The father of comedy, Ernie Kovacs, was born to a Hungarian couple, loved cigars and Double Coronas at that – (101 Photos) – cigarmonkeys.com
I was born in Trenton, NJ in 1919 to a Hungarian couple. I’ve been smoking cigars ever since.
Photo provided Jolene Brand and Ernie Kovacs are shown on the set of Kovacs’ TV show.
ca. 1960’s – Actor Ernie Kovacs with Cigar
Ernie Kovacs Ernie Kovacs, the 41-year-old TV and movie star who has been hailed as one of the brightest comedy finds in years, relaxes in the den of his $600,000 home, a huge colonial set on a grassy knoll in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Calif. It’s a nice, quiet place to look over script, says Kovacs, who’s rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth. He shares the big house with his actress singer wife, Edie Adams, and their three children. Ernie and Edie also share the TV spotlight. They’re together on the ABC-TV panel show, “Ernie Kovacs’ Take a Good Look Ernie Kovacs Beverly Hills 1960, Beverly Hills, USA
Ernie Kovacs With his even-present cigar, Ernie Kovacs sits on the floor at one of his favorite spots, his $600,000 Beverly Hills mansion, Los Angeles, Calif. The suit of armor was a Father’s Day present from his wife, actress Edie Adams Ernie Kovacs Los Angeles 1960, Los Angeles, USA
Married American actors Edie Adams and Ernie Kovacs (1919 – 1962) recline together on a couch, circa 1960. Edie Adams holds a cat on her lap and Ernie Kovacs smokes a cigar. circa 1955: American actors Ernie Kovacs (1919 – 1962), smoking a cigar, and Edie Adams pose inside a cylindrical spinning amusement park ride, while children watch from the background. circa 1957: Headshot of American actor Ernie Kovacs (1919 – 1962) making a face while smoking a cigar.
