Ernest Borgnine mentions Selleck and Manetti

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N1095A · #1 Post by **N1095A** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:04 pm

On the Howard Stern show today, Howard was interviewing Ernest Borgnine "Mr. White Death" and asked who in Hollywood he was friends with today. The only two he mentioned were TS and Larry Manetti. By the way, Borgnine is 91 can you believe it? He's one of my absolute all time faviorite actors.

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:16 pm

I think it is great he mentioned the two of them. I wonder if he knew them well before the filming of theMr. White Death episode?

IslandHopper · #3 Post by **IslandHopper** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:23 am

He is a great actor. I can't believe he is 91. I think I saw a recent Christmas movie he did last year on one of the cable channels. Hallmark channel, but not sure.

Waltstasz · #4 Post by **Waltstasz** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:22 pm

Escape from New York!!!!

Ernest Borgnine is great. I have a coworker who was in an acting class and got to meet him and she said he is the best...

#5 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:20 pm

And he's also a YouTube favorite now too......

#6 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:43 am

Waltstasz wrote:Escape from New York!!!!

LOL!

How can anybody not love Borgnine. The guy's a living legend! He has almost 200 film/TV credits, from McHale's Navy to Spongebob Squarepants!

SelleckLover · #7 Post by **SelleckLover** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:19 pm

James wrote:

The guy's a living legend!

How right you are, James! Did you know that he won a best actor Oscar for his role in a movie called, Marty in 1955? He was also once married to Ethel Merman, the great Broadway actress and singer. What a life this guy has led, and he's still going strong!

Miss Q · #8 Post by **Miss Q** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:22 pm

AND on his 5th wife!

#9 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:34 pm

Yet, according to his Fox interview running wild on YouTube, he does most of the work himself.

#10 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:51 am

ConchRepublican wrote:Yet, according to his Fox interview running wild on YouTube, he does most of the work himself.

I'm so glad someone else brought this up!

rubber chicken · #11 Post by **rubber chicken** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:42 am

SelleckLover wrote:Did you know that he won a best actor Oscar for his role in a movie called, Marty in 1955?

I got Marty from netflix and watched it a few days ago. What a great film! Perfectly crafted. Very sad and poignant at times, and subtlety hilarious at others, with the two alternating and combining throughout the movie more times than I can remember. I've made my generally low opinion of actors known here on the boards, but Ernest Borgnine gave a fantastic performance. The way he closed his eyes while being turned down for a date on the phone, but continued to talk and control himself was powerful, so heartbreaking. It's a movie that I'll be remembering for years.

Thanks for mentioning it SelleckLover.

SelleckLover · #12 Post by **SelleckLover** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:03 am

rubber chicken wrote:

Thanks for mentioning it SelleckLover.

You're welcome! I always liked that movie, and Borgnine does an outstanding job of acting in it. Hence the Oscar!

MPS · #13 Post by **MPS** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:54 am

The movie made a big impression on a lot of people. I have a friend whose first name is Marty, not Martin, because his mom was so taken with Borgnine's performance. She was expecting my friend at the time she saw the movie. (I'm not so sure he's thrilled with the choice 50 some years later

)

Borgnine was wonderful in the role, however.