Ernest Truex

Ernest Truex

actor, writer, additional crew

Ernest Truex was born on Sep 19, 1889 in USA. Ernest Truex's big-screen debut came with A Good Little Devil directed by Edwin S. Porter in 1914, strarring Charles MacLance - a Good Little Devil. Ernest Truex is known for Pete and Gladys directed by James V. Kern, Harry Morgan stars as Pete Porter and Cara Williams as Gladys Porter. The most recent award Ernest Truex achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Ernest Truex plays is Fluffy which will be released on Jun 27, 1965.

The ultimate milquetoast and ineffectual boss in comedy outings, meek character actor Ernest Truex was a small (5'3"), adenoidal, very well-dressed fellow, a popular avuncular type in later years who enjoyed a seven-decade-long career. He was born September 19, 1889, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of a physician. Raised in Rich Hill, Missouri, he was actually trained in acting by one of his father's actor/patients (in exchange for mounting medical bills). An acting prodigy, Truex performed Shakespeare as a small child and was at one time dubbed "The Youngest Hamlet" by promoters (the five-year-old actually played the "ghost" of Hamlet). Upon his parents' separation when Ernest was nine, he and his mother toured the West in a show billed as "The Child Entertainers," in which the young talent recited everything from "Othello" to "Romeo and Juliet." Making appearances in stock and vaudeville, he took his first Broadway bow as a teenager with "Wildfire" starring

  • Birthday

    Sep 19, 1889
  • Place of Birth

    Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Television
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame

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