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Jim Varney
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Actor Born: June 15, 1949 in Lexington, KY Death: February 10, 2000 in White House, TN Biography:Gangling, Kentucky-born actor "Jim Varney" cut his professional teeth at Virginia's Barter Theater, a summer-stock concern specializing in vintage American melodramas. At his funniest when playing it totally straight, Varney was hired as a comedy-ensemble member of the 1976 TV variety series "The Johnny Cash Show". He went on to play "Evel Knievel"-takeoff Virgil Sims in "Norman Lear"'s syndicated talk show spoofs Fernwood 2-Night (1977) and America 2-Night (1978). He was also seen as Seaman Broom on "Operation Petticoat" (1977), in another ensemble play on the ill-fated "Pink Lady" (1980), as host of the 1982-1983 season of the country-western syndie Pop! Goes the Country, and as Evan Earp, a very distant descendant of Wyatt, on "The Rousters". While this multitude of TV credits was impressive enough, Varney's true claim to fame rested in his dozens of commercial appearances, first as Sgt. Glory in a... Full Biography
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