Ernie Barnes was born on July 15, 1938 in Durham, North Carolina, USA as Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. He is known for his work on Number One (1969), Femmes de médecins (1971) and Good Times (1974). He was married to Bernadine Gradney, Janet Thaleen Norton and Andrea Burnett. He died on April 27, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.