Ernest Borgnine
Acting • Born 1917-01-24 – Died 2012-07-08
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
244 credits
Escape from New York
Movie • 1981
Cabbie
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie • 1972
Mike Rogo
The Wild Bunch
Movie • 1969
Dutch Engstrom
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Movie • 1989
Bischof
Gattaca
Movie • 1997
Caesar
The Dirty Dozen
Movie • 1967
Maj. Gen. Worden
The Flight of the Phoenix
Movie • 1965
Trucker Cobb
Renegade
Movie • 2004
Rolling Star
September 11
Movie • 2002
Old Man (segment "USA")
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie • 1979
Stanislaus Katczinsky
Hustle
Movie • 1975
Santuro
Super Fuzz
Movie • 1980
Willy Dunlop
Young Warriors
Movie • 1983
Lt. Bob Carrigan
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1977
John Canty
Small Soldiers
Movie • 1998
Kip Killagin (voice)
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
Movie • 1996
Barabbas
Movie • 1961
Lucius
Hannie Caulder
Movie • 1971
Emmett Clemens
The Split
Movie • 1968
Bert Clinger
Emperor of the North
Movie • 1973
Shack
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Movie • 2006
Self
Deadly Blessing
Movie • 1981
Isaiah
The Mob
Movie • 1951
Joe Castro
The Black Hole
Movie • 1979
Harry Booth
Convoy
Movie • 1978
Lyle Wallace
Johnny Guitar
Movie • 1954
Bart Lonergan
Vera Cruz
Movie • 1954
Donnegan
The Genesis Code
Movie • 2010
Carl Taylor
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Moving Target
Movie • 1988
Captain Morrison
Laser Mission
Movie • 1989
Prof. Braun
BASEketball
Movie • 1998
Ted Denslow
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Movie • 1985
Gen. Worden
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Movie • 1987
Gen. Sam Worden
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie • 1988
Gen. Sam Worden
Strange Wilderness
Movie • 2008
Milas
Bad Day at Black Rock
Movie • 1955
Coley Trimble
Willard
Movie • 1971
Al Martin
The Vikings
Movie • 1958
Ragnar
La cura del gorilla
Movie • 2006
Jerry
Jubal
Movie • 1956
Shep Horgan
McHale's Navy
Movie • 1997
Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
Pay or Die!
Movie • 1960
Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Movie • 1954
Strabo
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Movie • 1953
Bull Slager
Marty
Movie • 1955
Marty Piletti
The Neptune Factor
Movie • 1973
Chief Diver Don MacKay
Airwolf: The Movie
Movie • 1984
Dominic Santini
The Devil’s Rain
Movie • 1975
Jonathan Corbis
The Lion of Judah
Movie • 2011
Slink (voice)
RED
Movie • 2010
Henry, The Records Keeper
Chuka
Movie • 1967
Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
High Risk
Movie • 1981
Clint
Violent Saturday
Movie • 1955
Stadt, Amish Farmer
When Time Ran Out...
Movie • 1980
Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
Ice Station Zebra
Movie • 1968
Boris Vaslov
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie • 1997
Self
The Trail to Hope Rose
Movie • 2004
Eugene
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Movie • 1996
Carface (voice)
The Greatest
Movie • 1977
Angelo Dundee
Aces 'N' Eights
Movie • 2008
Thurmond Prescott
Torpedo Run
Movie • 1958
Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
Man on a String
Movie • 1960
Boris Mitrov
Skeleton Coast
Movie • 1988
Colonel Smith
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
Movie • 1998
Carface Carruthers (voice)
Mistress
Movie • 1992
Himself
The Ghost of Flight 401
Movie • 1978
Dom Cimoli
A Grandpa for Christmas
Movie • 2007
Bert O'Riley
3 Below
Movie • 2005
Grandpa
Castle Rock
Movie • 2000
Nate
The Oscar
Movie • 1966
Barney Yale
Shoot
Movie • 1976
Lou
Run for Cover
Movie • 1955
Morgan
The Badlanders
Movie • 1958
John McBain
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie • 1968
Barney Sheean
Fire!
