How Was Ernest Borgnine (Mr Ugly) the Biggest Womanizer in Hollywood?
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It has been my experience that people who are considered ugly, usually have the most interesting personality! Not to mention, sense of humour.
I can confirm that.
In the early 90’s I was attending a federal law enforcement conference in Las Vegas in which Ernest Borgnine was the keynote speaker. I happened to find myself riding the same elevator as Mr. Borgnine and his wife. Even though of course I had immediately recognized who he was; I initially paid no attention to him until he suddenly turned to me and commented on how much he admired the tie I was wearing. We then conversed during the elevator ride, and upon exiting they invited me to have a drink with them in the hotel lounge. We spent about 30-40 minutes chatting over drinks.
They were both warm, down to earth people who never put on any airs. In fact, his “career” was never really a primary topic of our conversation during the time we spent in the lounge other than discussing the magnificent talent of actors’ Joe Flynn and Tim Conway.
It was a very pleasant relaxed experience meeting and chatting with Ernest Borgnine and his lovely wife Tova.
Mr. Borgnine had a UA-cam series a while back where he drove around the country in a motor home. He was very friendly and down-to-Earth.
Wow, what a neat experience!
Very cool encounter 😎 👍
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Tova, his wife.... he was damned lucky to find a wife like that. She always looked at him as though he were the sexiest man alive but on the other hand made millions in the cosmetics business - no bimbo was she.
He wasn’t ugly he was a “normal” looking man not the usual chisel faced type of his day. He had a cheeky grin and sparkle in his eye.
Good point. And so true, especially the "sparkle in his eye." 😀
I know a got a crush on him watching The Poseiden Adventure as a kid.
beauty in the eye of the beholder.....not a gregory peck or the hot actor in Bridgerton on Netflix.
@@gracemunich1476 Greckory was a fine-looking man.
But I still always liked a work-a-day man in my movies as well as IRL. Yummy.
@@JW-vd4il Good for you! Everyone has their own taste/preferences.
@Goodbye Gemini 🤣
I'm sorry I don't agree!!! He is not ugly, his face had character, and was a great actor🐕🐕🐕🐕
Really good actor, yes!
Agreed. The man could do Comedy as well as Drama---& anything in between---well. He was a "tin can sailor" during WW2---that`s duty on DESTROYERS---that came with REAL 'bragging rights' in the U.S. Navy ! My favorite role Mr. Borgnine played was Fatso Judson, in From Here To Eternity. Salute !
Agree😎
He was what you would call traditionally Handsome (not Hollywood handsome)
I agree. Loved Marty. He had a wonderful face
He was not ugly, he was probably charismatic and funny. He was a great actor. He was not a handsome man in the classic but he had lots of personality.
His looks were expressive......outgoing charm about him.....he owned any scene he did....
Yeah... "ugly" is not a word I'd use. 😐
he had money!
@@SkyePhoenix Ernest Borgnine is described as a Tough Guy character.
When one is a celebrity and is wealthy I have noticed physical looks don't seem to matter.
So true!
The money makes them attractive.
You got it.
To women anyway.
I wouldn't say he was ugly, but he certainly had unconventional looks. Although certainly no George Clooney, nobody in the world looked like Ernest Borgnine! And boy, did he command the screen when he was on it! RIP Ernie.
Yes...truly one of the great character actors of all time.....
Clooney's looks are unconventional too, not very attractive.
Yep ❤️🥰
@@theresahenderson3534 I know what you mean. Clooney was quite handsome as a younger man.
@@theresahenderson3534 Yeah, Clooney seems like an arrogant person, to me. I could be wrong, though.
I met him once at an autograph signing event in Burbank CA. It was just for a minute. I did not ask him to sign anything, so he didn't get paid anything, but I told him how much I enjoyed his work over these many years and he gave me a very genuine smile and a thank you with a friendly twinkle in his eye! He was a tremendous man!
I believe it. You were lucky to have met him.
A fine American actor. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Ashamedly, this is how our controllers train the Herd to consider "what THEY say, is either beautiful or ugly .. acceptable or not acceptable. It's the height of hate-teaching, to me.
