Ernest Borgnine

Actor, Film actor

1917 – 2012

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Who was Ernest Borgnine?

Ernest Borgnine was an American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale's Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER. He was also known for being the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to 2012.

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Born
Jan 24, 1917
Hamden
Also known as
  • Ermes Effron Borgnino
  • Ernest Effron Borgnine
  • Ermes Effron Borgnine
  • Bullito
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Hillhouse High School
Employment
  • Chief petty officer, United States Navy
    (1935 - 1945)
Lived in
  • Connecticut
  • Beverly Hills
  • Hamden
  • North Haven
  • Italy
Died
Jul 8, 2012
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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