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John R. Cherry III
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American film director and screenwriter (1948–2022)
Film & TV
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
John R. Cherry III was an American film director and screenwriter, most notable for creating the character of Ernest P. Worrell.
Known for
- Ernest in the Army — Sgt. Ben Kovsky - aka 'Sarge' (as John Cherry)1998
- Ernest Goes to Africa — Customer1997
- Hey Vern, Win $10,000...Or Just Count On Having Fun! — Self1987
- The Importance of Being Ernest — Self (archive footage)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948-09-20
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Cherry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Franklin
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1948-10-11
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2022-05-08
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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