Ernest Borgnine, Mermaid Man, Dies of Renal Failure at 95
10 replies, posted
[URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html[/URL]
[quote][URL="http://movies.nytimes.com/person/7448/Ernest-Borgnine?inline=nyt-per"]Ernest Borgnine[/URL], the rough-hewn actor who seemed destined for tough-guy characters
but won an Academy Award for embodying the gentlest of souls, a lonely Bronx butcher, in the
1955 film [URL="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/31612/Marty-Movie-/overview"]“Marty,“[/URL] died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 95.
His death, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was announced by Harry Flynn, his longtime spokesman.
Mr. Borgnine, who later starred on [URL="http://movies.nytimes.com/gst/movies/titlelist.html?v_idlist=101946;430472&inline=nyt_ttl"]“McHale’s Navy”[/URL] on television, made his first memorable
impression in films at age 37, appearing in “From Here to Eternity” (1953) as Fatso Judson, the
sadistic stockade sergeant who beats Frank Sinatra’s character, Private Maggio, to death. But
Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote “Marty” as a television play, and Delbert Mann, who directed it
(it starred Rod Steiger), saw something beyond brutality in Mr. Borgnine and offered him the title
role when it was made into a feature film.
The 1950s had emerged as the decade of the common man, with Willy Loman of “Death of a Salesman”
on Broadway and the likes of the bus driver Ralph Kramden ([URL="http://movies.nytimes.com/gst/movies/titlelist.html?v_idlist=292015;305821&inline=nyt_ttl"]“The Honeymooners”[/URL]) and the factory
worker Chester Riley ([URL="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/99533/The-Life-of-Riley-Movie-/overview"]“The Life of Riley”[/URL]) on television. Mr. Borgnine’s Marty Pilletti, a 34-year-old
blue-collar bachelor who still lives with his mother, fit right in, showing the tender side of the average,
unglamorous guy next door.
Marty’s awakening, as he unexpectedly falls in love, was described by Bosley Crowther in The New York Times
as “a beautiful blend of the crude and the strangely gentle and sensitive in a monosyllabic man.”
Mr. Borgnine received the Oscar for best actor for “Marty.” For the same performance he also received a
Golden Globe and awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Board of Review and the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts. [/quote]
[IMG]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/07/09/arts/20120709_BORGNINE-slide-16VE/20120709_BORGNINE-slide-16VE-articleLarge.jpg[/IMG]
Up... Up... and awaaaaay...
Woah I never knew he was that old.
I remember the old Spongbob episodes, they were actually funny.
Renal Failure? Sounds like the work of the Dirty Bubble.
I can't believe how little the article mentions his Mermaid man role.
I'm kinda glad it doesn't mention Spongebob. He did have a career beyond that, he was notable for many other things other than Spongebob. At least he was remembered for the more serious parts of his life.
Can't forget his Oscar-caliber performance as Ted Denslow in BASEketball
Much love to this talented man. I really wanted to meet him some day, this is such a shame. But what a career...
I will cry if they replace Mermaid Man with somebody else.
[QUOTE=Slacker996;36702976]I will cry if they replace Mermaid Man with somebody else.[/QUOTE]
they probably will, SpongeBob's gotten all shitty and corporate as of late
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;36697207]EEEVIILLLLL[/QUOTE]
EVERY VILLAIN IS LEMON!
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
