Ernest Borgnine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 24, 1917
- Died
- July 8, 2012
- Birthplace
- Hamden, Connecticut, USA
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
- Future Cop: Cops and Robin
Future Cop: Cops and Robin TBA
as Officer Joe Cleaver
Rat Pack 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Naples '44 2016
as Self
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie 2013
as Self
Remote Control Magic: The Movie 2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez 2012
as Rex Page
Love's Christmas Journey 2011
as Nicholas
SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom 2011
as Mermaid Man (voice)
The Lion of Judah 2011
as Slink (voice)
Night Club 2011
as Albert
National Lampoon's Snatched 2011
as Big Frank Baum
RED 2010
as Henry, The Records Keeper
Another Harvest Moon 2010
as Frank
The Genesis Code 2010
as Carl Taylor
The Wishing Well 2009
as Big Jim
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants 2009
as Self
Oliviero Rising 2009
as Bill
Frozen Stupid 2008
as Frank Norgard
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance 2008
as Judge Holliday
Aces 'N' Eights 2008
as Thurmond Prescott
Red and White: Gone with the West 2008
as Himself / Narrator
Strange Wilderness 2008
as Milas
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty 2008
as Mermaid Man (voice)
A Grandpa for Christmas 2007
as Bert O'Riley
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007
as Self
La cura del gorilla 2006
as Jerry
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' 2006
as Self
Rail Kings 2005
as Steamtrain
3 Below 2005
as Grandpa
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self
That One Summer 2005
as Otis Garner
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Blueberry 2004
as Rolling Star
The Blue Light 2004
as Faerie King
Barn Red 2004
as Michael Bolini
The Trail to Hope Rose 2004
as Eugene
The Long Ride Home 2003
as Lucas Moat
SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies 2003
as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker 2003
as Himself - Narrator, Thanks
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King 2003
as Self
September 11 2002
as Old Man (segment "USA")
- Hoover
Hoover 2000
as J. Edgar Hoover
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial 2000
as Self
Everyone Loves Mel 2000
as Grandpa
The Kiss Of Debt 2000
as Godfather Mariano
Castle Rock 2000
as Nate
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island 1999
as Ben Quinn
Abilene 1999
as Hotis Brown
The Last Great Ride 1999
as Franklin Lyle
An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998
as Carface Carruthers (voice)
BASEketball 1998
as Ted Denslow
Small Soldiers 1998
as Kip Killagin (voice)
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997
as Self
Gattaca 1997
as Caesar
McHale's Navy 1997
as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus 1997
as Self
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage 1996
as Self
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders 1996
as Grandfather
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996
as Carface (voice)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach 1996
as Self (archive footage)
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung 1995
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart 1995
as Sheriff Laughton
Captiva Island 1995
as Arty
- The Spirit of the Season
The Spirit of the Season 1994
as Grandpa
La Classe américaine 1993
as Ernest (archive footage)
Tierärztin Christine 1993
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
Der blaue Diamant 1993
as Hans Kroger
Mistress 1992
as Himself
Mountain of Diamonds 1991
as Ernie
Appearances 1990
as Emil Danzig
Any Man's Death 1990
as Herr Gantz
The Last Match 1990
as Coach
Tides of War 1990
as Doctor
Hoodwinked 1989
as Sal Piccolo
Laser Mission 1989
as Prof. Braun
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears 1989
as Bischof
Spike of Bensonhurst 1988
as Baldo Cacetti
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988
