biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (July 2010) Ernest Borgnine Borgnine in April 2010. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino January 24, 1917 (1917-01-24) (age 94) Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1951–present Spouse Rhoda Kemins (1949–1958; divorced; 1 child) Katy Jurado (1959–1963; divorced) Ethel Merman (1964–1965; divorced) Donna Rancourt (1965–1972; divorced; 3 children) Tova Traesnaes (1973–present) Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917) is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962-66 series McHale's Navy and costarred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf in adition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned an Emmy nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER..