Ernest Borgnine

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

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

JAG

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (175)

• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Naples '442016 · as Self
• Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie2013 · as Self
• Remote Control Magic: The Movie2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez2012 · as Rex Page
• Love's Christmas Journey2011 · as Nicholas
• The Lion of Judah2011 · as Slink (voice)
• Night Club2011 · as Albert
• National Lampoon's Snatched2011 · as Big Frank Baum
• RED2010 · as Henry, The Records Keeper
• Another Harvest Moon2010 · as Frank
• The Genesis Code2010 · as Carl Taylor
• The Wishing Well2009 · as Big Jim
• Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009 · as Self
• Oliviero Rising2009 · as Bill
• Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine2009 · as Self
• Frozen Stupid2008 · as Frank Norgard
• Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance2008 · as Judge Holliday
• Aces 'N' Eights2008 · as Thurmond Prescott
• Strange Wilderness2008 · as Milas
• Red and White: Gone with the West2008 · as Himself / Narrator
• A Grandpa for Christmas2007 · as Bert O'Riley
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007 · as Self
• La cura del gorilla2006 · as Jerry
• Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'2006 · as Self
• Rail Kings2005 · as Steamtrain
• 3 Below2005 · as Grandpa
• That One Summer2005 · as Otis Garner
• Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah2005 · as Self
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Renegade2004 · as Rolling Star
• The Trail to Hope Rose2004 · as Eugene
• Barn Red2004 · as Michael Bolini
• The Blue Light2004 · as Faerie King
• The Long Ride Home2003 · as Lucas Moat
• Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies2003 · as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
• Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King2003 · as Self
• The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker2003 · as Himself - Narrator
• September 112002 · as Old Man (segment "USA")
• Hoover2000 · as J. Edgar Hoover
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Frank Sinatra Memorial2000 · as Self
• Everyone Loves Mel2000 · as Grandpa
• Castle Rock2000 · as Nate
• The Kiss Of Debt2000 · as Godfather Mariano
• The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island1999 · as Ben Quinn
• Abilene1999 · as Hotis Brown
• The Last Great Ride1999 · as Franklin Lyle
• An All Dogs Christmas Carol1998 · as Carface Carruthers (voice)
• BASEketball1998 · as Ted Denslow
• Small Soldiers1998 · as Kip Killagin (voice)
• Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western1997 · as Self
• Gattaca1997 · as Caesar
• McHale's Navy1997 · as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
• Ernest Borgnine on the Bus1997 · as Self
• The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage1996 · as Self
• Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders1996
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 21996 · as Carface (voice)
• Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung1995 · as Dr. Gustav Gruber
• Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart1995 · as Sheriff Laughton
• Captiva Island1995 · as Arty
• The Spirit of the Season1994 · as Grandpa
• La Classe américaine1993 · as Ernest (archive footage)
• Tierärztin Christine1993 · as Dr. Gustav Gruber
• Der blaue Diamant1993 · as Hans Kroger
• Mistress1992 · as Himself
• Mountain of Diamonds1991 · as Ernie
• Appearances1990 · as Emil Danzig
• Any Man's Death1990 · as Herr Gantz
• The Last Match1990 · as Coach
• Tides of War1990 · as Doctor
• Hoodwinked1989 · as Sal Piccolo
• Laser Mission1989 · as Prof. Braun
• Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears1989 · as Bischof
• Spike of Bensonhurst1988 · as Baldo Cacetti
• The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission1988 · as Gen. Sam Worden
• The Opponent1988 · as Victor
• Skeleton Coast1988 · as Colonel Smith
• Moving Target1988 · as Captain Morrison
• The Big Turnaround1988 · as Father Lopez
• The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission1987 · as Gen. Sam Worden
• The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission1985 · as Gen. Worden
• Man Hunt1984 · as Ben Robeson
• Love Leads the Way: A True Story1984 · as Sen. Brighton
• Code Name: Wild Geese1984 · as Frank Fletcher
• Airwolf: The Movie1984 · as Dominic Santini
• Carpool1983 · as Mickey Doyle
• Young Warriors1983 · as Lt. Bob Carrigan
• James Bond: The First 21 Years1983 · as Self
• Blood Feud1983 · as J. Edgar Hoover
• Deadly Blessing1981 · as Isaiah
• Escape from New York1981 · as Cabbie
• High Risk1981 · as Clint
• Super Fuzz1980 · as Willy Dunlop
• When Time Ran Out...1980 · as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
• The Black Hole1979 · as Harry Booth
• All Quiet on the Western Front1979 · as Stanislaus Katczinsky
• Ravagers1979 · as Rann
• The Double McGuffin1979 · as Firat
• The Horror Show1979 · as (archive footage)
• Convoy1978 · as Lyle Wallace
• Cops and Robin1978 · as Joe Cleaver
• The Ghost of Flight 4011978 · as Dom Cimoli
• Superstunt1977 · as Self
• The Prince and the Pauper1977 · as John Canty
• The Greatest1977 · as Angelo Dundee
• Fire!1977 · as Sam Brisbane
• Shoot1976 · as Lou
• Future Cop1976 · as Officer Joe Cleaver
• Holiday Hookers1976 · as Max
• Hustle1975 · as Santuro
• The Devil’s Rain1975 · as Jonathan Corbis
• Sunday in the Country1974 · as Adam Smith
• Law and Disorder1974 · as Cy
• Sandy in Disneyland1974 · as Self
• Twice in a Lifetime1974 · as Vince Boselli
• Legend in Granite1973 · as Vince Lombardi
• The Neptune Factor1973 · as Chief Diver Don MacKay
• Emperor of the North1973 · as Shack
• The Poseidon Adventure1972 · as Mike Rogo
• The Revengers1972 · as Hoop
• The Boxer1972 · as Captain Perkins
• The Trackers1971 · as Sam Paxton
• Hannie Caulder1971 · as Emmett Clemens
• Bunny O'Hare1971 · as Bill Green - Gruenwald
• Rain for a Dusty Summer1971 · as The General
• Willard1971 · 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 Adventurers1970 · as Fat Cat
• A Bullet for Sandoval1969 · as Don Pedro Sandoval
• The Wild Bunch1969 · as Dutch Engstrom
• The Split1968 · as Bert Clinger
• The Legend of Lylah Clare1968 · as Barney Sheean
• Ice Station Zebra1968 · as Boris Vaslov
• The Dirty Dozen1967 · as Maj. Gen. Worden
• Chuka1967 · as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
• The Oscar1966 · as Barney Yale
• The Flight of the Phoenix1965 · as Trucker Cobb
• McHale's Navy1964 · as Quinton McHale
• Barabbas1961 · as Lucius
• Seduction Of The South1961 · as Sante Carbone
• The Last Judgment1961 · as Pickpocket
• Black City1961 · as Peppino Navarra
• Go Naked in the World1961 · as Pete Stratton
• Pay or Die!1960 · as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
• Man on a String1960 · as Boris Mitrov
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll1959 · as Roo
• The Rabbit Trap1959 · as Eddie Colt
• Torpedo Run1958 · as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
• The Badlanders1958 · as John McBain
• The Vikings1958 · as Ragnar
• Three Brave Men1956 · as Bernard F. Goldsmith
• The Best Things in Life Are Free1956 · as Lew Brown
• The Catered Affair1956 · as Tom Hurley
• Jubal1956 · as Shep Horgan
• Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair1956 · as Self
• The Square Jungle1955 · as Bernie Browne
• The Last Command1955 · as Mike Radin
• Run for Cover1955 · as Morgan
• Marty1955 · as Marty Piletti
• Violent Saturday1955 · as Stadt, Amish Farmer
• Bad Day at Black Rock1955 · as Coley Trimble
• Vera Cruz1954 · as Donnegan
• The Bounty Hunter1954 · as Bill Rachin
• Demetrius and the Gladiators1954 · as Strabo
• Johnny Guitar1954 · as Bart Lonergan
• From Here to Eternity1953 · as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
• The Stranger Wore a Gun1953 · as Bull Slager
• The Mob1951 · as Joe Castro
• The Whistle at Eaton Falls1951 · as Bill Street
• China Corsair1951 · as Hu Chang
• Future Cop: Cops and Robin— · as Officer Joe Cleaver

