when did ernie first appear on my three sons
1963
title: Barry Livingston text: Barry Livingston Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as "Ernie Douglas" on the television series "My Three Sons" (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingston, who played Ernie's older brother "Chip" on the show. Livingston was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Lillian Rochelle "Marilyn" Palyash and Hilliard Livingston. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1950s. He considers his film debut a role he won as one of the sons of Paul Newman in the film "Rally 'Round title: Barry Livingston text: 1963, he joined the cast of the ABC sitcom "My Three Sons" as next door neighbor Ernie Thompson. His older brother, Stanley Livingston, was already a series regular as Chip Douglas. After Tim Considine left the series two years later, Livingston joined the cast permanently (his character was adopted into the family, keeping the show's title intact) and remained with the series until its end in 1972. In 1964, at the age of ten, he appeared in the ABC medical drama about psychiatry, "Breaking Point" in the episode titled "A Land More Cruel". After the series run of "My Three title: Barry Livingston text: of "My Three Sons" to still have an active Screen Actors Guild Card. Barry Livingston married his wife Karen in 1983. The couple has two children: Spencer (b. 1989) and Hailey (b. 1992). Barry Livingston Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as "Ernie Douglas" on the television series "My Three Sons" (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingston, who played Ernie's older brother "Chip" on the show. Livingston was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Lillian Rochelle "Marilyn" Palyash and Hilliard Livingston. He title: My Three Sons text: illness. In September 1965, eldest son Mike (Tim Considine) married, and his character was written out of the show. To keep the emphasis on "three sons", original youngest son Chip's friend Ernie was adopted. In the program's later years, Steven Douglas remarried and adopted his new wife's young daughter Dorothy ("Dodie") (Dawn Lyn). The series was a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. With 380 episodes produced, it is third only to "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (14 seasons, 1952–1966, 434 episodes) and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (13 seasons) as television's longest-running live-action sitcom. title: My Three Sons text: 27, 1966), Mike is specifically mentioned as teaching at a college. MacRae joined "Petticoat Junction" the following year, the last of three actresses to play Billie Jo Bradley. To keep the show's title plausible, the show's head writer, George Tibbles fashioned a three-part story arc in which an orphaned friend of youngest brother Richard (Chip, played by Stanley Livingston), Ernie Thompson (played by his real-life brother, Barry Livingston), awaits adoption when his current foster parents are transferred to the Orient. Steve offers to adopt Ernie, but faces antagonism from Uncle Charley, who finds Ernie a bit grating, and forecasts major