Ernest Borgnine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine applauds after a performance by the U.S. Navy Band at a special concert celebrating the 231st Birthday of the U.S. Navy at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., October 14, 2006
Birth name Ermes Effron Borgnino
Born January 24, 1917 (age 90)
Flag of United States Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Notable roles Maj. Gen. Worden in The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Dutch Engstrom in The Wild Bunch (1969)
Det. Lt. Mike Rogo in The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Shack in Emperor of the North (1973)
Dominic Santini in Airwolf (1984)
Academy Awards
Best Actor
1955 Marty

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino January 24, 1917[1][2] ) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. He is the son of Carlo Borgnino and Anna Boselli, who immigrated to the U.S. from Modena, Italy. His parents divorced when he was two years old and he and his mother went to live in Italy,[3] but five years later they returned to Hamden, Connecticut, where he attended public schools. He joined the United States Navy in 1935 after high school. He was discharged in 1941, but he re-enlisted when the United States entered World War II and served until 1945 (a total of ten years), reaching the rank of chief petty officer.

Contents

After a few years of drifting, Borgnine attended the Randall School of Drama in Hartford, Connecticut. Following graduation, he went to the famous Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. In 1949, he debuted on Broadway in the role of a male nurse in the hit play Harvey.

In 1951, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he received his big break in From Here to Eternity (1953), playing the memorable character of the cruel Sgt "Fatso" Judson, who taunted and killed "Maggio." The part of Maggio was played by Frank Sinatra.

He built a reputation of a dependable character actor and appeared in such films as Johnny Guitar (1954) and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955).

In 1955, Borgnine starred in the film version of the television play Marty, which gained him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He subsequently appeared in many movies, sometimes in lead roles, but more often as a supporting major star.

Later film roles include The Vikings (1958); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Wild Bunch (1969) and The Black Hole (1979).

From 1962 through 1966, he starred in the popular situation comedy television series McHale's Navy, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, in 1963. Borgnine later starred in the 1964 film version of the series.

Borgnine's later television work included a co-starring role (with Jan-Michael Vincent) as veteran helicopter pilot Dominic Santini in the action/espionage series Airwolf. The series lasted from 1984 to 1986.

He was the first center square in the original version of the television game show Hollywood Squares, with host Peter Marshall.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ernest Borgnine has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. In 1996, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Also in 1996, Borgnine toured the U.S. in a bus to meet his fans and see the country. The trip was the subject of a 1997 documentary, Ernest Borgnine on the Bus. He also served one year as the Chairman of the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, visiting patients in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Since 1999, Borgnine has provided his voice talent to the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants as the elderly superhero Mermaid Man (where he is once again paired up with his McHale's Navy co-star, Tim Conway, who voices Mermaid Man's sidekick Barnacle Boy). Borgnine has also appeared on an episode of The Simpsons as himself. He has also recently appeared in television commercials.

He holds the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite of Masonry and has long been active in the Craft and is a member of the Shriners. He is also a recipient of the Grand Cross, which is the highest honor for service to the Scottish Rite.

Borgnine has married five times.

  • 1) Rhoda Kemins (1948–1959), whom he met while serving in the navy;[4] They had one daughter Gina together.
  • 2) The actress Katy Jurado (1959–1963)
  • 3) The singer Ethel Merman 1964, which lasted barely over a month.
  • 4) Donna Rancourt, with whom he had a son Christopher and a daughter Diana. The marriage ended in 1972.
  • 5) Tova Traesnaes (1972 to date)

Ernest Borgnine won an Academy Award for Marty (1955).
Ernest Borgnine won an Academy Award for Marty (1955).
Borgnine (right) and Lee Marvin in Emperor of the North Pole (1973).
Borgnine (right) and Lee Marvin in Emperor of the North Pole (1973).

Borgnine (bottom left) along with Jan-Michael Vincent (right), and Alex Cord (top left) in Airwolf (1984).
Borgnine (bottom left) along with Jan-Michael Vincent (right), and Alex Cord (top left) in Airwolf (1984).
Borgnine (top right) in The Single Guy (1995).
Borgnine (top right) in The Single Guy (1995).

Edit - Copy icon This section is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process.

If the content can be changed to be more encyclopedic rather than just a list of quotes, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikiquote guidelines in preparation for the duplication.
“ Spencer Tracy was the first actor I've seen who could just look down into the dirt and command a scene. He played a set-up with Robert Ryan that way. He's looking down at the road and then he looks at Ryan at just the precise, right minute. I tell you, Rob could've stood on his head and zipped open his fly and the scene would've still been Mr Tracy's. ”
“ The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting. What you've gotta do is find out what the writer wrote about and put it into your mind. This is acting. Not going out and researching what the writer has already written. This is crazy! ”
“ Everything I do has a moral to it. Yes, I've been in films that have had shootings. I made The Wild Bunch (1969), which was the beginning of the splattering of blood and everything else. But there was a moral behind it. The moral was that, by golly, bad guys got it. That was it. Yeah. ”
“ Ever since they opened the floodgates with Clark Gable saying, 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn,' somebody's ears pricked up and said, 'Oh boy, here we go!'. Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right. ”

  1. ^ "Ernest Borgnine." International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed. St. James Press, 2000. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006: "Born: Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, 24 January 1917 (some sources say 1915 or 1918)."
  2. ^ Clooney, Nick (2003). The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-1044-0. , p. 114
  3. ^ Associated Press, Ernest Borgnine Turning 90 on Wednesday, January 22, 2007
  4. ^ M. A. Schmidt (April 10, 1955). Ernest Borgnine: Fiendish 'Fatso' to Meek 'Marty'. New York Times. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Preceded by
Marlon Brando
for On the Waterfront		 Academy Award for Best Actor
1955
for Marty		 Succeeded by
Yul Brynner
for The King and I
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../e/r/n/Ernest_Borgnine_106b.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.