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Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

ActingBorn January 24, 1917Died July 8, 2012 (age 95)Hamden, Connecticut, USA

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)

Movie
2016
Naples '44

as Self

Movie
2012
Remote Control Magic: The Movie

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2011Movie
2011
The Lion of Judah

as Slink (voice)

Movie
2011
Night Club

as Albert

Movie
2011Movie
2010
RED

as Henry, The Records Keeper

Movie
2010Movie
2010
The Genesis Code

as Carl Taylor

Movie
2009Movie
2009Movie
2008
Frozen Stupid

as Frank Norgard

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Aces 'N' Eights

as Thurmond Prescott

Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2007Movie
2006Movie
2005
Rail Kings

as Steamtrain

Movie
2005
3 Below

as Grandpa

Movie
2005
That One Summer

as Otis Garner

Movie
2004
Renegade

as Rolling Star

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Barn Red

as Michael Bolini

Movie
2004
The Blue Light

as Faerie King

Movie
2003
The Long Ride Home

as Lucas Moat

Movie
2003
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies

as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)

Movie
2002
September 11

as Old Man (segment "USA")

Movie
2000
Hoover

as J. Edgar Hoover

Movie
2000
The District

as Uncle Mike Murphy

TV
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
2000
The Kiss Of Debt

as Godfather Mariano

Movie
1999
Family Law

as Frank Collero

TV
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Mermaid Man (voice)

TV
1999TV
1999
Abilene

as Hotis Brown

Movie
1999
The Last Great Ride

as Franklin Lyle

Movie
1998
An All Dogs Christmas Carol

as Carface Carruthers (voice)

Movie
1998
BASEketball

as Ted Denslow

Movie
1998
Small Soldiers

as Kip Killagin (voice)

Movie
1997
Gattaca

as Caesar

Movie
1997
McHale's Navy

as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.

Movie
1996
Early Edition

as Antonio Birelli

TV
1996TV
1996TV
1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

as Carface (voice)

Movie
1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995Movie
1995
JAG

as Artemus Sullivan

TV
1995
The Single Guy

as Manny Cordoba

TV
1995Movie
1995Movie
1994Movie
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Max Blandish

TV
1993
La Classe américaine

as Ernest (archive footage)

Movie
1993
Tierärztin Christine

as Dr. Gustav Gruber

Movie
1993
Der blaue Diamant

as Hans Kroger

Movie
1993TV
1992
Mistress

as Himself

Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1991
The Commish

as Frank Nardino

TV
1991
Home Improvement

as Eddie Phillips

TV
1991TV
1990
Appearances

as Emil Danzig

Movie
1990
Any Man's Death

as Herr Gantz

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Tides of War

as Doctor

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Ernest Borgnine (voice)

TV
1989
Hoodwinked

as Sal Piccolo

Movie
1989
Laser Mission

as Prof. Braun

Movie
1989
Oceano

as Pedro El Triste

TV
1988
Spike of Bensonhurst

as Baldo Cacetti

Movie
1988Movie
1988
The Opponent

as Victor

Movie
1988
Skeleton Coast

as Colonel Smith

Movie
1988
Moving Target

as Captain Morrison

Movie
1988
The Big Turnaround

as Father Lopez

Movie
1987TV
1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Col. Tom Cody

TV
1987Movie
1985TV
1985Movie
1984
Man Hunt

as Ben Robeson

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Code Name: Wild Geese

as Frank Fletcher

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Cosmo Ponzini

TV
1984
Highway to Heaven

as Guido Liggio

TV
1984
Airwolf: The Movie

as Dominic Santini

Movie
1984
Airwolf

as Dominic Santini

TV
1983
Masquerade

as Jerry

TV
1983
Carpool

as Mickey Doyle

Movie
1983
Young Warriors

as Lt. Bob Carrigan

Movie
1983
Blood Feud

as J. Edgar Hoover

Movie
1982
Matt Houston

as Buster Ryan

TV
1981Movie
1981Movie
1981
High Risk

as Clint

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'

TV
1980
Super Fuzz

as Willy Dunlop

Movie
1980
When Time Ran Out...

