Ernest Borgnine

At 95 years old, Ernest Borgnine has this physical status:

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Borgnine; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades.

He was known for his gruff butcher voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin, but not quite so much.

He has appeared on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows, making him a hit performer. Borgnine's film career began in 1951 and included supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), Borgnine's (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), and The Wild Bunch (1969).

He appeared in several films as the unconventional lead, receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955).

He achieved continued success in McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he portrayed the title role, as well as a variety of other roles. At age 92, Borgnine received his third Primetime Emmy Award for his work on ER's 2009 series finale.

He appeared on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to his death in 2012.

In both All Dogs Go to Heaven (1996) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1996–1998), he had earlier replaced late Vic Tayback as the face of the villainous Caruthers.

Early life

Ermes Borgnine (Italian: [borr]) was born in Hamden, Connecticut, the son of Italian immigrants. Anna (née Boselli), his mother, died in 1894-c. (1949) was born in Carpi, near Modena, while his father, Camillo Borgnino (1891-1955), was a native of Ottiglio near Alessandria. When he was two years old, Borgnine's parents separated, and he and his mother stayed in Italy for about four and a half years. The family name was changed from Borgnino to Borgnine by 1923, and his father's name was changed to Charles. Evelyn Borgnine Velardi, Borgnine Velardi, (1925–2013), was a younger sister of Borgnine Velardi. The family moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where Borgnine graduated from James Hillhouse High School. When growing up, he took to sports, but showed no interest in acting.

Personal life

Borgnine has been married five times. Rhoda Kemins was his first marriage, from 1949 to 1958, who he met while serving in the Navy. Nancee, the mother of the family, was born May 28, 1952, and she had just one daughter, Nancee (born May 28, 1952). He was then married to actress Katy Jurado from 1959 to 1963. In 1964, Borgnine's marriage to singer Ethel Merman lasted just 42 days. Their time together was mainly spent yelling profane insults at each other, and both men and wife later admitted that the marriage was a monumental mistake (Merman's description of the wedding was a solitary blank page). On May 25, 1965, the couple's divorce was finalized.

Borgnine's mother, Cristopher (born August 9, 1969), and her two children, Diana (born December 29, 1970) were married from 1965 to 1972, and she had a son, Cristopher (born August 9, 1969) and two daughters, Donna (born December 29, 1970). Tova Traesnaes' fifth and final marriage began on February 24, 1973, until his death in July 2012.

In 2000, Borgnine was promoted to Freemason at Abingdon Lodge No. 91. 48 in Abingdon, Virginia. He joined the Scottish Rite Valley of Los Angeles in 1964 and was named the Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) in 1979. He was appointed a 33° Inspector General Honorary in 1983 and received the Grand Cross of Honour in 1991.

According to a friend of Tim Conway, who discussed their time with McHale's Navy, "We were all guys, it was about the war, and about men." So, there were no women on the show, so we can spit, talk, swear, and all that—smoke?" Gosh. So, it was male-oriented." Borgnine's making new friends off the Universal set was the start of the trams, going through Universal. Ernie was certainly one of the few people at Universal to say, 'Hello, how are you?' At the tram, he'd like to meet everybody." Although McHale's Navy was thriving, Tim Borgnine's brief-lived marriage to Ethel Merman was also noteworthy, "Ernie is tumescent." Well, there was no doubt about it; and Ethel was a vivacious woman. Well, if you put two bombs in a room, something is going to explode, and I suspect it did." "We had gone from the South Pacific to Italy," McHale's Navy said, and then, "we went to New York or something." The plotlines were starting to repeat themselves. So, they really said, 'Maybe, they had its run!'" Conway stayed in touch with Borgnine for more than 40 years, although living not too far from one another. In 1999, the pair reunited to contribute to numerous episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, the enduring 2000s animated comedy.

Borgnine was a heavy smoker before 1962.

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Acting career

After his Navy service without a job, Borgnine returned to his parents' house in Connecticut to go back to and without direction. In a British Film Institute interview about his life and work, he said: he said: "It's been a dream" of him.

He worked in a local factory but was hesitant to commit to that kind of work. His mother encouraged him to pursue a more glamorous career and assured him that his personality would be well suited for the stage. Although his father was far from enthusiastic, he stunned his mother by taking the suggestion to heart.

In 2011, Borgnine remembered,

He studied at the Randall School of Drama in Hartford, then migrated to Virginia, where he became a member of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. During the Great Depression's cash-lean years, it had been named for the director's ability for students to refuse produce for admission. Borgnine played his first role in State of the Union in 1947. Despite the fact that it was a brief appearance, the actor took the spotlight over the audience. In Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, his next role was as the Gentleman Caller.

In 1949, Borgnine made his Broadway debut in the role of a nurse in the play Harvey.

Borgnine's appearance in the motion picture The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) for Columbia Pictures led to Borgnine's casting in the film The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951). Borgnine left Los Angeles, California, where he eventually earned his big break in Columbia's From Here to Eternity (1953), as Borgnine's sadistic Sergeant "Fatso" Judson, who beats a stockade prisoner in his charge, Angelo Maggio, who was played by Frank Sinatra). Borgnine's reputation as a reliable character actor and appeared in early films, including films such as Johnny Guitar, Vera Cruz, and Bad Day at Black Rock, was not lost.

In Marty, the film version of the television version of the same title, the actor starred as a warmhearted butcher. Frank Sinatra, James Dean (who died before the ceremony), and former Best Actor winners Spencer Tracy and James Cagney were among the Academy Award winners.

