Ernest Borgnine
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 · 227
The Simpsons
1989 · Ernest Borgnine (voice...
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Cosmo Ponzini
JAG
1995 · Artemus Sullivan
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredit...
The Love Boat
1977 · Dominic Rosselli
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Jonathan
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Audience Member
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Wagon Train
1957 · Willy Moran
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. W...
Get Smart
1965 · TV Viewer (uncredited)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Home Improvement
1991 · Eddie Phillips
Airwolf
1984 · Dominic Santini
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Max Blandish
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Big Jim Morrison
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Col. Tom Cody
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Guido Liggio
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Eddie Ryan
Early Edition
1996 · Antonio Birelli
The District
2000 · Uncle Mike Murphy
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Run for Your Life
1965 · Harry Martin
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
The Commish
1991 · Frank Nardino
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · Mermaid Man (voice)
Laramie
1959
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
7th Heaven
1996 · Joe
Matt Houston
1982 · Buster Ryan
Family Law
1999 · Frank Collero
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Gus White
The Dean Martin Show
1965
RED
2010 · Henry, The Records Kee...
Gattaca
1997 · Caesar
McHale's Navy
1962 · Quinton McHale
The Single Guy
1995 · Manny Cordoba
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Maj. Gen. Worden
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · The Centurion
Small Soldiers
1998 · Kip Killagin (voice)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
Escape from New York
1981 · Cabbie
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996 · Carface (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1966 · The Center Square
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Mike Rogo
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Saks
Masquerade
1983 · Jerry
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Dutch Engstrom
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · Lion
Convoy
1978 · Lyle Wallace
The Vikings
1958 · Ragnar
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Sgt. James R. 'Fatso'...
The Black Hole
1979 · Harry Booth
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996 · Carface (voice)
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Trucker Cobb
BASEketball
1998 · Ted Denslow
Hannie Caulder
1971 · Emmett Clemens
General Electric Theater
1953 · Matty Moran
Future Cop
1977 · Joe Cleaver
Rail Kings
2005 · Steamtrain
Deadly Blessing
1981 · Isaiah
Ice Station Zebra
1968 · Boris Vaslov
飞狼国语公映版
1991
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 · Coley Trimble
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · Stanislaus Katczinsky
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Stanislaus Katczinsky
Super Fuzz
1980 · Willy Dunlop
Barabbas
1961 · Lucius
Oceano
1989 · Pedro El Triste
Marty
1955 · Marty
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984 · Marcus
The Prince and the Pauper
1977 · John Canty
Jubal
1956 · Shep Horgan
Treasure Island in Outer Space
1987 · Billy Bones
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Bart Lonergan
Vera Cruz
1954 · Donnegan
Mistress
1992 · Himself
Chuka
1967 · Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
The Oscar
1966 · Barney Yale
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · Strabo
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Hully Brown
Blueberry
2004 · Rolling Star
Willard
1971 · Al Martin
Emperor of the North
1973 · Shack
The Jerry Lewis Show
1967 · Self
Airwolf: The Movie
1984 · Dominic Santini
The Neptune Factor
1973 · Chief Diver Don MacKay
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985 · Gen. Worden
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998 · Carface Carruthers (vo...
Seduction Of The South
1961 · Sante Carbone
Strange Wilderness
2008 · Milas
The Burning Shore
1991 · Ernie
The Bounty Hunter
1954 · Bill Rachin
The Devil’s Rain
1975 · Jonathan Corbis
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
La Classe américaine
1993 · Ernest (archive footag...
