- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Byrge
- Nickname
- "Bobby"
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Bill Byrge worked for the Metro Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee, for over 20 years. He has had a successful career with the library, but retired in the summer of 1995 to work full-time on his movie career. He appeared in several movies with Jim Varney (Ernest). He also appeared in a few music videos with Ray Stevens, such as "Sitting up with the Dead", wherein he was the one in the coffin.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsRoy JonesHarvey Sidney ByrgeMartha Phillips
- RelativesSharon Chapman(Cousin)
- Other than Jim Varney, he has acted in the most Ernest movies. and was also on the Saturday morning TV show.
- His funeral service was held at Cross-Smith Funeral Home in LaFollette, Tennessee followed by a graveside service at Beech Fork Cemetery in Caryville, Tennessee.
- Byrge was paired with Gailard Sartain in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988), Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) and Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (1988).
- He famously never drove a car, as living downtown, everything was within walking distance, and because of his sentiments that people of Tennessee do not know how to drive.
- Bill Byrge was an American character actor and comedian, best known for his work as Bobby in various Ernest P. Worrell projects.
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