Ernest Borgnine

...for playing the supporting role of crew member Lester Gruber on "McHale's Navy,'' the popular 1962-66 series that starred Ernest Borgnine. "He was a natural; everything to him had humor,'' said Tim Conway, who played the bumbling Ensign...

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...a digital restoration of its 1953 champ, "From Here to Eternity," at 7:30 p. m. Nov. 18 in the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. Costar Ernest Borgnine, now 92, will appear for a Q&A moderated by Lou Diamond Phillips. Sadly, Borgnine, who played Sgt....

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Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox are in negotiations to join the all-star cast of "Red," Summit's adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries being directed by Robert Schwentke. Full story

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...ten dimes against the (lack of) defense and added 9 points on 4-7 shooting. His jumper is still uglier than the love child of Ernest Borgnine and Ethyl Merman, but so be it. The offense has been working better since he's helmed it. Steve...

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...finest role yet. "I'll tell you a story**. Before Kill Bill, I was making a western called Renegade, with Juliette Lewis and Ernest Borgnine. French production, very good movie, too long, too many scenes. When I got to the Kill Bill set, I...

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...and never returned, but the visitor soon learns the locals' awful secret, which they're willing to kill to keep. Robert Ryan and Ernest Borgnine also star in this 1955 drama (3:30 p.m. TCM). If you are under 13 years of age you may read...

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He was 92. </p><p> Ballantine portrayed Lester Gruber, a member of a World War II PT boat crew, on the 1962-66 series that starred Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway. He also appeared as a comically inept magician variously billed as “The...

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...Beverly Hills. The evening will feature the premiere of a new digital restoration, as well as an onstage discussion with actor Ernest Borgnine. Adapted from the novel by James Jones and directed by Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity...

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...act on variety shows but he's perhaps best remembered as Lester Gruber on 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy, which also featured Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway. Billed as The Amazing Ballantine, the actor played an inept illusionist on shows...

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Ballantine was known to 1960s sitcom-watchers as Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy, which starred Ernest Borgnine. But well before that, Ballantine made his reputation as a unique magician in nightclubs and on TV talk shows. He was one of the...

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