Ernest Borgnine
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Ernest Borgnine 🇺🇸

Ermes Effron Borgnino
Actor, Academy Award Winner, WWII Navy Veteran, McHale's Navy
Born Jan 24, 1917 🇺🇸 Hamden, United States
Passed Away Jul 08, 2012 Los Angeles, United States
Lifespan 95 years old
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"Never give up, keep your sense of humor, and never look down on anyone."

Archival Overview

Beloved American character actor and ten-year Navy veteran who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955), starred in The Wild Bunch and The Poseidon Adventure, and voiced Mermaid Man in SpongeBob.

Biographical Record

Ermes Effron Borgnino was the son of Italian immigrants and served ten years in the U.S. Navy before, during, and after World War II. Returning to civilian life, he made his breakthrough in Hollywood playing sadistic Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson in 'From Here to Eternity' (1953).

In 1955, Borgnine gave a touching, sensitive performance as the lonely Bronx butcher Marty Pilletti in Delbert Mann's 'Marty', winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for Best Actor. He starred in ABC's sitcom 'McHale's Navy', Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch', and 'Escape from New York', acting actively until age 95.

Key Life Milestones

1955

Academy Award for Best Actor in Marty

Won the Oscar for his deeply moving portrayal of a lonely butcher, beating Spencer Tracy and James Dean.

1969

Dutch Engstrom in The Wild Bunch

Starred in Sam Peckinpah's revisionist western masterpiece, cementing his place in cinema history.

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Perpetual Memorial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Los Angeles, United States
GPS: 34.1484, -118.3246
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