The a. I. narration is a clue -- to New World Order Enter-TRAIN-ment (literally, Enter training into the Mind).
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. There I fixed it for you
It's awfully mean calling someone "Mr. ugly"😔
@@ellove370 I have never considered myself to be a handsome man. Yet, I married a very beautiful woman. She gave men three great children. They all love men for being a kind and loving soul.
@@ellove370 he's actually good looking
For many years, Ernest Borgnine was the Grand Clown in Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade. Tova was right beside him in a sparkly Ringmistress costume. They loved interacting with the crowd, and the crowd loved them back. The organizer of the parade originally invited the Borgnines to appear after hearing Ernie confess to Johnny Carson that he always wanted to be a circus clown. His final appearance in the parade was 2009, when he was 92 years old!
Thank you Sarah for your comment! 🙂
What a beautiful story ❤️
Thank you for sharing your awesome memory!
That sure was a lot of fun!!!!
My father in law told me he never liked Mr Borgnine, primarily due to From Here to Eternity. I showed him The Wild Bunch and he became a fan
Frank Sinatra (who is sadistically murdered by Borgnine's character in that film) were great friends on the set (both from the same kind of Italian background) and Sinatra knew it was Ernie's effectiveness as a villain that helped him win an Academy Award.
@@poetcomic1 Borgnine told a story, I think from when he was filming Marty. He was accosted by some fans of Mr Sinatra, Italian guys, unhappy about how Sgt Fatso treated Frank. He spoke Italian to them and defused the situation. He was a great bad guy.
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Fame and wealth make up for looks.
How else would Mick Jagger and Ric Ocasek wind up with models?
Women love a fat wallet
Money
You can't bag Ric Ocaseck.The man was a genius.The Cars were my fav band of the 1980's.
Going way back here, but how about Mickey Rooney with Ava Gardner....
@@moonglow1311 yep.He was famous at the time,so it is obv why she hooked up with him.
She later moved on to Frank Sinatra,that tells you all you need to know about her.
Never heard him characterized as " ugly" before.....how S H A L L O W!!
Abso-freaking-LOOOOTLY
Jeff Sullivan ....oh..I wasn’t aware that the word “ugly” has just been incinerated by Winston Smith.
@@zeroceiling The word HAS not been incinerated by Winston Smith, or anyone -- it's simply applied, in this case, in a very negative manner, to describe an individual many folks find attractive, by Shallow goons who think they should be the definers of the appearances of other individuals, and perhaps effort to train the herd to follow along.
Don't over react Jeff...how D R A M A T I C!!
Ikr ❤️
Ernest Borgnine was a summer resident in my small community in Alaska. I saw him at a local fair one summer around 2005. He came up to me with a huge gap tooth smile and said "Hi ya , Sweetheart". After he started to chat with me I recognized that he thought I was someone else. Ernie loved to fish salmon and halibut from a small boat on the ocean. He made friends with the locals. I asked him once why are you here slumming with the locals, you are a famous movie star.?" Ernie replied that in Hollywood he was an out of work actor and in this small community of Alaska he was a big movie star". He was in his 80's when I met him. Ernie was the center of attention with his charm and humor and a kind man who embraced life to the fullest. I would say that he was happy in his later years.
A friend of mine's former Father in law met him at Breezy Point Resort in N. Minn. and gave up his seat seeing his Veteran's hat and said "a
Allow me." Sounds like He was a real Gentleman.
Cool ❤️
He was Manly. he had unique features that recognized immediately, which endeared him to you. i was always a fan
Yep ❤️
I met him years ago at a convention, nice and funny guy. Full of energy
He was not ugly at all; has a masculinity that is attractive. And he was quite sweet.
Phhhhfffttttt (a big raspberry) to you.
When he went back to Italy Italy musy
Have learnt, how to become a womanizer.
I never saw him as ugly at all. I always thought he was funny and witty, quite charming!
Love that comment..funny and true
Yep 👍❤️
Sweet? Did you miss the part where he hit his wife?
The title is basically clickbait...being married 5 times does not necessarily describe someone as a “womanizer”, one who has multiple affairs with women would take that description but Borgnine is not shown doing that.