as Gen. Sam Worden
The Opponent 1988
as Victor
Skeleton Coast 1988
as Colonel Smith
The Big Turnaround 1988
as Father Lopez
Moving Target 1988
as Captain Morrison
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)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission 1985
as Gen. Worden
Man Hunt 1984
as Ben Robeson
Love Leads the Way: A True Story 1984
as Sen. Brighton
Code Name: Wild Geese 1984
as Frank Fletcher
Airwolf: The Movie 1984
as Dominic Santini
Carpool 1983
as Mickey Doyle
Young Warriors 1983
as Lt. Bob Carrigan
James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983
as Self
Blood Feud 1983
as J. Edgar Hoover
Deadly Blessing 1981
as Isaiah
Escape from New York 1981
as Cabbie
High Risk 1981
as Clint
Super Fuzz 1980
as Willy Dunlop
When Time Ran Out... 1980
as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
The Black Hole 1979
as Harry Booth
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
Ravagers 1979
as Rann
The Double McGuffin 1979
as Firat
The Horror Show 1979
as (archive footage)
Convoy 1978
as Lyle Wallace
Cops and Robin 1978
as Joe Cleaver
The Ghost of Flight 401 1978
as Dom Cimoli
- Superstunt
Superstunt 1977
as Self
The Prince and the Pauper 1977
as John Canty
The Greatest 1977
as Angelo Dundee
Fire! 1977
as Sam Brisbane
Shoot 1976
as Lou
Future Cop 1976
as Officer Joe Cleaver
Holiday Hookers 1976
as Max
Hustle 1975
as Santuro
The Devil’s Rain 1975
as Jonathan Corbis
Sunday in the Country 1974
as Adam Smith
Law and Disorder 1974
as Cy
Sandy in Disneyland 1974
as Self
Twice in a Lifetime 1974
as Vince Boselli
- Legend in Granite
Legend in Granite 1973
as Vince Lombardi
The Neptune Factor 1973
as Chief Diver Don MacKay
Emperor of the North 1973
as Shack
The Poseidon Adventure 1972
as Mike Rogo
The Revengers 1972
as Hoop
The Boxer 1972
as Captain Perkins
The Trackers 1971
as Sam Paxton
Hannie Caulder 1971
as Emmett Clemens
Bunny O'Hare 1971
as Bill Green - Gruenwald
Rain for a Dusty Summer 1971
as The General
Willard 1971
as Al Martin
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? 1971
as Deputy Sam Hill
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970
as Sheriff Harve
The Adventurers 1970
as Fat Cat
A Bullet for Sandoval 1969
as Don Pedro Sandoval
The Wild Bunch 1969
as Dutch Engstrom
The Split 1968
as Bert Clinger
The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968
as Barney Sheean
Ice Station Zebra 1968
as Boris Vaslov
The Dirty Dozen 1967
as Maj. Gen. Worden
Chuka 1967
as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
The Oscar 1966
as Barney Yale
The Flight of the Phoenix 1965
as Trucker Cobb
McHale's Navy 1964
as Quinton McHale
Barabbas 1961
as Lucius
Seduction Of The South 1961
as Sante Carbone
The Last Judgment 1961
as Pickpocket
Black City 1961
as Peppino Navarra
Go Naked in the World 1961
as Pete Stratton
Pay or Die! 1960
as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
Man on a String 1960
as Boris Mitrov
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll 1959
as Roo
The Rabbit Trap 1959
as Eddie Colt
Torpedo Run 1958
as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
The Badlanders 1958
as John McBain
The Vikings 1958
as Ragnar
Three Brave Men 1956
as Bernard F. Goldsmith
The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956
as Lew Brown
The Catered Affair 1956
as Tom Hurley
Jubal 1956
as Shep Horgan
The Square Jungle 1955
as Bernie Browne
The Last Command 1955
as Mike Radin
Run for Cover 1955
as Morgan
Marty 1955
as Marty
Violent Saturday 1955
as Stadt, Amish Farmer
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955
as Coley Trimble
Vera Cruz 1954
as Donnegan
The Bounty Hunter 1954
as Bill Rachin
Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954
as Strabo
Johnny Guitar 1954
as Bart Lonergan
From Here to Eternity 1953
as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
The Stranger Wore a Gun 1953
as Bull Slager
The Mob 1951
as Joe Castro
The Whistle at Eaton Falls 1951
as Bill Street
China Corsair 1951
as Hu Chang
Credits from TMDB.