Ermes Effron Borgnino, known as
Ernest Borgnine (; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the
Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for
Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series
McHale's Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series
Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned an
Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series
ER. He was also known for being the original voice of Mermaid Man on
SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to 2012.