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You sound like your guilty of the same mortality crime.😂😂😂
Never forget a movie with EB. He clearly was not UGLY, he was a DISTINGUISHED actor, well respected and a Goodman.❤️
I grew up watch McHaleys Navy and remembering not liking him in Convoy lol..of course as I grewup I relised it's just a part..
Borgnine didn't drive a 'bus' around the country to meet people, he drove a very nice motor home that he purchased at the Beaver Coach factory in Bend, Oregon
I'm an 80's kid so my first memory of seeing Mr Borgnine was in 'Airwolf' and 'Escape From New York' A legend of the business! 👌📽
I always thought he was strapping and handsome with a wonderful fun character.
Ikr 🤔😉🥰
While not exactly Mr. Handsome he was very successful in Hollywood and there is nothing as sexy as success which he most definitely had due to extraordinary talent. His performance in ‘Marty’ earned him an Oscar.
Who’s attractive is a matter of opinion. He wasn’t a pretty boy but he had character. A lot of the so called pretty boys have no character and that makes them ugly.
I loved earnest Borgnine. And you’re right. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He was a great actor. He lived a long and successful life. He was responsible for an increase in enlistments to the navy. People wanted to join because they thought the navy was like McCales navy. The pentagon invited him to lunch to thank him
There is a saying in Spanish that goes like this: "El hombre como el oso, mientras más feo, más hermoso." A man and a bear, the uglier he is, the handsomer he is.
He found out, many years ago, that there was an Ernest Borgnine look alike contest held every year by a fan club. He went to it and everyone there talked about how fun it was.
Fun fact: While scouting locations for one of his American films, famed director Alfred Hitchcock heard about a local contest to see who looked like... yup, Alfred Hitchcock. Would you believe not only did he enter the contest, he lost!
On Christmas Eve 2001 I was living in Hollywood and returning home with some shopping when, to my surprise, Ernest Borgnine, stepped out of a car and reached my apartment main door same time as me. I recovered from shock and quickly wished him a Happy Christmas and thanked him for the pleasure he had given me as an actor especially as a kid in "The Vikings" and later "The Wild Bunch". He roared with laughter and wished me a Happy Xmas ! Lovely man ! *It turned out his brother-in-law lived in my building.
Who cares, I am more interested in Ernest Borgnine the actor
A Great Actor RIP
Tova is such a classy lady & designs lovely Jewelery on QVC. Tova always talks of her love for Ernest. Happy they both found Happiness with each other for many years.🌼🌻🌸🌹
Rest in peace! 🙂
People that act should marry people that don't. Its rare that 2 actors have long lasting marriages. F
Thank God! Finally! A UA-camr who can actually pronounced Ernest Borgnine's name!!! Thank you! Seems like ever other channel gets his name horribly wrong in so many ways!
He was great. I met him at a filming of a show in which he played a doorman. My father was with me and we always said he could have been his twin brother. He is also Italian. Ernest came over and grabbed my father and told everyone to say hi to his brother. Made my father's day. He chatted with my dad all afternoon in-between tapiing the show. My father always liked him as an actor and he never stopped talking about the day he met Ernest Borgnine. He was a man you could approach, not the prima donnas of today. The one role he was made for was in Jesus of Nazarath. The roman centurion. That is what a veteran centurion should look like. The other role I really liked him was as a scruffy German soldier who takes the young soldiers under his care in All Quiet on the Western Front. Of course all his roles are great. Great actor, sadly missed. They don't make them like him anymore.
Boy they sure don't make em like that anymore is right. I'm so glad to read this story and how it made your dad's day. All the best!!!
@@Cris_Borgnine You must be a relative, if so that is an amazing coincidence. I'm a big fan of Ernest Borgnine, everybody is!
@@kevingonzales5149 Thanks and I agree!!!
@@Cris_Borgnine I saw you on the SunBum, this video led me there. I'll check out some of your acting. Rest In Peace to your father.
He was a guy, you could tell you could have a good x with, & people just love the guy, naturally. Plus, he's a man's man, despite his looks.
