Discover a new way to find and share stories you'll love… Learn about Reading Desk

Trend Results : McHale's Navy


Blog Post Results (1-20 of 24)

FILTER RESULTS

Navy Skippers: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Ernest Borgnine, God bless him, may have passed on, but real Navy skippers can fill the void left by Lieut. Commander Quinton McHale’s passing. Check out the latest from the New London Day: Navy Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II, who has been accused of having an affair with a 23-year-old Chesapeake, Va., woman and faking [...]

In Memory of Ernest Borgnine, 5 Living 90+ Year-Old Oscar Winners and Why They Rule

10 months agoLGBT / Gay : After Elton

I hate when legends pass away, and yesterday delivered us a toughy: Ernest Borgnine, who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1955's Marty (delivered by Miss Grace Kelly!) and charmed us on McHale's Navy, died at 95. Now the oldest living Best Actor is the noble and towering Sidney Poitier, who was born over 10 years after Borgnine. Show More Summary

TCM plans Ernest Borgnine marathon

You may have seen him in 'McHale's Navy,' but did you ever see his Oscar-winning performance in 'Marty'?

A Great One

I have a hard time mourning when someone dies at 95.  Ernest Borgnine died at 95 and had a long good life. I first remember him from McHale’s Navy, a show I couldn’t miss while I was in high school and college.  It was latter I discovered his brilliant and Academy Award winning performance in Marty. [...]

Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie

10 months agoOdd : Boing Boing

As Rob posted, Ernest Borgnine died today at 95. From Marty to SpongeBob SquarePants, McHale's Navy to From Here To Eternity, Borgnine had a fantastic and fantastically-diverse career. For Rob, Borgnine was Dominic Santini from Airwolf. My favorite Borgnine role though will always be the gleeful Cabbie in Escape from New York (1981).

Ernest Borgnine, Star of The Poseidon Adventure, Dies at 95

10 months agoUnited States / Seattle : Slog

Yeah, I know he won an Oscar for Marty in 1955, and he was probably best known to audiences for his starring role in the 1962-66 TV sitcom McHale's Navy, but I'll always remember Ernest Borgnine for his portrayal of a crusty cop in the...Show More Summary

Oscar Winner Ernest Borgnine Dead At 95

Ernest Borgnine, one of Hollywood’s most durable character actors has died at the age of 95 this afternoon. Sometimes playing a villain, other times triumphing in roles such as MARTY, or in McHALE’S NAVY as the wanker navy officer in charge of the worst bunch in the whole navy, Ernest Borgnine seemed at home both [...]

Legendary Ernest Borgnine Dead At 95

Ernest Borgnine, one of Hollywood’s most durable character actors has died at the age of 95 this afternoon. Sometimes playing a villain, other times triumphing in roles such as MARTY, or in McHALE’S NAVY as the wanker navy officer in charge of the worst bunch in the whole navy, Ernest Borgnine seemed at home both [...]

Actor Ernest Borgnine Dies

Ernest Borgnine, the character actor who won an Oscar for the movie Marty, starred in McHale's Navy and went viral for his whispered advice to a Fox News host on how to live a long life, has died. He was 95. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in 1917, Borgnine served in the U.S. Show More Summary

Ernest Borgnine died of kidney failure, his publicist says

Actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Oscar for his performance in the 1955 film "Marty"and starred in the television show "McHale's Navy," died of apparent kidney failure Sunday afternoon at Cedars Sinai Hospial, according to his publicist.

Academy Award-Winning Actor Ernest Borgnine Has Passed Away

Such an incredibly sad loss today for Hollywood. Legendary actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for his role in 1955's Marty and possibly best-known for his title role on McHale's Navy and as the voice of Mermaid Man on Spongebob Squarepants, passed away today at the age of 95. According to his spokesman, Harry Flynn, [...]

The Wackiest Ship in the Navy

Sillier than McHale's Navy, which was just a little PT boat commanded by Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway. The epic tale of the USS William D. Porter, possibly the unluckiest WWII destroyer ever. They wrecked another ship pulling out of...

McHale's Navy star Ernest Borgnine to sail again -- on a cruise

The McHale's Navy star is among headliners for a movie-themed voyage in December.

Our Apollo Moment

During the tribute to 94-year-old Ernest Borgnine on Sunday night's Screen Actor Guild awards, Morgan Freeman noted that although McHale's Navy was really silly, it inspired thousands of young men to join the Navy. read more

Are You Going to Deny Ernest Borgnine a Lifetime SAG Award Because He Didn't See Brokeback Mountain?

3 years agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

The actor and Navy vet Ernest Borgnine, who's spent six decades in Hollywood starring in McHale's Navy and voicing a part in SpongeBob SquarePants, is set to receive in January the Screen Actors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, something the Rhode Island International Film Festival already handed him. But Borgnine, 93, was a total meanie about [...]

TV Comedy Writer Myles Wilder Dies at 77

Myles Wilder, the prolific TV comedy screenwriter whose resume includes such classics as McHale's Navy and The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He was 77.Wilder died April 20 from complications of diverticulitis in Temecula, Calif., according to The Hollywood Reporter.The son of director W. Show More Summary

Passings

A couple of deaths today caught my attention Carl Ballantine died at the age of 92. For those not familiar with the name he was a talented comedian and magician that many of us knew from his role as con man Gruber in McHales Navy. He also did a great deal of voice over work and [...]

Joel McHale to host Ubisoft E3 press conference

We love Joel McHale, host of E!'s The Soup. Like, love. If there were such a thing as McHale's Navy, we would join it, even if he was in no way involved with the organization. That's the kind of devotion we're talking about here. The...Show More Summary

Copyright © 2011 Regator, LLC