Bud Ernest nasceu o 15 de julho de 1910 em Dayton, Ohio, EUA. Era ator. Foi casado com Betty Furness, Gwynne Rupp, Lyda Roberti e Althea Henley. Morreu o 11 de abril de 1950 em Nova Iorque, Nova Iorque, EUA.
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.
