Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Known for
Acting
Born
January 24, 1917
Died
July 8, 2012 (aged 95)
Birthplace
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).

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Filmography

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Future Cop: Cops and Robin

Future Cop: Cops and Robin

Movie · as Officer Joe Cleaver

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Naples '44 poster

Naples '44

Movie · as Self

2013
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie poster

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie

Movie · as Self

2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez poster

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

Movie · as Rex Page

2012
Remote Control Magic: The Movie poster

Remote Control Magic: The Movie

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
The Lion of Judah poster

The Lion of Judah

Movie · as Slink (voice)

2011
National Lampoon's Snatched poster

National Lampoon's Snatched

Movie · as Big Frank Baum

2011
Love's Christmas Journey poster

Love's Christmas Journey

Movie · as Nicholas

2011
Night Club poster

Night Club

Movie · as Albert

2011
SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom

Movie · as Mermaid Man (voice)

2010
The Genesis Code poster

The Genesis Code

Movie · as Carl Taylor

2010
RED poster

RED

Movie · as Henry, The Records Keeper

2010
Another Harvest Moon poster

Another Harvest Moon

Movie · as Frank

2009
The Wishing Well poster

The Wishing Well

Movie · as Big Jim

2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants poster

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Movie · as Self

2009
Oliviero Rising poster

Oliviero Rising

Movie · as Bill

2008
Strange Wilderness poster

Strange Wilderness

Movie · as Milas

2008
Aces 'N' Eights poster

Aces 'N' Eights

Movie · as Thurmond Prescott

2008
Red and White: Gone with the West poster

Red and White: Gone with the West

Movie · as Himself / Narrator

2008
Frozen Stupid poster

Frozen Stupid

Movie · as Frank Norgard

2008
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance poster

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

Movie · as Judge Holliday

2008
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty

Movie · as Mermaid Man (voice)

2007
A Grandpa for Christmas poster

A Grandpa for Christmas

Movie · as Bert O'Riley

2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Movie · as Self

2006
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' poster

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'

Movie · as Self

2006
La cura del gorilla poster

La cura del gorilla

Movie · as Jerry

2005
3 Below poster

3 Below

Movie · as Grandpa

2005
Rail Kings poster

Rail Kings

Movie · as Steamtrain

2005
That One Summer poster

That One Summer

Movie · as Otis Garner

2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Movie · as Self

2004
Blueberry poster

Blueberry

Movie · as Rolling Star

2004
The Trail to Hope Rose poster

The Trail to Hope Rose

Movie · as Eugene

2004
Barn Red poster

Barn Red

Movie · as Michael Bolini

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Blue Light poster

The Blue Light

Movie · as Faerie King

2003
The Long Ride Home poster

The Long Ride Home

Movie · as Lucas Moat

2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies

Movie · as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)

2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King poster

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Movie · as Self

2003
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker poster

The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker

Movie · as Himself - Narrator

2002
September 11 poster

September 11

Movie · as Old Man (segment "USA")

2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Castle Rock poster

Castle Rock

Movie · as Nate

2000
Everyone Loves Mel poster

Everyone Loves Mel

Movie · as Grandpa

2000
The Kiss Of Debt poster

The Kiss Of Debt

Movie · as Godfather Mariano

2000
Hoover

Hoover

Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover

2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial poster

Frank Sinatra Memorial

Movie · as Self

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Uncle Mike Murphy · 1 ep

1999
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island poster

The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island

Movie · as Ben Quinn

1999
The Last Great Ride poster

The Last Great Ride

Movie · as Franklin Lyle

1999
Abilene poster

Abilene

Movie · as Hotis Brown

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Frank Collero · 1 ep

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Mermaid Man (voice), Himself, Mermaid Man / Mermaid Man Doll (voice) · 15 eps

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Kip Killagin (voice)

1998
BASEketball poster

BASEketball

Movie · as Ted Denslow

1998
An All Dogs Christmas Carol poster

An All Dogs Christmas Carol

Movie · as Carface Carruthers (voice)

1997
Gattaca poster

Gattaca

Movie · as Caesar

1997
McHale's Navy poster

McHale's Navy

Movie · as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.

