Ernest Borgnine

Born: 1917-01-24 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA

Died: 2012-07-08

Known For: Acting

Biography

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine's film career began in 1951, and included supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Vera Cruz (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) and The Wild Bunch (1969). He also played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955). He achieved continuing success in the sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played the title character, and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series Airwolf (1984–1986), in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned his third Primetime Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the 2009 series finale of ER. He was known as the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 until his death in 2012. He had earlier replaced the late Vic Tayback as the voice of the villainous Carface Caruthers in both All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996–1998).

Filmography

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2010

RED as Henry, The Records Keeper
The Genesis Code as Carl Taylor
Another Harvest Moon as Frank

2009

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
The Wishing Well as Big Jim
Oliviero Rising as Bill
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine as Self

2008

Aces 'N' Eights as Thurmond Prescott
Strange Wilderness as Milas
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Judge Holliday
Frozen Stupid as Frank Norgard
Red and White: Gone with the West as Himself / Narrator

2007

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
A Grandpa for Christmas as Bert O'Riley

2006

La cura del gorilla as Jerry
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' as Self

2005

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
Rail Kings as Steamtrain
3 Below as Grandpa
That One Summer as Otis Garner

2004

Renegade as Rolling Star
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
Barn Red as Michael Bolini
The Trail to Hope Rose as Eugene
The Blue Light as Faerie King

2003

The Long Ride Home as Lucas Moat
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker as Himself - Narrator
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)

2002

September 11 as Old Man (segment "USA")

2000

The District as Uncle Mike Murphy
Castle Rock as Nate
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial as Self
Everyone Loves Mel as Grandpa
The Kiss Of Debt as Godfather Mariano
Hoover as J. Edgar Hoover

1999

SpongeBob SquarePants as Mermaid Man (voice)
Family Law as Frank Collero
Abilene as Hotis Brown
The Last Great Ride as Franklin Lyle
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island as Ben Quinn

1998

Small Soldiers as Kip Killagin (voice)
BASEketball as Ted Denslow
An All Dogs Christmas Carol as Carface Carruthers (voice)

1997

Gattaca as Caesar
McHale's Navy as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus as Self

1996

7th Heaven as Joe
Early Edition as Antonio Birelli
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series as Carface (voice)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Carface (voice)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self (archive footage)
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage as Self
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders

1995

JAG as Artemus Sullivan
The Single Guy as Manny Cordoba
Captiva Island as Arty
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart as Sheriff Laughton
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung as Dr. Gustav Gruber

1994

Touched by an Angel as Max Blandish
The Spirit of the Season as Grandpa

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Eddie Ryan
La Classe américaine as Ernest (archive footage)
Tierärztin Christine as Dr. Gustav Gruber
Der blaue Diamant as Hans Kroger

1992

MGM: When the Lion Roars
Mistress as Himself

1991

Home Improvement as Eddie Phillips
The Commish as Frank Nardino
The Burning Shore as Ernie
Mountain of Diamonds as Ernie
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Mountain of Diamonds as Ernie

1990

The Last Match as Coach
Tides of War as Doctor
Any Man's Death as Herr Gantz
Appearances as Emil Danzig

1989

The Simpsons as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
Oceano as Pedro El Triste
Hoodwinked as Sal Piccolo
Laser Mission as Prof. Braun
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears as Bischof

1988

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Gen. Sam Worden
Skeleton Coast as Colonel Smith
The Opponent as Victor
The Big Turnaround as Father Lopez
Spike of Bensonhurst as Baldo Cacetti
Moving Target as Captain Morrison

1987

Jake and the Fatman as Col. Tom Cody
Treasure Island in Outer Space as Billy Bones
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission as Gen. Sam Worden

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)

1985

Alice in Wonderland as Lion
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Gen. Worden

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Cosmo Ponzini
Airwolf as Dominic Santini
Highway to Heaven as Guido Liggio
The Last Days of Pompeii as Marcus
Airwolf: The Movie as Dominic Santini
Code Name: Wild Geese as Frank Fletcher
Man Hunt as Ben Robeson
Love Leads the Way: A True Story as Sen. Brighton

