Ernest Borgnine is grateful

And so are we.

January 31, 2011 at 5:03PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
c. Viacom
c. Viacom (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Another fine actor gets some respect. Here's a guy who got Emmy nominations last year at the age of 92.

While still a spring chicken in '51, he started his career on "Captain Video and his Video Rangers," and now it seems he'll draw his career to a close with more children's programming: since 1999 he's been Mermaid Man on Spongebob. Now hundreds of millions of kids know that unmistakable voice. And not just because Dad makes them watch "The Poseidon Adventure" every time it comes on cable.

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