Trivia

Met second wife Lyda Roberti while he was convalescing in a hospital after a car wreck and she was recovering from an appendectomy. Their first dates were spent wandering the hospital hallways in their wheelchairs.

Was despondent over his failed television career and that he had become dependent on his wife's income. He shot himself after calling a newspaper editor and telling him. "I'm at the end of my rope. Get a reporter here in 10 minutes. Send up and you'll get a story". He was 39 years old.

Was considered an expert flier, served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II.

Flew Errol Flynn and Flynn's fiancée, Lili Damita, to Yuma, Arizona for their wedding, where he acted as best man. Originally was supposed to be a double wedding but Lyda Roberti could not get time off from the film she was shooting.

When Errol Flynn was accused of statutory rape, Ernst testified as a witness for the defense.

Radio announcer and producer, originated the game show "Queen for a Day".

Third wife, Gwynne Rupp, was the daughter of Lottie Pickford and the niece of Mary Pickford.

First wife Althea Henley was a Ziegfeld girl.