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 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).
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- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Naples '44 as Self
- 2015 · Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie as Self
- 2012 · Remote Control Magic: The Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez as Rex Page
- 2011 · Love's Christmas Journey as Nicholas
- 2011 · The Lion of Judah as Slink (voice)
- 2011 · Night Club as Albert
- 2011 · National Lampoon's Snatched as Big Frank Baum
- 2010 · RED as Henry, The Records Keeper
- 2010 · Another Harvest Moon as Frank
- 2010 · The Genesis Code as Carl Taylor
- 2009 · The Wishing Well as Big Jim
- 2009 · Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
- 2009 · Oliviero Rising as Bill
- 2009 · Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine as Self
- 2008 · Frozen Stupid as Frank Norgard
- 2008 · Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance as Judge Holliday
- 2008 · Aces 'N' Eights as Thurmond Prescott
- 2008 · Strange Wilderness as Milas
- 2008 · Red and White: Gone with the West as Himself / Narrator
- 2007 · A Grandpa for Christmas as Bert O'Riley
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2006 · La cura del gorilla as Jerry
- 2006 · Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' as Self
- 2005 · Rail Kings as Steamtrain
- 2005 · 3 Below as Grandpa
- 2005 · That One Summer as
- 2005 · Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Renegade as Rolling Star
- 2004 · Barn Red as Michael Bolini
- 2004 · The Trail to Hope Rose as Eugene
- 2004 · The Blue Light as Faerie King
- 2003 · The Long Ride Home as Lucas Moat
- 2003 · Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies as Mermaid Man
- 2003 · The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker as Himself - Narrator
- 2003 · Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self
- 2002 · 11’09”01—September 11 as Old Man (segment "USA")
- 2000 · Hoover as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2000 · The District as Uncle Mike Murphy
- 2000 · Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Frank Sinatra Memorial as Self
- 2000 · The Kiss Of Debt as Godfather Mariano
- 2000 · Castle Rock as Nate
- 1999 · The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island as Ben Quinn
- 1999 · Family Law as Frank Collero
- 1999 · SpongeBob SquarePants as Mermaid Man (voice)
- 1999 · Abilene as Hotis Brown
- 1999 · The Last Great Ride as Franklin Lyle
- 1998 · An All Dogs Christmas Carol as Carface (voice)
- 1998 · Everyone Loves Mel as Grandpa
- 1998 · BASEketball as Ted Denslow
- 1998 · Small Soldiers as Kip Killagin (voice)
- 1997 · Gattaca as Caesar
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · McHale's Navy as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
- 1997 · Ernest Borgnine on the Bus as Self
- 1996 · The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage as Self
- 1996 · Early Edition as
- 1996 · All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series as Carface Caruthers (voice)
- 1996 · Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders as
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Joe
- 1996 · All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 as Carface (voice)
- 1996 · Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung as Dr. Gustav Gruber
- 1995 · JAG as Artemus Sullivan
- 1995 · The Single Guy as Manny Cordoba
- 1995 · Pinky and the Brain as Father (voice)
- 1995 · Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart as Sheriff Laughton
- 1995 · Captiva Island as Arty
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Max Blandish
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as Ernest (archive footage)
- 1993 · Tierärztin Christine as Dr. Gustav Gruber
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Eddie Ryan
- 1993 · Der blaue Diamant as Hans Kroger
- 1992 · Mistress as Himself
- 1992 · MGM: When the Lion Roars as
- 1991 · Mountain of Diamonds as Ernie
- 1991 · The Commish as Frank Nardino
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Eddie Phillips
- 1991 · The Burning Shore as Ernie
- 1990 · Appearances as Emil Danzig
- 1990 · Any Man's Death as Herr Gantz
- 1990 · The Last Match as Coach
- 1990 · Tides of War as Doctor
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
- 1989 · Hoodwinked as Sal Piccolo
- 1989 · Laser Mission as Prof. Braun
- 1989 · Oceano as Pedro El Triste
- 1989 · Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears as Bischof
- 1988 · Spike of Bensonhurst as Baldo Cacetti
- 1988 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Gen. Sam Worden
- 1988 · The Opponent as Victor
- 1988 · Skeleton Coast as Colonel Smith
- 1988 · Moving Target as Captain Morrison
- 1988 · The Big Turnaround as Father Lopez
- 1987 · Treasure Island in Outer Space as Billy Bones
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Col. Tom Cody
- 1987 · 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
- 1985 · The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Gen. Worden
- 1984 · The Manhunt as Ben Robeson
- 1984 · Love Leads the Way: A True Story as Sen. Brighton
- 1984 · Code Name: Wild Geese as Frank Fletcher
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Cosmo Ponzini
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as Guido Liggio
- 1984 · Airwolf: The Movie as Dominic Santini
- 1984 · The Last Days of Pompeii as Marcus
- 1984 · Airwolf as Dominic Santini
- 1983 · Masquerade as Jerry
- 1983 · Carpool as Mickey Doyle
- 1983 · Young Warriors as Lt. Bob Carrigan
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1983 · Blood Feud as J. Edgar Hoover