1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Movie · as Self

1997
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus poster

Ernest Borgnine on the Bus

Movie · as Self

1996
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders poster

Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders

Movie · as Grandfather

1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 poster

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2

Movie · as Carface (voice)

1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach poster

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage poster

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Movie · as Self

1996
Early Edition poster

Early Edition

TV · as Antonio Birelli · 1 ep

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series poster

All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series

TV · as Carface (voice) · 41 eps

1995
Captiva Island poster

Captiva Island

Movie · as Arty

1995
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung poster

Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung

Movie · as Dr. Gustav Gruber

1995
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart poster

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart

Movie · as Sheriff Laughton

1995
The Single Guy poster

The Single Guy

TV · as Manny Cordoba · 44 eps

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Artemus Sullivan · 1 ep

1994
The Spirit of the Season

The Spirit of the Season

Movie · as Grandpa

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Max Blandish · 1 ep

1993
Der blaue Diamant poster

Der blaue Diamant

Movie · as Hans Kroger

1993
Tierärztin Christine poster

Tierärztin Christine

Movie · as Dr. Gustav Gruber

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as Ernest (archive footage)

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Eddie Ryan · 1 ep

1992
Mistress poster

Mistress

Movie · as Himself

1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars poster

MGM: When the Lion Roars

TV · 3 eps

1991
Mountain of Diamonds poster

Mountain of Diamonds

Movie · as Ernie

1991
Home Improvement poster

Home Improvement

TV · as Eddie Phillips · 1 ep

1991
The Commish poster

The Commish

TV · as Frank Nardino · 2 eps

1991
The Burning Shore poster

The Burning Shore

TV · as Ernie · 4 eps

1991
飞狼国语公映版 poster

飞狼国语公映版

TV · 48 eps

1991
Mountain of Diamonds poster

Mountain of Diamonds

TV · as Ernie · 4 eps

1990
The Last Match poster

The Last Match

Movie · as Coach

1990
Appearances poster

Appearances

Movie · as Emil Danzig

1990
Any Man's Death poster

Any Man's Death

Movie · as Herr Gantz

1990
Tides of War poster

Tides of War

Movie · as Doctor

1989
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears poster

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

Movie · as Bischof

1989
Laser Mission poster

Laser Mission

Movie · as Prof. Braun

1989
Hoodwinked poster

Hoodwinked

Movie · as Sal Piccolo

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Ernest Borgnine (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Oceano poster

Oceano

TV · as Pedro El Triste · 6 eps

1988
Moving Target poster

Moving Target

Movie · as Captain Morrison

1988
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission poster

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

Movie · as Gen. Sam Worden

1988
Skeleton Coast poster

Skeleton Coast

Movie · as Colonel Smith

1988
The Opponent poster

The Opponent

Movie · as Victor

1988
Spike of Bensonhurst poster

Spike of Bensonhurst

Movie · as Baldo Cacetti

1988
The Big Turnaround poster

The Big Turnaround

Movie · as Father Lopez

1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission poster

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

Movie · as Gen. Sam Worden

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · as Col. Tom Cody · 1 ep

1987
Treasure Island in Outer Space poster

Treasure Island in Outer Space

TV · as Billy Bones · 5 eps

1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn poster

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission poster

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Movie · as Gen. Worden

1985
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

TV · as Lion · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf: The Movie poster

Airwolf: The Movie

Movie · as Dominic Santini

1984
Man Hunt poster

Man Hunt

Movie · as Ben Robeson

1984
Code Name: Wild Geese poster

Code Name: Wild Geese

Movie · as Frank Fletcher

1984
Love Leads the Way: A True Story poster

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Movie · as Sen. Brighton

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Cosmo Ponzini · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Dominic Santini · 56 eps

