He was like the big, boisterous uncle at the family dinner party: a lumpen raconteur who would geyser opinions, reach down the long table for a second helping, impress the kids and annoy prim Aunt ...

Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in Marty in 1955, died Sunday. He was ...

Ernest Borgnine, who created a variety of memorable characters in both movies and television and won the best-actor Oscar for his role as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor Ernest Borgnine, whose barrel-chested, bulldog looks made him a natural for tough-guy roles in films like "From Here to Eternity" but who won an Oscar for playing a ...

To some, depending on age, Ernest Borgnine was just name. Or a voice (the befuddled, gravelly gilled Mermaidman on "SpongeBob SquarePants"). Or a somewhat familiar craggy, bushy eye-browed face (from ...

LOS ANGELES -- He was a tubby tough guy with a pug of a mug, as unlikely a big-screen star or a romantic lead as could be imagined. Yet Ernest Borgnine won a woman's love and an Academy Award in one ...

LOS ANGELES - Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, ...

Past ColumnsAs I was watching the Academy Awards last Sunday evening something happened that did my heart a world of good. When they trotted out all the actors and actresses who'd won an Oscar over ...