Tons") - Rising Storm (1989) (performer: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus")
... aka Rebel Storm
... aka Rebel Waves - Ghosts of the Sky (1989) (V) (performer: "Ghost Squadron")
... aka Wings Video Series: Ghosts of the Sky (USA: video box title) - DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) (performer: "Sixteen Tons")
- "The Dean Martin Show" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) TV episode (performer: "Sixteen Tons" (uncredited), "John Henry" (uncredited), "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (uncredited)) - "The Jack Benny Program" (1 episode, 1961)
... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1961) TV episode (performer: "John Henry" (uncredited)) ("Sweet Georgia Brown" (uncredited)) - "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (7 episodes, 1957-1960)
... aka The Ford Show
- Episode #5.9 (1960) TV episode (performer: "Party Song" (uncredited), "Nine Pound Hammer", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette", "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music" (uncredited), "Bless This House" (uncredited), "That Fat Gal of Mine" (uncredited))
- Episode #5.4 (1960) TV episode (performer: "Stay a Little Longer" (uncredited), "Whispering Hope" (uncredited))
- Episode #3.31 (1959) TV episode (performer: "St. Louis Blues")
- Episode #3.15 (1959) TV episode (performer: "Philadelphia, U.S.A." (uncredited), "Get Me to the Church on Time" (uncredited), "You're Just in Love" (uncredited), "Lord, I'm Coming Home" (uncredited))
- Episode #3.7 (1958) TV episode (performer: "My Home Town Is a One Horse Town" (uncredited), "The Vitamin Song" (uncredited), "Now the Day Is Over" (uncredited))
(2 more) - The Lonely Man (1957) (performer: "The Lonely Man")
- Corral Cuties (1954) (performer: "Don't Start Courtin' in a Hotrod", "Bright Lights and Blond Haired Women")
- River of No Return (1954) (performer: "River of No Return" (uncredited))
- Man in the Saddle (1951) (performer: "Man in the Saddle")
... aka The Outcast (UK)
Actor:
- "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" .... Guest Performer (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode #3.15 (1971) TV episode .... Guest Performer - The Peapicker in Piccadilly (1969) (TV)
... aka The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (UK) - "Here's Lucy" .... Ernie Epperson (1 episode, 1969)
- Lucy and Tennessee Ernie's Fun Farm (1969) TV episode .... Ernie Epperson - Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- "The Red Skelton Show" .... Loser Lumpkin (1 episode, 1967)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode #16.28 (1967) TV episode .... Loser Lumpkin - "The Lucy Show" .... Homer Higgins (1 episode, 1967)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford (1967) TV episode .... Homer Higgins - "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1962) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" .... KoKo / ... (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Ford Show
- The Mikado (1959) TV episode .... KoKo/Narrator - "Make Room for Daddy" (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Danny Thomas Show (USA: new title)
- Tennesee Ernie Stays for Dinner (1959) TV episode - The Lonely Man (1957) (voice) .... Singer
- "I Love Lucy" .... Cousin Ernie (3 episodes, 1954-1955)
... aka Lucy in Connecticut (USA: rerun title)
... aka The Sunday Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
... aka The Top Ten Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
- Tennessee Bound (1955) TV episode .... Cousin Ernie
- Tennessee Ernie Hangs On (1954) TV episode .... Cousin Ernie
- Tennessee Ernie Visits (1954) TV episode .... Cousin Ernie - Corral Cuties (1954)
- "Old American Barn Dance" (1953) TV series (as Tennessee Ernie) .... Regular performer
- Man in the Saddle (1951) (uncredited) .... Wrangler/Singer of Title Song
... aka The Outcast (UK) - The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (uncredited) .... Nightclub/Hillbilly singer
... aka Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (USA: poster title)
Self:
- A Ford Show Family Christmas (1994) (V) .... Himself
- "Hee Haw" .... Himself (5 episodes, 1974-1979)
- Episode #11.11 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #11.3 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #10.23 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #6.18 (1975) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #5.21 (1974) TV episode .... Himself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode dated 6 January 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself - "Dinah!" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
... aka Dinah! & Friends
- Episode dated 3 January 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 4 October 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Himself - The Stars and Stripes Show (1976) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (2 episodes, 1974-1976)
- Episode dated 12 January 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 17 June 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1972-1975)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 31 March 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 February 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "Day at Night" (1974) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes, 1974)
- "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
- Episode #4.18 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #4.14 (1974) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.24 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - Opryland (1973) (TV) .... Himself
- "Dinah's Place" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 6 September 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "The Johnny Cash Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.6 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
... aka Laugh-In
- Episode #3.19 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.11 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1962-1966)
- Episode dated 30 October 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 3 January 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 19 October 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 27 December 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Himself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Himself - Guest Host (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #2.33 (1965) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host - The Tennessee Ernie Ford Hour (1964) (TV) .... Himself
- The Story of Christmas (1963) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Jack Benny Program" .... Himself (1 episode, 1961)
... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1961) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" .... Himself / ... (7 episodes, 1957-1960)
... aka The Ford Show
- Episode #5.9 (1960) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Singer
- Episode #5.4 (1960) TV episode .... Himself/Host
- Episode #4.37 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.15 (1959) TV episode .... Himself/Host
- Episode #3.10 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
(2 more) - "Startime" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Ford Startime
... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur (1960) TV episode .... Himself - "The George Gobel Show" .... Himself (7 episodes, 1955-1960)
- Episode #6.11 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #5.6 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #4.6 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.12 (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.6 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
(2 more) - "What's My Line?" .... Himself - Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 4 May 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest - "The Lux Show" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.1 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - Singer - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1957)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- NBC Fall Preview (1957) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
- Episode #2.24 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "Bandstand" .... Himself (1 episode, 1957)
... aka AB (USA: short title)
... aka American Bandstand (USA: new title)
... aka American Bandstand 1966 (USA: ninth season title)
... aka New American Bandstand 1965 (USA: new title)
... aka VH1's Best of American Bandstand (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 19 September 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
- Tommy Sands (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #5.22 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Singer - "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 13 October 1951 (1951) TV episode (as Tennessee Ernie) .... Himself - Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951) .... Himself
- "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" .... Himself / ... (1 episode, 1950)
... aka College of Musical Knowledge (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 30 November 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Himself/Host - "Hometown Jamboree" (1949) TV series .... Himself (1949-1960)
Archive Footage:
- Best of Country Live! (2006) (V) .... Himself
- I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford: Amazing Grace (1993) (V) .... Himself
- DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Was the spokesman for the Pontiac Furniture Company in Pontiac, Illinois in the 1970s
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Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography
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