Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American author, comedian and actor. He played Captain Locke in the movie Operation Mad Ball. He also played Harry Foster Malone in It Happened to Jane.
Kovacs was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was married to actress Edie Adams from 1954 until his death. He died from injuries from in a car accident in Los Angeles.
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Kovacs on Three to Get Ready in 1951 with Gertrude, who was donated after Kovacs asked his viewers to bring things they no longer wanted to the WPTZ-TV lobby.
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Kovacs with close associate Andy McKay (wearing a mask made of masking tape), who relocated to New York with Kovacs (and Gertrude) in 1952.
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With wife Edie Adams in the television series Take a Good Look
Kovacs being made up (upper left) for the U.S. Steel Hour "Private Eye-Private Eye" (1961) in which he played many of his usual characters as well as a butler (upper r), a skin diver (lower l), and Santa Claus.
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Kovacs slapped the hood of this Nash Metropolitan car, sending it down into a hole in the ground, circa 1960–1961. Reportedly, the cost to produce this one quick blackout used the entire budget for his half-hour television show.
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Photo of Ernie Kovacs circa 1961.
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Kovacs as Barney Colby, the super detective, 1959
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Kovacs and second wife Edie Adams in 1956
