Jeff Pillars
Encyclopedia
Jeff Pillars is an American
actor and screenplay
writer. Pillars is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan
. He currently writes and performs for the breakfast radio
programme, the John Boy and Billy
Big Show in Charlotte, North Carolina
. His "Ernest
" co-star Duke Ernsberger is a Charlotte native.
United States
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actor and screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
writer. Pillars is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
. He currently writes and performs for the breakfast radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
programme, the John Boy and Billy
John Boy and Billy
John Isley and Billy James, known as John Boy & Billy, named after "John-Boy Harris and brother Bross Harris", are American radio hosts based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their comedic morning program The John Boy & Billy Big Show broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m...
Big Show in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
. His "Ernest
Ernest P. Worrell
Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character most principally portrayed by the late American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials, and later in a television series as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created by the Nashville advertising agency Carden and Cherry and was...
" co-star Duke Ernsberger is a Charlotte native.
Movies
- Critical ConditionCritical Condition (film)Critical Condition is a 1987 comedy film starring Richard Pryor.-Synopsis:Pryor plays Kevin Lennihan, a con man who is framed in a jewel robbery. In order to escape custody, he fakes insanity, then poses as surgeon Dr. Eddie Slattery at a local hospital when he switches places with the...
(1987) - Born to Race (1988)
- Killer! (1989)
- Mr. DestinyMr. DestinyMr. Destiny is a 1990 comedy film starring James Belushi. Other actors in this film included Linda Hamilton, Jon Lovitz, Michael Caine, Courteney Cox, and Rene Russo.-Plot:...
(1990) - Road-Kill U.S.A. (1993)
- Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. (film)Super Mario Bros. is a 1993 American action film directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel. Based on the Super Mario Bros.video game and its entire franchise, the film features Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper and Samantha Mathis. It tells the story of the Mario brothers, Mario and...
(1993) - Ernest Rides AgainErnest Rides AgainErnest Rides Again is a 1993 comedy film written and directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It opens with the song "There Once Was A Man Named Worrell". It is the sixth film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell, and the last to be released theatrically. Its grossing number...
(1993) - Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (1994)
- Radioland MurdersRadioland MurdersRadioland Murders is a 1994 black comedy mystery film directed by Mel Smith and co-written/produced by George Lucas. Radioland Murders is set in the 1939 atmosphere of old-time radio and pays homage to the screwball comedy films of the 1930s...
(1994) - Bandwagon (1996)
- Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
- This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
- Bloodmoon (1997)
- Ernest in the ArmyErnest in the ArmyErnest in the Army is a 1998 comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth and final film to feature the character of Ernest P. Worrell...
(1998) - The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy: For Love or Mummy (1999)
- Pirates of the PlainPirates of the PlainPirates of the Plain is a 1999 independent family adventure film starring Tim Curry and Seth Adkins.It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa....
(1999) - Cold Storage (2006)
Television
- The Night of the Hunter (1991)
- In a Child's Name (1991)
- The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...
- Episode - Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920 (1993)
- Matlock
- Episode - The Fortune (1993)
- Episode - The Verdict (1995)
- Deadly Pursuits (1996)
- The Stepford Husbands (1996)
- Twilight Man (1996)
- A Kiss So Deadly (1996)
- Any Place But Home (1997)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - TV mini-series
- The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1998)
Writing Filmography
- Ernest in the ArmyErnest in the ArmyErnest in the Army is a 1998 comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth and final film to feature the character of Ernest P. Worrell...
(1998) (screenplay) - The All New Adventures of Laurel and HardyLaurel and HardyLaurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
: For Love or Mummy (1999) (co-wrote screenplay)