Emperor of the North
One of the Best Movies ever made
I liked him as the Sheriff in Convoy and From Here to Eternity to name a few.
Wow yes was great on top of the train welding the hammer or anything to beat a freeloader with scare the crap out of you!
Very true. One of the roughest fight scenes I've ever witnessed.. Fantastic movie..
I first knew him in McHale's Navy. My kids know him as Mermaid Man in Spongebob Squarepants. "Eeeeeeeeeviiiiiil!"
Great actor! When he played a good guy, you wanted to hang out with him. When he played a bad guy, you felt the danger and menace! He lived a ripe age and had his own UA-cam channel where he toured the country and met regular folks and it was clear he enjoyed it!
He shared the same "blessing" Milton Berle did. Legend has it..."Oh, yes he was!"
And that's why Red Foxx called him Borg 10🤣
@@Cris_Borgnine If you're truly related my friend...an honor. Your relative was a fine actor.
A charismatic personality and a rugged machismo, coupled with a hearty laugh and a hollywood income, easily soften a craggy face!
no gay movement could reinvindicate never Borgnine for suspicious of being gay.
Borgnine was always impressive as the "bad guy". But playing against type as Marty was his best role.
I never thought he was ugly! He had character!
I loved the fact he voiced Mermaidman in SpongeBob Squarepants 😁 R.I.P. Ernest Borgnine.
Motoring around the United States, with his son, in his Prevost Motor Coach named Sun Bum, was GREAT viewing. A camera crew were along on the adventure. Ernie was such a gracious gentlemen to all the common every day people he’d meet.
Nice show but why no mention of McHales' Navy? That's how most Americans saw him in the 1960s
Really good remark, thank you for pointing out!
JG, he married Ethel Merman, and when they traveled to Europe, he drew more crowds than her, which she resented. They divorced soon after.
@@TheSaltydog07 I never saw the ' appeal' of her! I bet she gave out as much crap as he ..... that's why it came to blows!!!
I read his autobiography book which I bought many years ago which I still have it to this day and its a fascinating story about his life. No he's not ugly he got distinguished looks very good actor RIP Ernest Borgnine you have left your mark in Hollywood and in the entertainment industry.
Ernie was a class act
Non-fun fact: after a long dry spell following his leg amputation, Cole Porter was planning a new musical about Catherine the Great for Ethel Merman when she announced she would retire to marry Borgnine. Porter fell into a deep depression and died soon afterwards.
When he called Mr. Borgnine a womanizer, I thought we would see pictures of him with a lot of sexy starlets ,we haven't, so I clicked on this for nothing. It's been said that in Ethel Merman's autobiography ,the chapter on Ernest Borgnine is just a series of blank pages.
Their marriage did not survive their honeymoon. By the time their cruise boat reached its destination, they'd stopped speaking to each other.
It's not always about looks,he had game.
Very convincing in “Wedding Breakfast” where he more than held his own alongside Bette Davis.
He was not ugly.
Imma newby to your channel. I have always loved old Hollywood! Great job! God bless and thank you for all your hard work and efforts to do this.
I Never Thought That Ernest Borgnine!💙😍😘🤗🥰🤩 Was Ugly!🙄😏✌ He Was A Handsome! Sexy! Man To Me!😍 That Was A Very Mean Thing😡😠 To Call Him!💙 He Was An MAGNIFICENT ACTOR!❤ I LOVE! ERNEST BORGNINE!🥰😘🤗
Are you serious or joking
Met him, wonderful guy😊
He had this vibe about him that made you happy just to be around him.
I've seen dozens of interviews he gave and he had s great sense of humor and could tell a great story.
Just adding comments again to one of my all time favorite actors, maybe because he was not the tall dark hansome super fit actor. He looked like he was having fun with his work and with that character featured face it showed. Loved his acting with Flight of the Phoenix being my number 1 movie. Really appreciate you doing this great video on one of my favorites, Brenton.
Splendid! Wonderful in terms of story, delivery, clear diction. How rare! Most enjoyable. More, please.
A Connecticut native son. Once saw him at the Detroit area airport in his later years, when he was in a wheelchair waiting for an attendant. Made knowing eye contact.
