(CNN) -- Film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a lovelorn butcher in 1955's "Marty," has died at age 95, his manager said Sunday.
The thick-set, gap-toothed Borgnine built a reputation for playing heavies in early films like "From Here to Eternity" and "Bad Day at Black Rock." But he turned that reputation on its head as the shy, homely title character in "Marty," taking home the Oscar for best actor -- one of four awards the film claimed.
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7 comments:
I always liked him, he is most memorable to me as the cabby in Escape From New York and Rogo in The Poseidon Adventure.
The only thing I remember him in is The Devil's Rain, which I loved.
Yeah but your biased to old people wearing Satanic robes.
Ha-ha, Cat. Man, another star down! Makes me feel old...
He was hilarious in that Simpson's episode!
is it just me or are they going in 5's instead of 3's
Cripes, I think we might be into double digits this year.
Ernest Borgnine was great and he was in goddamn everything. He's got 203 titles listed on his imdb page. I think my favorites are Escape from New York and Deadly Blessing, in which he played a crazy hyper-Amish holy roller.
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