All TV Shows (71)

• The District2000 · as Uncle Mike Murphy
• Family Law1999 · as Frank Collero
• SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Mermaid Man (voice)
• SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Himself
• Early Edition1996 · as Antonio Birelli
• All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series1996 · as Carface (voice)
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Joe
• JAG1995 · as Artemus Sullivan
• The Single Guy1995 · as Manny Cordoba
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Max Blandish
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Eddie Ryan
• MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
• Mountain of Diamonds1991 · as Ernie
• The Commish1991 · as Frank Nardino
• Home Improvement1991 · as Eddie Phillips
• 飞狼国语公映版1991
• The Burning Shore1991 · as Ernie
• The Simpsons1989 · as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
• Oceano1989 · as Pedro El Triste
• Treasure Island in Outer Space1987 · as Billy Bones
• Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Col. Tom Cody
• Alice in Wonderland1985 · as Lion
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Cosmo Ponzini
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Guido Liggio
• The Last Days of Pompeii1984 · as Marcus
• Airwolf1984 · as Dominic Santini
• Masquerade1983 · as Jerry
• Matt Houston1982 · as Buster Ryan
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
• The Love Boat1977 · as Dominic Rosselli
• Jesus of Nazareth1977 · as The Centurion
• Future Cop1977 · as Joe Cleaver
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Jonathan
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Jerry Lewis Show1967 · as Self
• Hollywood Squares1966 · as The Center Square
• Hollywood Squares1966 · as Self
• Get Smart1965 · as TV Viewer (uncredited)
• The Dean Martin Show1965
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Harry Martin
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Melvin Freebie
• The Ray Anthony Show1963 · as himself
• McHale's Navy1962 · as Quinton McHale
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Laramie1959
• Wagon Train1957 · as Willy Moran
• Wagon Train1957 · as Estaban Zamora
• Wagon Train1957 · as Indian Brave (uncredited)
• Wagon Train1957 · as Earl Packer
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The O. Henry Playhouse1957 · as Buck
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Big Jim Morrison
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Willie
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• The Lone Wolf1954 · as Saks
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Matty Moran
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Major David Orlovsky
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Gus White
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Stanislaus Katczinsky
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Hully Brown
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Ford Theatre1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Mathew O'Rourke
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member