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Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents were Anna (Boselli), who had emigrated from Carpi (MO), Italy, and Camillo Borgnino, who had emigrated from Ottiglio (AL), Italy. As an only child, Ernest enjoyed most sports, especially boxing, but took no real interest in acting. At age 18, after graduating from high school in New Haven, and undecided about his future career, he joined the United States Navy, where he stayed for ten years until leaving in 1945. After a few factory jobs, his mother suggested that his forceful personality could make him suitable for a career in acting, and Borgnine promptly enrolled at the Randall School of Drama in Hartford. After completing the course, he joined Robert Porterfield's famous Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, staying there for four years, undertaking odd jobs and playing every type of role imaginable. His big break came in 1949, when he made his acting debut on Broadway playing a male nurse in "Harvey".
In 1951, Borgnine moved to Los Angeles to pursue a movie career, and made his film debut as Bill Street in The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951). His career took off in 1953 when he was cast in the role of Sergeant "Fatso" Judson in From Here to Eternity (1953). This memorable performance led to numerous supporting roles as "heavies" in a steady string of dramas and westerns. He played against type in 1955 by securing the lead role of Marty Piletti, a shy and sensitive butcher, in Marty (1955). He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, despite strong competition from Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, James Dean and James Cagney. Throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Borgnine performed memorably in such films as The Catered Affair (1956), Ice Station Zebra (1968) and Emperor of the North (1973). Between 1962 and 1966, he played Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in the popular television series McHale's Navy (1962). In early 1984, he returned to television as Dominic Santini in the action series Airwolf (1984) co-starring Jan-Michael Vincent, and in 1995, he was cast in the comedy series The Single Guy (1995) as doorman Manny Cordoba. He also appeared in several made-for-TV movies.
Ernest Borgnine has often stated that acting was his greatest passion. His amazing 61-year career (1951 - 2012) included appearances in well over 100 feature films and as a regular in three television series, as well as voice-overs in animated films such as All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), Small Soldiers (1998), and a continued role in the series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999). Between 1973 until his death, Ernest was married to Tova Traesnaes, who heads her own cosmetics company. They lived in Beverly Hills, California, where Ernest assisted his wife between film projects. When not acting, Ernest actively supported numerous charities and spoke tirelessly at benefits throughout the country. He has been awarded several honorary doctorates from colleges across the United States as well as numerous Lifetime Achievement Awards. In 1996, Ernest purchased a bus and traveled across the United States to see the country and meet his many fans. On December 17, 1999, he presented the University of North Alabama with a collection of scripts from his film and television career, due to his long friendship with North Alabama alumnus and actor George Lindsey (died May 6, 2012), who was an artist in residence at North Alabama.
Ernest Borgnine passed away aged 95 on July 8, 2012, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, of renal failure. He is survived by his wife Tova, their children and his younger sister Evelyn (1926-2013)- Actor
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Craig Walker grew up in Hamden, Connecticut and attended Hamden High School. He went on to study acting at Syracuse University's School of Visual & Performing Arts with Arthur Storch. Craig came to New York City in 1991. A few years later he started aTheaterco. on 26th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood. One Dog Day was Craig's first film written and directed by John Hyams who he first met at aTheaterco. Craig is best known for his numerous Guest Star roles on the Law & Order series. Craig continues to live in downtown Manhattan with his wife and 2 children.- Writer
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Dana Terrace is an American animator, director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and voice actress. She is most known for creating Disney's The Owl House, as well as being a writer, storyboard artist, and doing additional voices in The Owl House. She's also known for working as a director on Disney's DuckTales. She's also been a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls, Camp Halohead, Tangled: The Series, and a storyboard revisionist on the TV movie, Tangled: Before Ever After.- Actress
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Jennifer Barnhart was born on 11 March 1972 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Between the Lions (1999), Sesame Street (1969) and Lomax: The Hound of Music (2008).- Editorial Department
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Kevin Anton was born in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. Kevin is an editor, known for Christmas Eve in Miller's Point (2024), Ham on Rye (2019) and The Machine (2010).- Composer
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Jody Gray is a composer, songwriter, music producer and writer for Film, TV and Video Games. He is known for his work on Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999 - 2002), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999), Cartoon Network Racing Game (2006) and Space Racers (2014 - 2018). He has also written songs for many artists including the late Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Grace Jones and Skid Row.- Alita Dawson was born in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. She is known for Half & Half (2002), Nurse Jackie (2009) and Holy Fit (2006).
- Jim Delehant was born on 26 July 1949 in Hamden, Connecticut. He died on 28 July 2020 in Kingston, New York, USA.
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Joe Castiglione was born on 2 March 1947 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Fever Pitch (2005), PlayByPlayMen and the Art of the Perfect Call (2007) and All the Others Were Practice (2015).- Costume Designer
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Caroline Putnam was born on 4 December 1898 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. She is known for Follow the Leader (1930) and The Big Pond (1930).- Actor
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Paul Lurie was born on 6 February 1982 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Unbeatable Harold (2006) and What Ever Happened to That Weird Kid? (2011).- Actor
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Paul Whitney Webb was an architect who was born in Hamden, Connecticut, USA to Paul and Anne (Pinkney) Webb. His father was an attorney, and his mother was a homemaker. He was the second of five children and the first of two sons.
He graduated from Yale University in 1946 and the Yale School of Architecture in 1947. He earned numerous academic honors and awards including the Woolley Scholarship to go to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, completing his studies there in 1949. He later lectured on architecture at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA.
In the 1950s and '60s, he worked with architects Edward Durrell Stone, Kenneth Franzheim, Max Urbahn, and Frederick G. Frost Jr. In 1970, he joined Giffels & Rossetti of Detroit, Michigan. By the 1970s he had established a firm under his own name in Paris, Kentucky. In 1977 he merged this firm with an engineering firm to create the Webb-Dillehay Design Group. At the end of 1979 he became a board member of the American Institute of Architects.
Webb strongly believed in the dictum that form should follow function, and he was influenced by architects who built massive modernistic, institutional structures. He championed these "megastructures" and dismissed much of the orange-brick architecture found on many traditional American college campuses as "early Halloween". Buildings he designed included Stanford University Medical School and Hospital, Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, New York and some buildings on the campus of Niagara University in Lewiston, New York.
He married Marjorie Ann Skinner during the 1950s. They had two children, Michael and Mary. He subsequently married Lillie Franzheim McCullar in August 1981. She was the daughter of Webb's former employer, Kenneth Franzheim. He lived with his second wife, who was a race horse breeder, on her farm near Paris, Kentucky. She died on 18 May 1996. He died in Chevy Chase, Maryland on 31 Mar 1999.- Producer
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Stephen Robinson was born on 14 October 1987 in Hamden CT. He is a producer and actor, known for Deadly Endings, Dark Circles and Time's Up (2022).- Chukky Okobi was born on 18 October 1978 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for American Pastoral (2016), Insomnia and The NFL on CBS (1956).