as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti

Movie
1979
The Black Hole

as Harry Booth

Movie
1979
All Quiet on the Western Front

as Stanislaus Katczinsky

Movie
1979
Ravagers

as Rann

Movie
1979Movie
1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Movie
1978
Convoy

as Lyle Wallace

Movie
1978
Cops and Robin

as Joe Cleaver

Movie
1978Movie
1977
Superstunt

as Self

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Dominic Rosselli

TV
1977Movie
1977
The Greatest

as Angelo Dundee

Movie
1977
Fire!

as Sam Brisbane

Movie
1977
Jesus of Nazareth

as The Centurion

TV
1977
Future Cop

as Joe Cleaver

TV
1976
Shoot

as Lou

Movie
1976
Future Cop

as Officer Joe Cleaver

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Hustle

as Santuro

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1975
The Devil’s Rain

as Jonathan Corbis

Movie
1974Movie
1974Movie
1974Movie
1974
Twice in a Lifetime

as Vince Boselli

Movie
1973
Legend in Granite

as Vince Lombardi

Movie
1973
The Neptune Factor

as Chief Diver Don MacKay

Movie
1973Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Boxer

as Captain Perkins

Movie
1971
The Trackers

as Sam Paxton

Movie
1971
Hannie Caulder

as Emmett Clemens

Movie
1971
Bunny O'Hare

as Bill Green - Gruenwald

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Willard

as Al Martin

Movie
1971Movie
1971TV
1970
The Adventurers

as Fat Cat

Movie
1969
A Bullet for Sandoval

as Don Pedro Sandoval

Movie
1969
The Wild Bunch

as Dutch Engstrom

Movie
1968
The Split

as Bert Clinger

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Ice Station Zebra

as Boris Vaslov

Movie
1967
The Dirty Dozen

as Maj. Gen. Worden

Movie
1967
Chuka

as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach

Movie
1966
Hollywood Squares

as The Center Square

TV
1966TV
1966
The Oscar

as Barney Yale

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Get Smart

as TV Viewer (uncredited)

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Harry Martin

TV
1964
McHale's Navy

as Quinton McHale

Movie
1963TV
1962
McHale's Navy

as Quinton McHale

TV
1961
Barabbas

as Lucius

Movie
1961
Seduction Of The South

as Sante Carbone

Movie
1961
The Last Judgment

as Pickpocket

Movie
1961
Black City

as Peppino Navarra

Movie
1961
Go Naked in the World

as Pete Stratton

Movie
1960
Pay or Die!

as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino

Movie
1960
Man on a String

as Boris Mitrov

Movie
1959TV
1959
The Rabbit Trap

as Eddie Colt

Movie
1958
Torpedo Run

as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan

Movie
1958
The Badlanders

as John McBain

Movie
1958
The Vikings

as Ragnar

Movie
1957
Wagon Train

as Willy Moran

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Indian Brave (uncredited)

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Earl Packer

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Estaban Zamora

TV
1956
Three Brave Men

as Bernard F. Goldsmith

Movie
1956TV
1956
The Catered Affair

as Tom Hurley

Movie
1956
Jubal

as Shep Horgan

Movie
1955
The Square Jungle

as Bernie Browne

Movie
1955
The Last Command

as Mike Radin

Movie
1955
Run for Cover

as Morgan

Movie
1955
Marty

as Marty Piletti

Movie
1955
Violent Saturday

as Stadt, Amish Farmer

Movie
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock

as Coley Trimble

Movie
1954
Vera Cruz

as Donnegan

Movie
1954
The Bounty Hunter

as Bill Rachin

Movie
1954
Johnny Guitar

as Bart Lonergan

Movie
1954TV
1953
From Here to Eternity

as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson

Movie
1953Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Major David Orlovsky

TV
1952TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stanislaus Katczinsky

TV
1951TV
1951
The Mob

as Joe Castro

Movie
1951Movie
1951
China Corsair

as Hu Chang

Movie
1950TV
1948TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV
Future Cop: Cops and Robin

as Officer Joe Cleaver

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 24, 1917
Day of DeathJuly 8, 2012
Place of BirthHamden, Connecticut, USA
Popularity1.7