Invoice Byrge, an actor who appeared in most of the “Ernest” comedy movies as “Bobby,” died on Thursday on the age of 92 in Nashville, Tenn.
Byrge’s cousin, Sharon Chapman, confirmed his dying in a Fb publish.
“My cousin, Invoice Byrge, handed away within the Nashville space at present at 12pm. He was a gorgeous soul who made folks snicker with out even attempting. He was the ‘Bobby’ character in a number of Ernest films with Jim Varney. I all the time teased him of being a ‘star’ in our household. He deserved it as raised poor, however his momma taught him love, respect, and religion which he confirmed to everybody,” Chapman wrote.
“Heaven gained a candy soul at present. Love you, Billy. See you quickly!” Chapman added.
Byrge was born in Tennessee in 1932. He began out working on the Metro Nashville Public Library previous to pursuing a movie profession. In 1985, he portrayed a fuel station attendant in “Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam,” which starred Jim Varney. Byrge went on to seem alongside Varney because the character Bobby within the 1988 movie “Ernest Saves Christmas” and TV present, “Hey, Vern, It’s Ernest!,” 1990’s “Ernest Goes to Jail,” 1991’s “Ernest Scared Silly” and 1994’s “Ernest Goes to College.”
Throughout the “Ernest” franchise, Varney performed the title character Ernest P. Worrell, which he conceived together with advertiser Carden & Cherry. John R. Cherry III directed a lot of the “Ernest” movies.
Chapman instructed TMZ that Byrge resumed working as a librarian following Varney’s dying in 2000.