Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies

chernmax

chernmax

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R.I.P.

Loved this show... Thanks for all the laughs...
 

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ginwoman

ginwoman

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That was one of the shows I grew up watching along with Hogans Heros, Gunsmoke, Sanford and Son, All in the family
 
Retrodeb54

Retrodeb54

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Great actor, he mastered so many styles of acting. Decade after decade he was there with great entertainment my whole life.

R.I.P.

:coffee:
 
Severa

Severa

Common sense ain't common
My kids know him as Mermaidman on Spongebob Squarepants.
I didn't know it till I was looking it up today but he served in the Navy during WWII.
Fair winds and following seas, Mr. Borgnine.
 
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ItalianScallion

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I always thought he'd be a cool dude to sit and have a beer or three with!
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Well why didn't you invite him to our Friday Night thingys??

Corny as it was, I watched McHales Navy almost every night in the early 60's. Great guy he was! Ermes Efron Borgnino son of Italian immigrant parents. God love him...
 
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dachsom

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He did 2 creepy movies---The Devil's Rain and The Ghost of Flight 401. The ghost one I thought was the scariest. Great actor and he will be missed.
 
Hessian

Hessian

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Wasn't he a guest on Little house on the Prairie...as a hermit-like saint who took in Laura when she ran off?

He probably did dozens of TV extra shots from the 70's & 80's.

No political endorsements, no embarrasing singing attempts, few commercials(?)...that puts him up there with Jimmy Stewart in my book.
 
chernmax

chernmax

NOT Politically Correct!!
He also played the mean Sgt in the Oscar winning movie From Here to Eternity , about the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Borgnine won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Marty Piletti in the film Marty.

Trivia:

Borgnine joined the United States Navy in 1935, after graduation from James Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. He was discharged in 1941, re-enlisted after Pearl Harbor, and served until 1945 (a total of ten years), reaching the rank of Gunner's Mate 1st class. He served aboard the destroyer USS Lamberton. His military decorations include the Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.

In 1956, Borgnine said of his Navy service "I wouldn't trade it for anything. The Navy molded me into a man, and I made a lot of friends too."

Borgnine received the honorary rating of chief petty officer in October 2004 from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry D. Scott for Borgnine's support of the Navy and naval families worldwide.

God Speed Shipmate! :buddies:
 
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