Ernest Borgnine
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-01-24
Day of Death
2012-07-08 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamden, Connecticut, USA
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
Acting
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
as Officer Joe Cleaver
(2024)
The Spirit of the Season
as Grandpa
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Naples '44
as Self
(2013)
(2012)
(2012)
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Love's Christmas Journey
as Nicholas
(2011)
The Lion of Judah
as Slink (voice)
(2011)
National Lampoon's Snatched
as Big Frank Baum
(2011)
Night Club
as Albert
(2010)
RED
as Henry, The Records Keeper
(2010)
The Genesis Code
as Carl Taylor
(2010)
Another Harvest Moon
as Frank
(2009)
The Wishing Well
as Big Jim
(2009)
(2009)
Oliviero Rising
as Bill
(2009)
(2008)
Strange Wilderness
as Milas
(2008)
Aces 'N' Eights
as Thurmond Prescott
(2008)
Frozen Stupid
as Frank Norgard
(2008)
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Judge Holliday
(2008)
Red and White: Gone with the West
as Himself / Narrator
(2007)
(2007)
A Grandpa for Christmas
as Bert O'Riley
(2006)
(2006)
La cura del gorilla
as Jerry
(2005)
(2005)
(2005)
Rail Kings
as Steamtrain
(2005)
3 Below
as Grandpa
(2004)
Renegade
as Rolling Star
(2004)
The Trail to Hope Rose
as Eugene
(2004)
The Blue Light
as Faerie King
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Barn Red
as Michael Bolini
(2003)
The Long Ride Home
as Lucas Moat
(2003)
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
as Himself - Narrator
(2003)
(2003)
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
(2002)
11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Image
as Old Man (segment "USA")
(2000)
Castle Rock
as Nate
(2000)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
(2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
The Kiss Of Debt
as Godfather Mariano
(2000)
Hoover
as J. Edgar Hoover
(1999)
Abilene
as Hotis Brown
(1999)
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
as Ben Quinn
(1999)
The Last Great Ride
as Franklin Lyle
(1998)
Small Soldiers
as Kip Killagin (voice)
(1998)
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
as Carface Carruthers (voice)
(1998)
BASEketball
as Ted Denslow
(1998)
Everyone Loves Mel
as Grandpa
(1997)
Gattaca
as Caesar
(1997)
(1997)
McHale's Navy
as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
(1997)
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
as Self
(1996)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Carface (voice)
(1996)
(1996)
(1995)
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Sheriff Laughton
(1995)
Captiva Island
as Arty
(1995)
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
(1993)
La Classe américaine
as Ernest (archive footage)
(1993)
Tierärztin Christine
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
(1993)
Der blaue Diamant
as Hans Kroger
(1992)
Mistress
as Himself
(1991)
Mountain of Diamonds
as Ernie
(1990)
Appearances
as Emil Danzig
(1990)
Any Man's Death
as Herr Gantz
(1990)
Tides of War
as Doctor
(1990)
The Last Match
as Coach
(1989)
Laser Mission
as Prof. Braun
(1989)
Hoodwinked
as Sal Piccolo
(1989)
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
as Bischof
(1988)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Gen. Sam Worden
(1988)
Skeleton Coast
as Colonel Smith
(1988)
Spike of Bensonhurst
as Baldo Cacetti
(1988)
Moving Target
as Captain Morrison
(1988)
The Big Turnaround
as Father Lopez
(1988)
The Opponent
as Victor
(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)
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Gen. Worden
(1984)
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Sen. Brighton
(1984)
Code Name: Wild Geese
as Frank Fletcher
(1984)
Airwolf: The Movie
as Dominic Santini
(1984)
Man Hunt
as Ben Robeson
(1983)
(1983)
Young Warriors
as Lt. Bob Carrigan
(1983)
Carpool
as Mickey Doyle
(1983)
Blood Feud
as J. Edgar Hoover
(1981)
Escape from New York
as Cabbie
(1981)
Deadly Blessing
as Isaiah
(1981)
High Risk
as Clint
(1980)
When Time Ran Out...
as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
(1980)
Super Fuzz
as Willy Dunlop
(1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1979)
Ravagers
as Rann
(1979)
The Black Hole
as Harry Booth
(1979)
The Double McGuffin
as Firat
(1978)
The Ghost of Flight 401
as Dom Cimoli
(1978)
Convoy
as Lyle Wallace
(1978)
Cops and Robin
as Joe Cleaver
(1977)
The Prince and the Pauper
as John Canty
(1977)
Fire!
as Sam Brisbane
(1977)
The Greatest
as Angelo Dundee
(1976)
Shoot
as Lou
(1976)
Future Cop
as Officer Joe Cleaver
(1976)
Holiday Hookers
as Max
(1975)
Hustle
as Santuro
(1975)
The Devil's Rain
as Jonathan Corbis
(1974)
Law and Disorder
as Cy
(1974)
Sandy in Disneyland
as Self
(1974)
Twice in a Lifetime
as Vince Boselli
(1974)
Sunday in the Country
as Adam Smith
(1973)
The Neptune Factor
as Chief Diver Don MacKay
(1973)
Legend in Granite
as Vince Lombardi
(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)
Bunny O'Hare
as Bill Green - Gruenwald
(1971)
Willard
as Al Martin
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Emmett Clemens
(1971)
Rain for a Dusty Summer
as The General
(1971)
The Trackers
as Sam Paxton
(1971)
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Deputy Sam Hill
(1970)
The Adventurers
as Fat Cat
(1970)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Sheriff Harve
(1969)
The Wild Bunch
as Dutch Engstrom
(1969)
A Bullet for Sandoval
as Don Pedro Sandoval
(1968)
Ice Station Zebra
as Boris Vaslov
(1968)
The Split
as Bert Clinger
(1968)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Barney Sheean
(1967)
The Dirty Dozen
as Maj. Gen. Worden
(1967)
Chuka
as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
(1966)
The Oscar
as Barney Yale
(1965)
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Trucker Cobb
(1964)
McHale's Navy
as Quinton McHale
(1961)
Black City
as Peppino Navarra
(1961)
Barabbas
as Lucius
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as Pickpocket
(1961)
Seduction Of The South
as Sante Carbone
(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)
The Rabbit Trap
as Eddie Colt
(1959)
(1958)
The Vikings
as Ragnar
(1958)
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
(1958)
The Badlanders
as John McBain
(1956)
Three Brave Men
as Bernard F. Goldsmith
(1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
as Lew Brown
(1956)
The Catered Affair
as Tom Hurley
(1956)
Jubal
as Shep Horgan
(1956)
(1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Coley Trimble
(1955)
The Square Jungle
as Bernie Browne
(1955)
Marty
as Marty Piletti
(1955)
The Last Command
as Mike Radin
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Stadt, Amish Farmer
(1955)
Run for Cover
as Morgan
(1954)
Vera Cruz
as Donnegan
(1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Strabo
(1954)
Johnny Guitar
as Bart Lonergan
(1954)
The Bounty Hunter
as Bill Rachin
(1953)
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Bull Slager
(1953)
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
(1951)
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Bill Street
(1951)
The Mob
as Joe Castro
(1951)
China Corsair
as Hu Chang
Crew
(2003)