RIP Ernest Borgnine at 95

According to the AP bulletin at 5:07.

 

CBS has it:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57468279/actor-ernest-borgnine-dies-at-95/

 

Anchors aweigh, Lt. Commander McHale.

 

Not trying to cause an incident, but we're putting it A1.

 

So many great roles for him. The two that always stand out for me is the Poseidon Adventure and his guest star on Little House on the Prairie.

RIP

 

Oddly enough I have a copy of one of his movies on my desk here at work.

Escape From New York.

 

I think the first thing I ever saw him in was "Super Fuzz," a terrible buddy cop film that ran incessantly on HBO in the early 80s.

 

RIP fellow veteran and brother

 

Before anyone asks, he was older than Abe Vigoda.

 

Pike Bishop (William Holden): What would you do in his place? He gave his word.
Dutch Engstrom (Borgnine): (dismissively) He gave his word to a railroad.
Pike Bishop: It's his word!
Dutch Engstrom: (angrily) That ain't what counts! It's who you give it to!

Godspeed, Dutch!

RIP to an actor's who highest moments were pretty high, especially from the afore-quoted Wild Bunch, one of the best movies ever made.

He was also, somehow, connected to Milwaukee's Circus Parade. Not sure how that happened, but he seemed like a pretty good dude.

 

My first exposure to him was in the 80s TV show "Airwolf," also starring Jan Michael Vincent.

Loved Borgnine in "The Poseidon Adventure." RIP

 

I hate to say it, but that's one of the first things I thought of when I saw this thread title.

Also, I remembered reading he had a marriage to Ethel Merman that lasted a matter of hours before they decided to separate.