He was part of the American fascination with film. He knew no role he would not play. His ability ran the spectrum of roles. He was part of every American household and dearly loved. He should have lived longer. No one ever wanted him to leave.
Dennis McLellan | Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Ernest Borgnine (click title to entry - thank you) seemed born to play the heavy when he burst onto the Hollywood scene as "Fatso" Judson, a sadistic stockade sergeant who viciously beats a private to death in the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity."
But two years later came the title role in "Marty," where the stocky, gap-toothed Borgnine defied typecasting and earned recognition as a versatile actor by inhabiting the part of a lonely Bronx butcher looking for love....
