# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-borgnine
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:03.263Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in 1917, Borgnine started in supporting parts — China Corsair, From Here to Eternity, Vera Cruz — before the role of a lonely butcher in Marty turned him into an Oscar winner in 1955, taking Best Actor and Best Picture in one sweep. The gruff voice and Cheshire Cat smile carried him through six decades: he led McHale's Navy from 1962 to 1966, rode alongside William Holden in The Wild Bunch, then flew helicopters as Dominic Santini in Airwolf through the mid-eighties. At 82 he became the original Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants, a gig he kept until his death in 2012, earning his third Emmy nomination at 92 for a final turn on ER. He died that July, seventy-plus years after his first call sheet, still working.