Even radar was unheard of when I first went into the service. Then suddenly, they started putting bedsprings up on the tops of ships.
I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.
I'm what you call a Depression sailor.
I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people.
Talk about cowboys. That's my passion. I think it's just wonderful when the studios revert back to doing westerns again.
The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.
Ernest was the first center square on "The Hollywood Squares" on it's premiere, October 17, 1966.
Ernest's license plate reads "BORG9".
Ernest's middle name, Charles, was taken from the doctor who delivered him, Charles Gerson.
Ernest was nominated for the Worst Supporting Actor Razzie award for Deadly Blessings (1981).
Ernest won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for Marty (1955).
Ernest won his first and only Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1956 for Marty (1955).
Ernest was made an honorary Chief Petty Officer on October 15, 2004, by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry Scott.
Ernest is a 33rd Degree Master Mason.
Ernest is good friends with George Lindsey.
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