James Albert Varney Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his broadly comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns.

What was the last Ernest movie?

We end our story with Stupid, the last Ernest film released by a major studio (Disney's Touchstone division).

What happened Ernest Varney?

In 1998, Varney was diagnosed with lung cancer. Varney publicly disclosed his battle with cancer in 1999, but continued to work, filming his last project, Daddy and Them (2001), starring and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. ... He died on February 10, 2000, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 50.