Anecdotes

Frequently Teamed with Nathan Lane on Stage and Screen.

Graduated from Westlake High School, Thornwood, NY in 1968.

Starred alongside Brian Stokes Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in the Broadway revival of "Man of la Mancha" as Sancho Panza, at the Martin Beck Theater. (décembre 2002)

On two television series, he played an obnoxious and berating boss whose employee's real-life first name is Mark and has both a hyphen and three initials in his full name: Mark Linn-Baker on Larry et Balki (1986), and Mark-Paul Gosselaar on Sauvés par le gong (1989).

Ernie attended the University of Miami in the early 1970s.

On Broadway in "Sweet Charity" as Herman with Christina Applegate at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, formerly the Martin Beck Theatre. (mai 2005)

Brother is David Sabella-Mills, who originated the role of Mary Sunshine in the Broadway revival of Chicago (starring Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking).

Sabella has 3 roles/series/franchises in common with Jerry Stiller: 1) They both starred in Disney's Le Roi lion 3 : Hakuna Matata (2004). 2) They both played father & daughter with Leah Remini: Sabella for a 6-episode stint of the sitcom "Saved by the Bell" in 1991 and Stiller on the CBS sitcom Un gars du Queens (1998) for its entire run from 1998 to 2007. 3) They both appeared on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989). Sabella appeared in The Subway (1992) and Stiller had the recurring role of Frank Costanza.

On Broadway in "Curtains". (mars 2007)