- 1982 · Matt Houston as Buster Ryan
- 1981 · Deadly Blessing as Isaiah
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Cabbie
- 1981 · High Risk as Clint
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
- 1980 · Super Fuzz as Willy Dunlop
- 1980 · When Time Ran Out... as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
- 1979 · The Black Hole as Harry Booth
- 1979 · All Quiet on the Western Front as Stanislaus Katczinsky
- 1979 · Ravagers as Rann
- 1979 · The Double McGuffin as Firat
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1978 · Convoy as Lyle Wallace
- 1978 · Cops and Robin as Joe Cleaver
- 1978 · The Ghost of Flight 401 as Dom Cimoli
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Dominic Rosselli
- 1977 · The Prince and the Pauper as John Canty
- 1977 · The Greatest as Angelo Dundee
- 1977 · Fire! as Sam Brisbane
- 1977 · Jesus of Nazareth as The Centurion
- 1977 · Jesus Of Nazareth as The Centurion
- 1977 · Future Cop as Joe Cleaver
- 1976 · Shoot as Lou
- 1976 · Future Cop as Officer Joe Cleaver
- 1976 · Holiday Hookers as Max
- 1975 · Hustle as Santuro
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · The Devil's Rain as Jonathan Corbis
- 1974 · Sunday in the Country as Adam Smith
- 1974 · Law and Disorder as Cy
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1974 · Twice in a Lifetime as Vince Boselli
- 1973 · Legend in Granite as Vince Lombardi
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · The Neptune Factor as Chief Diver Don MacKay
- 1973 · Emperor of the North as Shack
- 1972 · The Poseidon Adventure as Mike Rogo
- 1972 · The Revengers as Hoop
- 1972 · The Boxer as Captain Perkins
- 1971 · The Trackers as Sam Paxton
- 1971 · Hannie Caulder as Emmett Clemens
- 1971 · Bunny O'Hare as Bill Green - Gruenwald
- 1971 · Rain for a Dusty Summer as The General
- 1971 · Willard as Al Martin
- 1971 · Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Deputy Sam Hill
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1970 · Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Sheriff Harve
- 1970 · The Adventurers as Fat Cat
- 1969 · The Jerry Lewis Show as Self
- 1969 · A Bullet for Sandoval as Don Pedro Sandoval
- 1969 · The Wild Bunch as Dutch Engstrom
- 1968 · The Split as Bert Clinger
- 1968 · Ice Station Zebra as Boris Vaslov
- 1968 · The Legend of Lylah Clare as Barney Sheean
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Chuka as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
- 1967 · The Dirty Dozen as Maj. Gen. Worden
- 1966 · Hollywood Squares as The Center Square
- 1966 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 1966 · The Oscar as Barney Yale
- 1965 · The Flight of the Phoenix as Trucker Cobb
- 1965 · Get Smart as TV Viewer (uncredited)
- 1965 · The Dean Martin Show as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Harry Martin
- 1964 · McHale's Navy as Quinton McHale
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Melvin Freebie
- 1963 · The Ray Anthony Show as himself
- 1962 · McHale's Navy as Quinton McHale
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · Barabbas as Lucius
- 1961 · Seduction Of The South as Sante Carbone
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Last Judgment as Pickpocket
- 1961 · Black City as Peppino Navarra
- 1961 · Go Naked in the World as Pete Stratton
- 1960 · Pay or Die! as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
- 1960 · Man on a String as Boris Mitrov
- 1959 · Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Roo
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · The Rabbit Trap as Eddie Colt
- 1958 · Torpedo Run as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
- 1958 · The Badlanders as John McBain
- 1958 · The Vikings as Ragnar
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Willy Moran
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Indian Brave (uncredited)
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Earl Packer
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Estaban Zamora
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · The O. Henry Playhouse as Buck
- 1956 · Three Brave Men as Bernard F. Goldsmith
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Big Jim Morrison
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Willie
- 1956 · The Best Things in Life Are Free as Lew Brown
- 1956 · The Catered Affair as Tom Hurley
- 1956 · Jubal as Shep Horgan
- 1955 · The Square Jungle as Bernie Browne
- 1955 · The Last Command as Mike Radin
- 1955 · Run for Cover as Morgan
- 1955 · Marty as Marty Piletti
- 1955 · Violent Saturday as Stadt, Amish Farmer
- 1955 · Bad Day at Black Rock as Coley Trimble
- 1954 · Vera Cruz as Donnegan
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · The Bounty Hunter as Bill Rachin
- 1954 · Demetrius and the Gladiators as Strabo
- 1954 · Johnny Guitar as Bart Lonergan
- 1954 · The Lone Wolf as Saks
- 1953 · From Here to Eternity as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
- 1953 · The Stranger Wore a Gun as Bull Slager
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Matty Moran
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Major David Orlovsky
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Gus White
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stanislaus Katczinsky
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Hully Brown
- 1951 · The Mob as Joe Castro
- 1951 · The Whistle at Eaton Falls as Bill Street
- 1951 · China Corsair as Hu Chang
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1948 · Ford Theatre as
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Mathew O'Rourke
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member