Lee Marvin, who played the commanding Major John Reisman, was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 1924 and had a storied career, culminating in an Academy Award for “Cat Ballou.” He died in 1987 at the age of 63 from a heart attack. Ernest Borgnine, 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 1917, portrayed General Warden and won an Oscar for “Marty.” He passed away in 2012 at 95 due to kidney failure.