Thursday, January 23, 2014

Ernest Borgnine: MARTY, McHALE'S NAVY and more

MY BORGNINE TOP 5



1. MARTY DUH! HE BREAKS YOUR HEART IN HIS OSCAR WINNING ROLE.




MARTY TRAILER



2. DUTCH IN THE WILD BUNCH. BILL HOLDEN'S RIGHT HAND MAN TILL THE BITTER, BLOODY END.



HE'S ACTUALLY ON HOLDEN'S LEFT!

THE WILD BUNCH FINALE RATED R FOR GRAPHIC VIOLENCE



3. ''LINDA! You killed my Liiinda!The cop Rogo, Gene Hackman'sformidable adversary in the disaster classic THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE. His speech when Stella Stevens dies is a must see.



''LINDA, MY LINDA!''



4. Shack, the sadistic train engineer, in the under appreciated 70's classic EMPEROR OF THE NORTH (POLE). His climatic fight opposite Lee Marvin as the hobo, A1, is a brutal,blood splattered, gladiator style fracas. It is another must see. The red paint likeblood of 1970's films always makes me laugh. So Fake. But so vivid.



EMPEROR TRAILER



5. Ragnar in THE VIKINGS. Borgnine often played older than he was. He rocks as Kirk and Tony's pillaging pop. His death scene is a classic!



THE DEATH OF RAGNAR



My runner-ups: Fatso in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, a bad ass that Spencer Tracy kicks the crap out of in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, the General in THE DIRTY DOZEN, the Russian baddie in ICE STATION ZEBRA, Carroll O' Connor's partner in LAW & DISORDER, Angelo Dundee in THE GREATEST, andCabbie in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.



ERNIE FIGHTS!



BAR FIGHT IN FROM HERE TO ETERNITY



BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK FIGHT



HIS TV WORK INCLUDES THE LONG-RUNNING CLASSIC MCHALES NAVY, REGULAR ROLES IN THE SINGLE GUY &AIRWOLF, THE VOICE OF MERMAID MAN ON SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS AND A SOLID TURN AS VINCE LOMBARDI IN THE TELE-FILM LEGEND IN GRANITE.



MCHALE'S NAVY BLOOPERS

BORGNINE ON MERMAID MAN



DID YOU KNOW...?



BORGNINE WAS NOMINATED FOR 3 EMMY'S.



HE WAS THE VERY FIRST CENTER SQUARE ON THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES.



HE WAS MARRIED TO ETHEL MERMAN FOR 32 DAYS.



HE APPEARED ON STAGE WITH DON RICKLES IN THE ODD COUPLE.
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