Borgnine's film career flourished for the next three decades, including appearances in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1968), Convoy (1979), and Eva from New York (1981).

In the Western classic The Wild Bunch (1969) by director Sam Peckinpah, one of his most famous roles was the Dutch. Borgnine later told The Wild Bunch that he was involved in the production of The Wild Bunch.

Borgnine made his television debut as a character actor in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, beginning in 1951. Borgnine's two episodes led to numerous television appearances in Borgnine's Goodyear Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Frontier Justice, Laramie, Laramie, Borgnine, Run for Your Life, Borgnine's Own, the first episode of ER, and several others.

In 1962, Borgnine signed a one-hour contract with Universal Studios for the lead role as Quinton McHale, a World War II sitcom, which also stars unknown comedians Joe Flynn as Capt. Ens, Wally Binghamton and Tim Conway. Charles Parker. PT-73's insubordinate crew made the show a huge overnight success in its first season, with the show debuting in the top 30 in 1963.

He thrived on the admiration from followers for their favorite navy man, winning an Emmy Award in 1963 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. In 1966, low ratings and repetitive storylines brought McHale's Navy to an end, bringing McHale's Navy's Navy to an end.

Borgnine married actress Katy Jurado when McHale's Navy first started operations. Borgnine and Conway were much closer when Conway heard so little of the actress's death. He remembered that Borgnine had once referred to her as "beautiful, but not a tiger." If not for Benito Mussolini, I would not think he was more likely to die an Italian count," Conway said. But, perhaps not as a king, not a number." "There were no boundaries to Ernie," he said about his acting mentor's long career. If you're interested in his work: From FATso Judson to Marty, it's about as varied as you get in characters, and he treated both of them with equal delicacy and brought the most out of them."

On Airwolf, Borgnine returned to Universal Studios in 1983 for a co-starring role opposite Jan-Michael Vincent. He was immediately approached by producer Donald P. Bellisario, who had been impressed by Borgnine's appearance as a wrestler in a 1982 episode of Magnum, P.I., and he accepted. In the series, Dominic Santini, a helicopter pilot, became a huge hit. Borgnine's good shows belied his exhaustion due to the company's grueling production schedule and the challenges of being with his younger, struggling series lead. In 1986, CBS cancelled the program.

Manny Cordoba, a doorman, appeared in The Single Guy as Jonathan Silverman, which lasted two seasons. Borgnine, according to Silverman, came to work with more enthusiasm and passion than any other actor combined. He was the first person to arrive and the last to leave every day.

Borgnine went to Namibia in 1989 to film the film Laser Mission, starring Brandon Lee. It was first published in 1990.

Borgnine appeared in Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, a television fantasy/thriller film (partially adapted from the 1984 horror film The Devil's Gift) in 1996. Borgnine's narrator and storyteller recounts a series of related supernatural tales, one of which centering on an enchanted and malicious monkey toy stolen from Merlin. The film was later shown in the parodical television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, and has since gained a devoted following. Borgnine toured the United States on a bus in 1996 to visit his supporters and see the country. Ernest Borgnine on the Bus, a 1997 documentary about the trip. He served one year as the chairman of the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, visiting patients in many Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Borgnine appeared in McHale's Navy's big-screen adaptation comedy film, where he played Rear Admiral Quinton McHale, Jr., who was also the father of Tom Arnold's character, Quinton McHale, Jr.

Ted Denslow, a Borgnine character from Trey Parker and Matt Stone's BASEketball comedies, appeared in Borgnine in 1998 as an entrepreneur.

Borgnine began delivering his voice on SpongeBob SquarePants as the elderly superhero Mermaid Man (where he was partnered up with McHale's Navy co-star Tim Conway as the voice of Mermaid Man's sidekick Barnacle Boy). In no small part, he expressed admiration for the position, despite its inability among children. Nickelodeon reaired all of the episodes in which Mermaid Man appeared, in memoriam following his death. In comparison to a number of television commercials, Borgnine appeared in The Simpsons episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" as himself. He was the executive producer of Hoover in 2000, when he was the only credited actor.

In 2007, Borgnine appeared in the Hallmark original film A Grandpa for Christmas. He played a man who finds out he has a granddaughter he never knew about after his estranged daughter's hospitalization due to a car accident. She is taken into his care, and they soon became close friends. For his appearance, Borgnine was recognized by the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. He was the oldest Golden Globe nominee ever at 90. He costarred in The Wishing Well in 2010 and loved it.

In July 2008, Borgnine's autobiography Ernie was published by Citadel Press. Ernie is a loose, conversational recollection of highlights from his film career and major events from his personal life.

He appeared in many episodes of the long-running medical drama ER's final season on April 2, 2009. In the final episode of the series, his role was that of a husband struggling with the death of his wife. In his final scene, his character appears in a hospital bed beside his recently deceased wife. His performance earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, his third nomination and first in 29 years (since being nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special on the Western Front in 1980).

Frank, the main character of Another Harvest Moon, directed by Greg Swartz and also starring Piper Laurie and Anne Meara, appeared in 2009, age 92. On Saturday Night Live, Borgnine appeared as himself in a sketch with Morgan Freeman. He appeared in Red, which had been shot earlier this year, on October 15, 2010. In late 2011, Borgnine made what was his last film appearance in The Man Who Shook Vicente Fernandez's Hand.

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