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Guido Liggio · 1 ep

1984
The Last Days of Pompeii poster

The Last Days of Pompeii

TV · as Marcus · 3 eps

1983
Young Warriors poster

Young Warriors

Movie · as Lt. Bob Carrigan

1983
Carpool poster

Carpool

Movie · as Mickey Doyle

1983
Blood Feud poster

Blood Feud

Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover

1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years poster

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Movie · as Self

1983
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

TV · as Jerry · 1 ep

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · as Buster Ryan · 1 ep

1981
Escape from New York poster

Escape from New York

Movie · as Cabbie

1981
Deadly Blessing poster

Deadly Blessing

Movie · as Isaiah

1981
High Risk poster

High Risk

Movie · as Clint

1980
Super Fuzz poster

Super Fuzz

Movie · as Willy Dunlop

1980
When Time Ran Out... poster

When Time Ran Out...

Movie · as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death' · 1 ep

1979
All Quiet on the Western Front poster

All Quiet on the Western Front

Movie · as Stanislaus Katczinsky

1979
The Black Hole poster

The Black Hole

Movie · as Harry Booth

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1979
The Double McGuffin poster

The Double McGuffin

Movie · as Firat

1979
Ravagers poster

Ravagers

Movie · as Rann

1978
Convoy poster

Convoy

Movie · as Lyle Wallace

1978
The Ghost of Flight 401 poster

The Ghost of Flight 401

Movie · as Dom Cimoli

1978
Cops and Robin poster

Cops and Robin

Movie · as Joe Cleaver

1977
The Prince and the Pauper poster

The Prince and the Pauper

Movie · as John Canty

1977
The Greatest poster

The Greatest

Movie · as Angelo Dundee

1977
Fire! poster

Fire!

Movie · as Sam Brisbane

1977
Superstunt

Superstunt

Movie · as Self

1977
Future Cop poster

Future Cop

TV · as Joe Cleaver · 6 eps

1977
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as The Centurion · 4 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Dominic Rosselli · 2 eps

1976
Shoot poster

Shoot

Movie · as Lou

1976
Holiday Hookers poster

Holiday Hookers

Movie · as Max

1976
Future Cop poster

Future Cop

Movie · as Officer Joe Cleaver

1975
Hustle poster

Hustle

Movie · as Santuro

1975
The Devil’s Rain poster

The Devil’s Rain

Movie · as Jonathan Corbis

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)

1974
Law and Disorder poster

Law and Disorder

Movie · as Cy

1974
Sunday in the Country poster

Sunday in the Country

Movie · as Adam Smith

1974
Twice in a Lifetime poster

Twice in a Lifetime

Movie · as Vince Boselli

1974
Sandy in Disneyland poster

Sandy in Disneyland

Movie · as Self

1974
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Jonathan · 1 ep

1973
Emperor of the North poster

Emperor of the North

Movie · as Shack

1973
The Neptune Factor poster

The Neptune Factor

Movie · as Chief Diver Don MacKay

1973
Legend in Granite

Legend in Granite

Movie · as Vince Lombardi

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1972
The Poseidon Adventure poster

The Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Mike Rogo

1972
The Revengers poster

The Revengers

Movie · as Hoop

1972
The Boxer poster

The Boxer

Movie · as Captain Perkins

1971
Hannie Caulder poster

Hannie Caulder

Movie · as Emmett Clemens

1971
Willard poster

Willard

Movie · as Al Martin

1971
Bunny O'Hare poster

Bunny O'Hare

Movie · as Bill Green - Gruenwald

1971
The Trackers poster

The Trackers

Movie · as Sam Paxton

1971
Rain for a Dusty Summer poster

Rain for a Dusty Summer

Movie · as The General

1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? poster

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Movie · as Deputy Sam Hill

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Adventurers poster

The Adventurers

Movie · as Fat Cat

1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Movie · as Sheriff Harve

1969
The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch

Movie · as Dutch Engstrom

1969
A Bullet for Sandoval poster

A Bullet for Sandoval

Movie · as Don Pedro Sandoval

1968
The Split poster

The Split

Movie · as Bert Clinger

1968
Ice Station Zebra poster

Ice Station Zebra

Movie · as Boris Vaslov

1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare poster

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Movie · as Barney Sheean

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1967
The Dirty Dozen poster

The Dirty Dozen

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Worden

1967
Chuka poster

Chuka

Movie · as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach

1967
The Jerry Lewis Show poster

The Jerry Lewis Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1966
The Oscar poster

