What is Ernest Borgnine?
{{refimprove|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Ernest Borgnine | image = ErnestBorgnineApr10.jpg | caption = Borgnine at the TCM Classic Film Festival on April 22, 2010 | birth_name = Ermes Effron Borgnino | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|24}} | birth_place = [[Hamden, Connecticut]] [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|8|1917|1|24}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Kidney failure]] | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | other_names = Ermes Effron Borgnino | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1947–2012 | spouse = Rhoda Kemins (1949–1958),<br />Katy Jurado (1959–1963),<br />Ethel Merman (1964–1965),<br />Donna Rancourt (1965–1972),<br /> Tova Taesnaes (1973–2012) | domestic_partner = | children = 4 | parents = | signature = Ernest Borgnine (signature).png | salary = | website = }} '''Ernest Borgnine''' (born '''Ermes Effron Borgnino'''; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9386405/Ernest-Borgnine.html Telegraph obituary]</ref> ==Early life== Borgnine was born '''Ermes Effron Borgnino''' in [[Hamden, Connecticut]] on January 24, 1917 to [[Italy|Italian]] [[immigrant]] parents. ==Career== ===Movies=== Borgnine's first movie work was in a small role in ''China Corsair'' (1951), followed by ''The Whistle at Eaton Falls'' (1951). Then in 1953 he would get a role in ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953). This movie had a very well known part with him and [[Frank Sinatra]] fighting. Borgnine won an [[Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award]] for his role in the movie [[Marty]] (1955), one of the best movies of his career. His other movies included ''The Stranger Wore a Gun'' (1953), with [[Randolph Scott]], ''Demetrius and the Gladiators'' (1954), with [[Victor Mature]] and [[Susan Hayward]], ''Vera Cruz'' (1954), with [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Burt Lancaster]], ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955), with [[Spencer