- 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.
- When Errol Flynn was accused of statutory rape, Ernst testified as a witness for the defense.
- 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.
- Radio announcer and producer, originated the game show "Queen for a Day".
- 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.
- First wife Althea Henley was a Ziegfeld girl.
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