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In the past, such beetle-browed heavyweights as Broderick Crawford, Ernest Borgnine, and Bob Hoskins have played Hoover.
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Tova Borgnine, whom the actor married in 1973, was his fifth wife.
CNN: Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95
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"So sad to read about passing of Ernest Borgnine, " she wrote.
BBC: Ernest Borgnine, TV and film actor, dies at 95
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Born in Connecticut to Italian immigrants, Borgnine -- originally Ermes Effron Borgnino -- began taking theater classes after serving in the Navy during World War II.
CNN: Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95
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His parents later changed the family name to Borgnine.
BBC: Ernest Borgnine, TV and film actor, dies at 95
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After making his acting breakthrough in the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie, Borgnine gained his first major film role in From Here to Eternity in 1953, playing a sadistic sergeant who beats up Frank Sinatra's character, Private Angelo Maggio.
BBC: Ernest Borgnine, TV and film actor, dies at 95
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In addition to his Oscar for "Marty, " Borgnine was nominated for three Emmys -- the most recent in 2009, for a guest spot on the hospital drama "ER" -- and won a life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild in 2010.
CNN: Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95