Ernest Borgnine
- Acting
- January 24, 1917 · Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- July 8, 2012
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
Filmography
- Rat Pack · Self
- Naples '44 · Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie · Self
- Remote Control Magic: The Movie · Self
- The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez · Rex Page
- Love's Christmas Journey · Nicholas
- The Lion of Judah · Slink (Voice)
- Night Club · Albert
- National Lampoon's Snatched · Big Frank Baum
- RED · Henry, The Records Keeper
- Another Harvest Moon · Frank
- The Genesis Code · Carl Taylor
- The Wishing Well · Big Jim
- Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants · Self
- Oliviero Rising · Bill
- Frozen Stupid · Frank Norgard
- Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance · Judge Holliday
- Aces 'N' Eights · Thurmond Prescott
- Strange Wilderness · Milas
- Red and White: Gone with the West · Himself / Narrator
- A Grandpa for Christmas · Bert O'Riley
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · Self
- La cura del gorilla · Jerry
- Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' · Self
- Rail Kings · Steamtrain
- 3 Below · Grandpa
- That One Summer · Otis Garner
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah · Self
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade · Self
- Blueberry · Rolling Star
- The Trail to Hope Rose · Eugene
- Barn Red · Michael Bolini
- The Blue Light · Faerie King
- The Long Ride Home · Lucas Moat
- Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies · Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King · Self
- The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker · Self, Thanks
- September 11 · Old Man (segment "USA")
- Hoover · J. Edgar Hoover
- The District · Uncle Mike Murphy
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- Frank Sinatra Memorial · Self
- Everyone Loves Mel · Grandpa
- Castle Rock · Nate
- The Kiss Of Debt · Godfather Mariano
- The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island · Ben Quinn
- Family Law · Frank Collero
- SpongeBob SquarePants · Mermaid Man (Voice), Self
- Abilene · Hotis Brown
- The Last Great Ride · Franklin Lyle
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol · Carface Carruthers (Voice)
- BASEketball · Ted Denslow
- Small Soldiers · Kip Killagin (Voice)
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western · Self
- Gattaca · Caesar
- McHale's Navy · Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
- Ernest Borgnine on the Bus · Self
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage · Self
- Early Edition · Antonio Birelli
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series · Carface (Voice)
- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders · Grandfather
- 7th Heaven · Joe
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 · Carface (Voice)
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach · Self
- Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung · Dr. Gustav Gruber
- JAG · Artemus Sullivan
- The Single Guy · Manny Cordoba
- Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart · Sheriff Laughton
- Captiva Island · Arty
- The Spirit of the Season · Grandpa
- Touched by an Angel · Max Blandish
- La Classe américaine · Ernest (archive footage)
- Tierärztin Christine · Dr. Gustav Gruber
- Der blaue Diamant · Hans Kroger
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Eddie Ryan
- Mistress · Self
- MGM: When the Lion Roars
- Mountain of Diamonds · Ernie
- Mountain of Diamonds · Ernie
- The Commish · Frank Nardino