Cabbie
earthenware toothpick cup
9cm high
inscribed: Cabbie, No.2, Roman Scott 2013
Ernest Borgine (ne' Ermes Borgnino) may be my favorite of all character actors. Certainly a scene-stealer, he needn't have had first billing to remain emblazoned in the mind. For instance, his portrayal of
Cabbie in John Carpenter's
Escape from New York is equally strong as the morose Kurt Russells'
Snake Plissken, or Lee Van Cleef's reptilian police commissioner. In this film Borgnine even had the last word, posthumously. Dying only last year, immortal Ernest is gone, but certainly not forgotten!
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