I worked in the futuristic-looking Federal Building in Hawthorne, California, in 1974-76. It had the only passport office in Los Angeles County at the time, so we'd see movie stars in the elevator on occasion. And then, our building was used as the police headquarters in a short-lived series called Future Cop. Ernest Borgnine was cast as the police chief. I think that he's the only big-name star that I've seen more than ten times. Since I had only recently moved to California, I was quite impressed by all this. All this time, I've kinda thought of him as my movie star. I felt a degree of familiarity with him since I saw him so often - although we never spoke.
May he rest in peace.
-Joe-