Made knowing eye contact. LOL you are truly a desperate loser
@@dhart8451 And you would have annoyed him with your presence and asked for his autograph. Get a life clown.
Ernie was one of the nicest, down to earth actor's ever.
All American tv tough guy...with a heart,& awesome acting skills...God bless him. Nuff said.
Not ugly at all. He had a characterful, charismatic face. And a world-class film actor.
Just because Ernest wasn’t the “Bogart” type doesn’t mean he was ugly. He had great charisma, talent and a Cheshire Cat smile
He wasn’t ugly, he got the girl because he was a hot Italian
I agree I'm Italian too. Loved his movies great actor.
No, he got the girl because he was rich and famous
Ernie was not ugly at all. I waited on him many times in my service career. He was a lavish tipper, a wonderful man and kind to everyone. His personality, if nothing else, made him attractive.
I loved him in Marty. Though I loved him in different things like WILLARD, POSIEDAN ADVENTURE, numerous tv movies, etc. What a career!
At the age of 12 I became aware of his acting skills when he played the lovable cabby in escape from New York. One of a handful of actors since those days that i will go out of my way to watch. Whether playing a good guy or bad it always puts a smile on my face to see him on the screen. He will however always be cabby to me. A true national treasure.
When I was kid we had to watch "McHale's Navy". My poor ol' pop served on destroyer escorts in WW 2. He called it a "hooligan navy".
Ernest Borgnine was not ugly and I've heard stories that he was a very very nice guy. He was a very talented and velocity Italian actor and that combination always gets women in Hollywood
His performance in flight of the Phoenix shows what a great actor he was.
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Hi Age of Vintage, another fascinating insight into the life of Ernest Borgnine. He certainly lived a tumultuous life, starring in some wonderful films & on going TV series. After his Military service came to an end, he returned home & took his Mother's advice of trying out to be an actor. He seemed quite pleased with this suggestion, that it was something he could aspire to. His big break came in 1953 when he was cast in From Here To Eternity, playing a sadistic Sergeant. He began to build a reputable character actor, & played villains in his early films Johnny Guitar, Vera Cruz, & Bad Day at Black Rock. In 1955 he played the title role of a well liked butcher named Marty, the film version of the TV play of the same name. He won the Academy Award for best Actor, a Bafta award for best Foreign Actor, a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a motion picture drama, National Board of Review for Best Actor, New York's Film Critics Circle for Best Actor, all for the same movie " Marty". In 1959 he won Best Actor Award for the movie Rabbit Trap awarded to him by the Locarno International Film Festival. He made a great many films including The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, The Wild Bunch, just to name a few. He played one of the six survivors in the film The Poseidon Adventure as Detective Mike Rogo, which I felt personally showed a softer side of his character, when Linda Rogo his wife in the film, played by Stella Stevens stumbles & falls to her fiery death resulting in his outpouring of grief for his beloved wife. He did have a very interesting life having been married 5 times. His last wife & himself were happily married 38 years, Tova Traesnaes has outlived Borgnine & is 79 years old & still runs her own business Beauty by Tova cosmetics. Ernest Borgnine passed away on Sunday the 8th of July 2012, from renal failure. He was 95 years old. RIP Ernest Borgnine Thankyou for your sublime body of work you have left behind for generation's of people to enjoy well into the future. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺💖💚💜📽🎬💛❤❤❤❤❤❤⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘💋💋💋 22.11.20.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you Ruth for your comment! 🙂
@@AgeOfVintage Thankyou so much for your LOVELY comment, big hugs & kisses. 💋💋💋💋
@@rufust.firefly4890 Lydia , oh Lydia
Have you seen Lydia
Lydia the Tattooed Lady ... 😂
He was not ugly-he was a real man❤️
Thank you for this. Just two small criticisms. The story doesn't really back up the title. I mean, five marriages is, by Hollywood standards, not that excessive. Secondly, it would have been better if the images had matched the narrative, rather than being in a haphazard order.
He wasn’t conventionally handsome but he seemed like he had some swag and some depth and he worked well with what he had with confidence, well some traditionally beautiful people don’t even have confidence to exude theirs inside or out.