The Oscar

Movie · as Barney Yale

1966
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as The Center Square, Self, Self - Center Square

1965
The Flight of the Phoenix poster

The Flight of the Phoenix

Movie · as Trucker Cobb

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Harry Martin · 1 ep

1965
The Dean Martin Show poster

The Dean Martin Show

TV · 2 eps

1965
Get Smart poster

Get Smart

TV · as TV Viewer (uncredited) · 1 ep

1964
McHale's Navy poster

McHale's Navy

Movie · as Quinton McHale

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Melvin Freebie · 1 ep

1963
The Ray Anthony Show

The Ray Anthony Show

TV · as himself · 1 ep

1962
McHale's Navy poster

McHale's Navy

TV · as Quinton McHale · 138 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 14 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Barabbas poster

Barabbas

Movie · as Lucius

1961
Black City poster

Black City

Movie · as Peppino Navarra

1961
Go Naked in the World poster

Go Naked in the World

Movie · as Pete Stratton

1961
The Last Judgment poster

The Last Judgment

Movie · as Pickpocket

1961
Seduction Of The South poster

Seduction Of The South

Movie · as Sante Carbone

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1960
Pay or Die! poster

Pay or Die!

Movie · as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino

1960
Man on a String poster

Man on a String

Movie · as Boris Mitrov

1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll poster

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Movie · as Roo

1959
The Rabbit Trap poster

The Rabbit Trap

Movie · as Eddie Colt

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1958
The Vikings poster

The Vikings

Movie · as Ragnar

1958
Torpedo Run poster

Torpedo Run

Movie · as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan

1958
The Badlanders poster

The Badlanders

Movie · as John McBain

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Willy Moran, Indian Brave (uncredited), Earl Packer, Estaban Zamora · 2 eps

1957
The O. Henry Playhouse poster

The O. Henry Playhouse

TV · as Buck · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Jubal poster

Jubal

Movie · as Shep Horgan

1956
The Best Things in Life Are Free poster

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Movie · as Lew Brown

1956
The Catered Affair poster

The Catered Affair

Movie · as Tom Hurley

1956
Three Brave Men poster

Three Brave Men

Movie · as Bernard F. Goldsmith

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Big Jim Morrison, Willie · 1 ep

1955
Bad Day at Black Rock poster

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie · as Coley Trimble

1955
Marty poster

Marty

Movie · as Marty

1955
Violent Saturday poster

Violent Saturday

Movie · as Stadt, Amish Farmer

1955
Run for Cover poster

Run for Cover

Movie · as Morgan

1955
The Square Jungle poster

The Square Jungle

Movie · as Bernie Browne

1955
The Last Command poster

The Last Command

Movie · as Mike Radin

1954
Johnny Guitar poster

Johnny Guitar

Movie · as Bart Lonergan

1954
Vera Cruz poster

Vera Cruz

Movie · as Donnegan

1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators poster

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Movie · as Strabo

1954
The Bounty Hunter poster

The Bounty Hunter

Movie · as Bill Rachin

1954
The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1954
The Lone Wolf poster

The Lone Wolf

TV · as Saks · 1 ep

1953
From Here to Eternity poster

From Here to Eternity

Movie · as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson

1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun poster

The Stranger Wore a Gun

Movie · as Bull Slager

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Matty Moran, Major David Orlovsky · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as Gus White · 1 ep

1951
The Mob poster

The Mob

Movie · as Joe Castro

1951
China Corsair poster

China Corsair

Movie · as Hu Chang

1951
The Whistle at Eaton Falls poster

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

Movie · as Bill Street

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Stanislaus Katczinsky · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Hully Brown · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
Ford Theatre

Ford Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Mathew O'Rourke · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep