Who is Ernest Borgnine?
Ernest Borgnine - Hollywood Legend
Ernest Borgnine has just been awarded the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Lifetime Achievement Award (1/30/11) at 94. Borgnine started out by enlisting in the US Navy (1935) after graduating high school. He described himself as a "Depression sailor". No one could have imagined what this obscure Gunner's Mate 1st Class would achieve. At the close of World War II he was discharged from the Navy, and ten years later was nominated for the 1955 Academy Award for Best Actor. After getting out of the Nav...

Ernest Borgnine Tribute
A funny thing happened while watching the movie Red.
We gathered to watch Bruce Willis in the movie Red this evening. The introduction listed the cast names. Bruce Willis. Great. The movie should have lots of action. John Malcovich. There should be an offbeat angle thrown in. Sarah-Louise Parker. A hottie. Helen Mirren. A spectacular older babe. Ernest Borgnine. Ernest? Is he still alive? It turns out - YES. He is very much alive and was 94 when he acted in the movie Red. His was a bit part but he was the same old guy. Affable. Clever. Sharp. H...

Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale
Ernest Borgnine of Course
In an interview once, Ernest Borgnine was asked to compare his movie career with his television career. He said that he never intended to do television until one day he was introduced to a small boy. Borgnine was trying to make the boy recognize who he was. He mentioned one of his movie roles after another; each time receiving nothing but a blank stare from the boy. After Borgnine had given up, the boy started talking about television, mentioning all of the major male stars of the day. It w...