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    Jim Varney

    Died

    February 10, (aged 50)

    Cause of death

    Lung cancer

    Occupation

    Actor, comedian, writer

    Spouse

    Jacqueline Drew (m.&#;; div.&#;)
    Jane Varney (m.&#;; div.&#;)

    James Albert "Jim" Varney, Jr. (June 15, &#;– February 10, ) was an American actor, comedian and writer, best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial campaigns and movies, earning him fame worldwide[1][2][3] and a Daytime Emmy Award. He gained further notoriety for playing Jed Clampett in the movie utgåva of The Beverly Hillbillies () and providing the voice of Slinky Dog in Toy Story () and Toy Story 2 ().

    Early life[]

    James Albert Varney, Jr. was born in stad, Kentucky. He was the fourth child and only son of James Albert Varney, Sr. and Nancy Louise Varney (née Howard).[4][5]

    As a child, Varney displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significan

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    Jim Varney Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Jun 15, Birth Place:
    Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Biography

    A staggering array of more than 4, television commercial appearances as motormouthed pitchman Ernest P. Worrell helped to boost actor Jim Varney from television comedian to starring roles in "The Beverly Hillbillies" () and "Toy Story" () before his untimely death in Born James Albert Varney, Jr. on June 15, in Lexington, Kentucky, his ability to memorize long poems and fiction passages, as well as a knack for imitating voices on cartoons, led to enrollment in children's theater. He soon established himself as a talented performer, winning local drama competitions and working the nightclub circuit in his teenaged years, which soon led to roles in summer stock theater and at the famed Opryland USA theme park. Performances at the Comedy Store helped Varney earn a route into television, first as a sketch player on "Johnny Cash and Friends" (CBS, ) and later, as various rural types o

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    James Albert "Jim" Varney, Jr. (June 15, – February 10, ) was an American actor, comedian, musician, writer and voice artist, best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell, who was used in numerous television commercial campaigns and movies in the following years, giving Varney fame worldwide and playing Jed Clampett in the movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies.

    Varney was born James Albert Varney, Jr., the fourth child and only son of Louise (née Howard; January 14, – August 22, ) and James Albert Varney, Sr. (January 1, – January 11, ), on June 15, in Lexington, Kentucky, where he grew up.
    As a child, Varney displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significant portions of material from books, which he used to entertain family and friends. When Varney was a boy, his mother would put the black and white TV on cartoons for him to watch. His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon characters, so she started him in children's theater

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