1983

Masquerade as Jerry
James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
Young Warriors as Lt. Bob Carrigan
Blood Feud as J. Edgar Hoover
Carpool as Mickey Doyle

1982

Matt Houston as Buster Ryan

1981

Escape from New York as Cabbie
Deadly Blessing as Isaiah
High Risk as Clint

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
Super Fuzz as Willy Dunlop
When Time Ran Out... as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti

1979

The Black Hole as Harry Booth
All Quiet on the Western Front as Stanislaus Katczinsky
The Double McGuffin as Firat
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
Ravagers as Rann

1978

Convoy as Lyle Wallace
The Ghost of Flight 401 as Dom Cimoli
Cops and Robin as Joe Cleaver

1977

The Love Boat as Dominic Rosselli
Jesus of Nazareth as The Centurion
The Prince and the Pauper as John Canty
Future Cop as Joe Cleaver
The Greatest as Angelo Dundee
Superstunt as Self
Fire! as Sam Brisbane

1976

Future Cop as Officer Joe Cleaver
Shoot as Lou
Holiday Hookers as Max

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Devil’s Rain as Jonathan Corbis
Hustle as Santuro

1974

Little House on the Prairie as Jonathan
Law and Disorder as Cy
Sunday in the Country as Adam Smith
Sandy in Disneyland as Self
Twice in a Lifetime as Vince Boselli

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
Emperor of the North as Shack
The Neptune Factor as Chief Diver Don MacKay
Legend in Granite as Vince Lombardi

1972

The Poseidon Adventure as Mike Rogo
The Revengers as Hoop
The Boxer as Captain Perkins

1971

Great Performances as Self
Hannie Caulder as Emmett Clemens
Willard as Al Martin
The Trackers as Sam Paxton
Bunny O'Hare as Bill Green - Gruenwald
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Sam Hill
Rain for a Dusty Summer as The General

1970

The Adventurers as Fat Cat
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Sheriff Harve

1969

The Wild Bunch as Dutch Engstrom
A Bullet for Sandoval as Don Pedro Sandoval

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
Ice Station Zebra as Boris Vaslov
The Split as Bert Clinger
The Legend of Lylah Clare as Barney Sheean

1967

The Dirty Dozen as Maj. Gen. Worden
Chuka as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
The Jerry Lewis Show as Self

1966

Hollywood Squares as The Center Square
The Oscar as Barney Yale

1965

Get Smart as TV Viewer (uncredited)
Run for Your Life as Harry Martin
The Dean Martin Show
The Flight of the Phoenix as Trucker Cobb

1964

McHale's Navy as Quinton McHale

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Melvin Freebie
The Ray Anthony Show as himself

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
McHale's Navy as Quinton McHale

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Barabbas as Lucius
Seduction Of The South as Sante Carbone
Go Naked in the World as Pete Stratton
The Last Judgment as Pickpocket
Black City as Peppino Navarra

1960

Pay or Die! as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
Man on a String as Boris Mitrov

1959

1958

The Vikings as Ragnar
Torpedo Run as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
The Badlanders as John McBain

1957

Wagon Train as Willy Moran
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
The O. Henry Playhouse as Buck

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Big Jim Morrison
Jubal as Shep Horgan
The Catered Affair as Tom Hurley
Three Brave Men as Bernard F. Goldsmith
The Best Things in Life Are Free as Lew Brown
Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair as Self

1955

Marty as Marty Piletti
Bad Day at Black Rock as Coley Trimble
The Last Command as Mike Radin
Run for Cover as Morgan
Violent Saturday as Stadt, Amish Farmer
The Square Jungle as Bernie Browne

1954

The George Gobel Show as Self
The Lone Wolf as Saks
Johnny Guitar as Bart Lonergan
The Bounty Hunter as Bill Rachin
Vera Cruz as Donnegan
Demetrius and the Gladiators as Strabo

1953

The Oscars as Self
From Here to Eternity as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
General Electric Theater as Matty Moran
The Stranger Wore a Gun as Bull Slager

1952

The Ford Television Theatre as Gus White

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stanislaus Katczinsky
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Hully Brown
The Mob as Joe Castro
The Whistle at Eaton Falls as Bill Street
China Corsair as Hu Chang