"conventionally" handsome????
@@atbragdots8852 google it
@@dezerismith7529 google What??
So... what in hell is "conventionally handsome" and "traditionally beautiful"?? .. I mean beside folks being trained?? The Beholder is ALWAYS the decider, not Tradition, or repeated conditioning by the media, whose job & purpose it is to Condition folks into Herd mentality, and being Told what to accept, dislike, say, do & think. I'm not tv programmed. I've got a mind of my own. Google is only a Corporation of goofballs straining to get the Herd used to being worker bee robots -- No brainers. WikiPeddleCrap helps out toward the same goal. I'm an individual.
I think & act like one.
"No he was a good slave, kill him quick" hit line on Tony curtis's fate in "The Vikings"
Borgnine was a truly great actor.Very underrated,and as US actors go,he only ranks behind Gregory Peck,for me.EB and Robert Ryan were two of my fav actors - generally played villains and carried many of the films they were in.
As to him being a womaniser,good for him.I could see them being attracted to him - he always came across as a man's man to me.That old cliche is so true 'they don't make them like that anymore'.
Kind of hard to say he was underrated he won an Oscar and had a long and successful career.
@@robertsullivan4773 I still felt he was - but that's just my view.
As for his Oscar - great film,'Marty",thoroughly deserved.Unusual to see him in a sympathetic role.
I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Borgnine. He treated me with courtesy and respect...a true gentleman. I told him my mom loved him in Marty. It brought out his Cheshire grin. Who came up with that awful nickname?
He was one of the BEST actors EVER. WHAT DO LOOKS HAVE TO DO WITH IT?
Loved Ernie Borgnine,I think he was one of the best actors ever.An original for sure.
Have to be handsome
A lot of handsome men are kind of bored, to me any way, Redford, Newman, Reynolds, though I liked these guys well, maybe had charisma, but most knew they were good looking, and a bit snobbish about it.
I have to write it once again. I am so proud of having his photos in my Autographen collection. 🎉 R.I.P., dear Ernie. 🎉
I always liked Ernest Borgnine. One of Hollywoods classics and a great actor! 👍
Some men who aren’t necessarily “good looking” (eye of the beholder for me) can ooze charisma/sex appeal and masculine charm that works more than just being “good looking” and no personality.
Coarse features is the most accurate. He could be homely as well attractive in that brutish way.
In Ethel Merman's autobiography she had a chapter called 'My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine'. It was three blank pages.
He had issues with Jan Michael Vincent on the set of that 80's TV series. That was due to Vincent's ego not Borgnine's. Ernest seemed like a friendly, likeable character. RIP Mr. Borgnine.
Vincent was reputedly an ass, unfortunately
Great actor. Marty is a beautiful movie and he made a superb work
Love this vintage channel, theirs so much
I did,nt know about these famous actors.
I liked his face. and he was a fine storyteller
ugly ok but he still got the babes. he was a great actor, you cant take that away from him.
He gave Ethel Merman a Dutch oven , it caused a divorce.
How? Dude probably was known as Mr 'Tripod', in certain circles! LoL
He was a mans man, which made him attractive to women. Back before masculinity was a bad thing 🤦♂️
Sense of humor, consideration, and charm are some of the attributes that can be more important than looks.
If you search out his videos touring the US in his custom Bus with his Son 👌🏻😎 great Guy 👍🏻
There is something called "animal magnetism" and some men have this. I believe Ernest was one of those men.
I grew up with him as Mermaid Man. His older movies are great too.
I believe Ernest, and Ethel Merman were married for a few weeks in 1964.
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Their videos of the 20 years he drove around meeting American people?
If so that would be fascinating.
Plus that was like a unique plan for something different, everyday and fun , and ________.
Excellent Video.
Great man...very impressed meeting him in person...his eyes lit up talking to him how well he portrayed Vince Lombardi, said the crew called him coach
He is one of my favorite actors. Whenever I see a title with him in it, I watch it.
Ernest Borgnine was an amazing actor,, much respect to Mr.Borgnine,, you were one of the Greatest of them all,, R.i.P. you are missed....