Rest in Peace, Ernest

[alexwhitmer]

A great man of film and television ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html


He was being considered to play the King in my ill-fated feature 'Of Gods and Kings'. Then it was Lee Majors, then finally settled on Bo Hopkins.

I grew up watching Ernest in McHale's Navy. Sure would have been one hell of a plume de oro to have worked with him.


His secret to long life?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3I_PeLNzxNQ


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[BRANDON JAMESON]

Did you know his Mom was royalty?

It's interesting to think that he played so many "common man" roles with blue blood in his veins!

 

[Chuck Z]

Farewell, Mermaid Man!

 

[alexwhitmer]

Did you know his Mom was royalty?

It's interesting to think that he played so many "common man" roles with blue blood in his veins!

No, I had no idea. With that, I think he would have been stellar as the king. Not that Bo wouldn't as well. I have yet to see a single BTS or any footage, however.