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Jim Varney

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Jim Varney

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Also known as James Varney, James Albert Varney, Jim Albert Varney, James Albert Varney Jr., Jim Albert Varney Jr., James Varney Jr., Jim Varney Jr.

American actor and comedian (1949–2000)

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Jim Varney was an American male artist whose professional career spanned from 1976 to 2000. Born on June 15, 1949, he passed away on February 10, 2000. His body of work includes the title *Ernest in the Army*.

Varney is recognized within the Grammy Winners collection. His musical activity is documented with a playcount of 1,294 and 222 listeners. He has an official website and is the subject of a Commons category.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Ernest in the Army

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1949-06-15
Active to
2000-02-10
Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
222
Total plays
1,294

James Albert "Jim" Varney, Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) 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 1993 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, 1913 – Aug

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Welcome to the Tidyverse

    · 2019 · cited 20,450x

  2. The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments

    · 2009 · cited 14,222x

  3. The Sequence of the Human Genome

    · 2001 · cited 10,201x

  4. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    · 2012 · cited 6,816x

  5. Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    · 2012 · cited 6,625x

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Encyclopedic overview

James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his Emmy Award winning comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, originating in a series of television commercial advertising campaigns, and later growing into a film and television franchise. He played Jed Clampett in the 1993 The Beverly Hillbillies film adaptation, and also covered a song for the film titled "Hot Rod Lincoln". He voiced Slinky Dog in the first two films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–1999). He died of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, Daddy and Them and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Early life

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