MUMBAI: Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine died Sunday of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The 95-year old Borgnine was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning an Oscar in 1955 for Marty.

On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962-1966 series McHale's Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles.

He was also known for his role as Mermaid Man in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER.

The former member of US Navy is reportedly survived by his fifth wife Tova Traesnaes, and his children Christofer, Nancee and Sharon Borgnine, a stepson David Johnson, six grandchildren, and his sister Evelyn Verlardi.