Movie • 1977
Sam Brisbane
The Double McGuffin
Movie • 1979
Firat
Bunny O'Hare
Movie • 1971
Bill Green - Gruenwald
The Long Ride Home
Movie • 2003
Lucas Moat
A Bullet for Sandoval
Movie • 1969
Don Pedro Sandoval
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Movie • 1959
Roo
The Adventurers
Movie • 1970
Fat Cat
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Movie • 1956
Lew Brown
The Opponent
Movie • 1988
Victor
The Catered Affair
Movie • 1956
Tom Hurley
Spike of Bensonhurst
Movie • 1988
Baldo Cacetti
Man Hunt
Movie • 1984
Ben Robeson
Carpool
Movie • 1983
Mickey Doyle
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
Movie • 1999
Ben Quinn
The Revengers
Movie • 1972
Hoop
The Wishing Well
Movie • 2009
Big Jim
Rail Kings
Movie • 2005
Steamtrain
Black City
Movie • 1961
Peppino Navarra
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
Movie • 2003
Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Movie • 2012
Rex Page
Another Harvest Moon
Movie • 2010
Frank
Law and Disorder
Movie • 1974
Cy
Code Name: Wild Geese
Movie • 1984
Frank Fletcher
The Rabbit Trap
Movie • 1959
Eddie Colt
The Bounty Hunter
Movie • 1954
Bill Rachin
Sunday in the Country
Movie • 1974
Adam Smith
Red and White: Gone with the West
Movie • 2008
Himself / Narrator
Blood Feud
Movie • 1983
J. Edgar Hoover
The Last Match
Movie • 1990
Coach
Go Naked in the World
Movie • 1961
Pete Stratton
Everyone Loves Mel
Movie • 2000
Grandpa
Captiva Island
Movie • 1995
Arty
The Boxer
Movie • 1972
Captain Perkins
The Big Turnaround
Movie • 1988
Father Lopez
The Trackers
Movie • 1971
Sam Paxton
China Corsair
Movie • 1951
Hu Chang
Three Brave Men
Movie • 1956
Bernard F. Goldsmith
Frozen Stupid
Movie • 2008
Frank Norgard
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Movie • 1970
Sheriff Harve
Der blaue Diamant
Movie • 1993
Hans Kroger
Cops and Robin
Movie • 1978
Joe Cleaver
National Lampoon's Snatched
Movie • 2011
Big Frank Baum
Rain for a Dusty Summer
Movie • 1971
The General
Twice in a Lifetime
Movie • 1974
Vince Boselli
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
McHale's Navy
Movie • 1964
Quinton McHale
Love's Christmas Journey
Movie • 2011
Nicholas
Barn Red
Movie • 2004
Michael Bolini
The Kiss Of Debt
Movie • 2000
Godfather Mariano
The Last Great Ride
Movie • 1999
Franklin Lyle
Tierärztin Christine
Movie • 1993
Dr. Gustav Gruber
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
Movie • 1995
Dr. Gustav Gruber
The Square Jungle
Movie • 1955
Bernie Browne
Holiday Hookers
Movie • 1976
Max
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Movie • 1984
Sen. Brighton
Hoodwinked
Movie • 1989
Sal Piccolo
Hoover
Movie • 2000
J. Edgar Hoover
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Night Club
Movie • 2011
Albert
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Movie • 1951
Bill Street
The Last Command
Movie • 1955
Mike Radin
The Last Judgment
Movie • 1961
Pickpocket
Seduction Of The South
Movie • 1961
Sante Carbone
Mountain of Diamonds
Movie • 1991
Ernie
That One Summer
Movie • 2005
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie • 2009
Self
Appearances
Movie • 1990
Emil Danzig
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Movie • 2003
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Naples '44
Movie • 2016
Self
Ravagers
Movie • 1979
Rann
Future Cop
Movie • 1976
Officer Joe Cleaver
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Movie • 1995
Sheriff Laughton
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
Movie • 1997
Self
Legend in Granite
Movie • 1973
Vince Lombardi
Any Man's Death
Movie • 1990
Herr Gantz
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Tides of War
Movie • 1990
Doctor
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
Movie • 2013
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
Oliviero Rising
Movie • 2009
Bill
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
Movie • 2003
Himself - Narrator
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Movie • 2008
Judge Holliday
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Movie • 1971
Deputy Sam Hill
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Movie • 2005
Self
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Ernest (archive footage)
Abilene
Movie • 1999
Hotis Brown
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Movie • 1996
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie • 2000
Self
The Blue Light
Movie • 2004
Faerie King
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
Movie • 2009
Self
The Spirit of the Season
Movie • 1994
Grandpa
Sandy in Disneyland
Movie • 1974
Self
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
Movie
Officer Joe Cleaver
Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair
Movie • 1956
Self
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Cosmo Ponzini
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Ernest Borgnine (voice)
The District
TV • 2000
Uncle Mike Murphy
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Eddie Phillips
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Jonathan
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Manny Cordoba
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Antonio Birelli
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Dominic Santini
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Guido Liggio
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Eddie Ryan
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1966
The Center Square
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Matty Moran
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Col. Tom Cody
JAG
TV • 1995
Artemus Sullivan
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Joe
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Stanislaus Katczinsky
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
TV • 1996
Carface (voice)
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Harry Martin
Family Law
TV • 1999
Frank Collero
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
McHale's Navy
TV • 1962
Quinton McHale
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Hully Brown
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Buster Ryan
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Laramie
TV • 1959
MGM: When the Lion Roars
TV • 1992
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Big Jim Morrison
Future Cop
TV • 1977
Joe Cleaver
Jesus of Nazareth
TV • 1977
The Centurion
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Willy Moran
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Alice in Wonderland
TV • 1985
Lion
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV • 1973
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Jerry
The O. Henry Playhouse
TV • 1957
Buck
Treasure Island in Outer Space
TV • 1987
Billy Bones
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV • 1999
Mermaid Man (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Last Days of Pompeii
TV • 1984
Marcus
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Major David Orlovsky
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Willie
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Oceano
TV • 1989
Pedro El Triste
The Commish
TV • 1991
Frank Nardino
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Melvin Freebie
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Indian Brave (uncredited)
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Dominic Rosselli
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Earl Packer
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Estaban Zamora
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Jerry Lewis Show
TV • 1967
Self
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Gus White
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Ray Anthony Show
TV • 1963
himself
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Mathew O'Rourke
The Burning Shore
TV • 1991
Ernie
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Max Blandish
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1966
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
The Lone Wolf
TV • 1954
Saks
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Audience Member
飞狼国语公映版
TV • 1991
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Get Smart
TV • 1965
TV Viewer (uncredited)