Ernie Anderson
Actor · Died February 6, 1997, aged 73 · Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Ernest Earle Anderson was an American radio and television personality, horror host, and announcer. Known for his portrayal of "Ghoulardi", the host of late night horror films on WJW Channel 8 on Cleveland television from 1963 to 1966, he worked as an announcer for the American Broadcasting Company television network from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s. He is the father of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, whose production entity is known as the Ghoulardi Film Company.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 12, 1923
- February 6, 1997 (aged 73)
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Known for
What are Ernie Anderson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Quant O'Neill in Tunnel Vision (1976)
- Mentoras Narrator in The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ernie Anderson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Ernie Anderson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Turn Blue: The Short Life of Ghoulardi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Hard Eight(1996)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
What a Cartoon! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Animaniacs(1993)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Ricochet(1991)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Dinosaurs(1991)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
America's Funniest Home Videos Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Dirk Diggler Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
That's Life!(1986)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Mr. Belvedere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Street Hawk(1985)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Tim Conway Show(1980)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Tunnel Vision(1976)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Second Hundred Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Rango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Mister Roberts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Laredo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Ben Casey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Career shape
Star power in the 67th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 1953 to 2009; peak year 1997.
Film career
Peak 1997 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1985Screen debut· Street Hawk
- 1988First film· The Dirk Diggler Story
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ernie Anderson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ernie Anderson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ernie Anderson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Iain Johnstone shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Iain JohnstoneShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Iain Johnstone
Cinematographers and editors
- Heather SmallShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Heather Small
- Martin BellShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Bell
Producers
- Ilya SalkindShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Ilya Salkind
- Maria MonrealShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Maria Monreal
- Pierre SpenglerShared titles: The Making of 'Superman II' (1982), The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Pierre Spengler
