The actor, who died Sunday at age 95, helped pave the way for character actors to become leading men. By Todd McCarthy Although he was very far from being a small guy, Ernest Borgnine represented a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in 'Marty' in ...

Ernest Borgnine, who created a variety of memorable characters in both movies and television and won the best-actor Oscar for his role as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

Oscar-winner and Navy man Ernest Borgnine, 92, pauses in front of an American flag at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Sept. 4, 2009. By Mike Scott Movie writer Ernest Borgnine knows ...

Pug-nosed character actor Ernest Borgnine may have had a brief career as a leading man after winning the best actor Oscar for “Marty,” but he continued working in films and TV virtually to the end of ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor Ernest Borgnine, whose barrel-chested, bulldog looks made him a natural for tough-guy roles in films like "From Here to Eternity" but who won an Oscar for playing a ...

LOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Ernest Borgnine doesn't want to be called "Mr. Borgnine," preferring "Ernest" or even "Ernie." Speaking in his signature gravelly voice, the 94-year-old Oscar winner is ...

Oscar winner Ernie Borgnine (Marty) always brought heapings of zest to his roles, even when the film involved was absurd neo-drek like the generation-gap satire Bunny O’Hare, so I usually seek out his ...

His longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at his side. Borgnine, who endeared himself ...