Ernest Borgnine
Known for Acting · 238 credits
- Born
- 1917-01-24
- Died
- 2012-07-08
- Place of birth
- Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Ermes Effron Borgnino · Эрнест Боргнайн · 어네스트 보그나인 · ارنست بورگناین · اِرنِست بورگناین
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).
Known For
TV Shows (63)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
JAG
1995
as Artemus Sullivan
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cosmo Ponzini
The Love Boat
1977
as Dominic Rosselli
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Jonathan
Wagon Train
1957
as Willy Moran / Indian Brave (uncredited) / Earl Packer / Estaban Zamora
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Home Improvement
1991
as Eddie Phillips
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Mathew O'Rourke
Get Smart
1965
as TV Viewer (uncredited)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Max Blandish
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Melvin Freebie
Airwolf
1984
as Dominic Santini
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Big Jim Morrison / Willie
Early Edition
1996
as Antonio Birelli
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Col. Tom Cody
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Guido Liggio
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Eddie Ryan
The District
2000
as Uncle Mike Murphy
Run for Your Life
1965
as Harry Martin
7th Heaven
1996
as Joe
The Commish
1991
as Frank Nardino
Family Law
1999
as Frank Collero
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Matt Houston
1982
as Buster Ryan
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Gus White
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Mermaid Man (voice) / Himself
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Laramie
1959
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
McHale's Navy
1962
as Quinton McHale
The Single Guy
1995
as Manny Cordoba
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as The Centurion
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
as Carface (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1966
as The Center Square / Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Ford Theatre
1948
Masquerade
1983
as Jerry
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Saks
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Lion
General Electric Theater
1953
as Matty Moran / Major David Orlovsky
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Ernie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Hully Brown
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Marcus
Oceano
1989
as Pedro El Triste
Treasure Island in Outer Space
1987
as Billy Bones
Future Cop
1977
as Joe Cleaver
The Burning Shore
1991
as Ernie
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self
Movies (175)
RED
2010
as Henry, The Records Keeper
Gattaca
1997
as Caesar
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Maj. Gen. Worden
Small Soldiers
1998
as Kip Killagin (voice)
Escape from New York
1981
as Cabbie
Convoy
1978
as Lyle Wallace
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Mike Rogo
Barabbas
1961
as Lucius
Marty
1955
as Marty Piletti
The Vikings
1958
as Ragnar
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Dutch Engstrom
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Bart Lonergan
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
BASEketball
1998
as Ted Denslow
Ice Station Zebra
1968
as Boris Vaslov
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Trucker Cobb
Super Fuzz
1980
as Willy Dunlop
Skeleton Coast
1988
as Colonel Smith
Vera Cruz
1954
as Donnegan
The Split
1968
as Bert Clinger
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
as Carface (voice)
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as John Canty
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Coley Trimble
Renegade
2004
as Rolling Star
McHale's Navy
1997
as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
Hannie Caulder
1971
as Emmett Clemens
Strange Wilderness
2008
as Milas
The Black Hole
1979
as Harry Booth
Mistress
1992
as Himself
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Strabo
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
Jubal
1956
as Shep Horgan
Airwolf: The Movie
1984
as Dominic Santini
September 11
2002
as Old Man (segment "USA")
The Oscar
1966
as Barney Yale
The Bounty Hunter
1954
as Bill Rachin
Willard
1971
as Al Martin
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Abilene
1999
as Hotis Brown
Chuka
1967
as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
The Lion of Judah
2011
as Slink (voice)
Ravagers
1979
as Rann
The Adventurers
1970
as Fat Cat
La Classe américaine
1993
as Ernest (archive footage)
The Badlanders
1958
as John McBain
Carpool
1983
as Mickey Doyle
Love's Christmas Journey
2011
as Nicholas
The Devil’s Rain
1975
as Jonathan Corbis
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Barney Sheean
Deadly Blessing
1981
as Isaiah
The Greatest
1977
as Angelo Dundee
Hustle
1975
as Santuro
Aces 'N' Eights
2008
as Thurmond Prescott
Emperor of the North
1973
as Shack
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Gen. Sam Worden
Hoodwinked
1989
as Sal Piccolo
The Neptune Factor
1973
as Chief Diver Don MacKay
The Revengers
1972
as Hoop
Fire!
1977
as Sam Brisbane
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Sheriff Harve
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985
as Gen. Worden
The Wishing Well
2009
as Big Jim
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Gen. Sam Worden
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Violent Saturday
1955
as Stadt, Amish Farmer
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
The Long Ride Home
2003
as Lucas Moat
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
High Risk
1981
as Clint
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988
as Baldo Cacetti
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Bull Slager
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Deputy Sam Hill
The Mob
1951
as Joe Castro
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
The Catered Affair
1956
as Tom Hurley
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
as Judge Holliday
The Last Judgment
1961
as Pickpocket
The Last Command
1955
as Mike Radin
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Rex Page
Torpedo Run
1958
as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
Future Cop
1976
as Officer Joe Cleaver
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
as Lew Brown
McHale's Navy
1964
as Quinton McHale
Der blaue Diamant
1993
as Hans Kroger
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984
as Frank Fletcher
Run for Cover
1955
as Morgan
The Genesis Code
2010
as Carl Taylor
The Trackers
1971
as Sam Paxton
Oliviero Rising
2009
as Bill
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
1995
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
Night Club
2011
as Albert
A Bullet for Sandoval
1969
as Don Pedro Sandoval
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998
as Carface Carruthers (voice)
Black City
1961
as Peppino Navarra
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Dom Cimoli
The Last Match
1990
as Coach
Cops and Robin
1978
as Joe Cleaver
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Ernie
Laser Mission
1989
as Prof. Braun
The Square Jungle
1955
as Bernie Browne
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004
as Eugene
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Roo
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self
Another Harvest Moon
2010
as Frank
Any Man's Death
1990
as Herr Gantz
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Boxer
1972
as Captain Perkins
Man on a String
1960
as Boris Mitrov
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Bill Street
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
as Sen. Brighton
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
as Self
Pay or Die!
1960
as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
The Rabbit Trap
1959
as Eddie Colt
Man Hunt
1984
as Ben Robeson
Barn Red
2004
as Michael Bolini
About Ernest Borgnine
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 unco… With 238 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Ernest Borgnine has appeared in 175 films and 63 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ernest Borgnine Movies
- RED (2010) — as Henry, The Records Keeper
- Gattaca (1997) — as Caesar
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) — as Maj. Gen. Worden
- Small Soldiers (1998) — as Kip Killagin (voice)
- Escape from New York (1981) — as Cabbie
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