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Gen. Sam Worden
Mountain of Diamonds
1991 · Ernie
The Mob
1951 · Joe Castro
Aces 'N' Eights
2008 · Thurmond Prescott
The Lion of Judah
2011 · Slink (voice)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Self
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957 · Buck
The Greatest
1977 · Angelo Dundee
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Barney Sheean
The Badlanders
1958 · John McBain
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987 · Gen. Sam Worden
National Lampoon's Snatched
2011 · Big Frank Baum
The Catered Affair
1956 · Tom Hurley
3 Below
2005 · Grandpa
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951 · Bill Street
The Adventurers
1970 · Fat Cat
The Revengers
1972 · Hoop
Hoodwinked
1989 · Sal Piccolo
Another Harvest Moon
2010 · Frank
The Split
1968 · Bert Clinger
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 · Bull Slager
Love's Christmas Journey
2011 · Nicholas
September 11
2002 · Old Man (segment "USA"...
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978 · Dom Cimoli
Moving Target
1988 · Captain Morrison
The Last Judgment
1961 · Pickpocket
McHale's Navy
1997 · Admiral Quinton McHale...
Mountain of Diamonds
1991 · Ernie
The Last Command
1955 · Mike Radin
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996 · Self
Run for Cover
1955 · Morgan
High Risk
1981 · Clint
The Big Turnaround
1988 · Father Lopez
Man Hunt
1984 · Ben Robeson
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984 · Frank Fletcher
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Self (archive footage)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Torpedo Run
1958 · Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sl...
Hustle
1975 · Santuro
Violent Saturday
1955 · Stadt, Amish Farmer
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003 · Self
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Pete Stratton
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959 · Roo
The Double McGuffin
1979 · Firat
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989 · Bischof
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Barn Red
2004 · Michael Bolini
Black City
1961 · Peppino Navarra
Laser Mission
1989 · Prof. Braun
Ravagers
1979 · Rann
The Last Match
1990 · Coach
Holiday Hookers
1976 · Max
The Boxer
1972 · Captain Perkins
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 · Self
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984 · Sen. Brighton
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Self
The Wishing Well
2009 · Big Jim
A Grandpa for Christmas
2007 · Bert O'Riley
Castle Rock
2000 · Nate
Shoot
1976 · Lou
The Long Ride Home
2003 · Lucas Moat
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
1996
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988 · Baldo Cacetti
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 · Deputy Sam Hill
McHale's Navy
1964 · Quinton McHale
Three Brave Men
1956 · Bernard F. Goldsmith
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000 · Self
The Opponent
1988 · Victor
Naples '44
2016 · Self
A Bullet for Sandoval
1969 · Don Pedro Sandoval
Bunny O'Hare
1971 · Bill Green - Gruenwald
The Last Great Ride
1999 · Franklin Lyle
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Any Man's Death
1990 · Herr Gantz
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008 · Judge Holliday
Everyone Loves Mel
2000 · Grandpa
Sunday in the Country
1974 · Adam Smith
The Genesis Code
2010 · Carl Taylor
Tides of War
1990 · Doctor
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012 · Rex Page
Twice in a Lifetime
1974 · Vince Boselli
Night Club
2011 · Albert
Oliviero Rising
2009 · Bill
The Rabbit Trap
1959 · Eddie Colt
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995 · Sheriff Laughton
The Trackers
1971 · Sam Paxton
Law and Disorder
1974 · Cy
Young Warriors
1983 · Lt. Bob Carrigan
Pay or Die!
1960 · Police Lt. Joseph Petr...
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004 · Eugene
Fire!
1977 · Sam Brisbane
Carpool
1983 · Mickey Doyle
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970 · Sheriff Harve
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
2009 · Self
The Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006 · Self
Man on a String
1960 · Boris Mitrov
Tierärztin Christine
1993 · Dr. Gustav Gruber
Appearances
1990 · Emil Danzig
Cops and Robin
1978 · Joe Cleaver
Red and White: Gone with the West
2008 · Himself / Narrator
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 · Self
Skeleton Coast
1988 · Colonel Smith
The Square Jungle
1955 · Bernie Browne
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
2013 · Self
That One Summer
2005 · Otis Garner
The Blue Light
2004 · Faerie King
Sandy in Disneyland
1974 · Self
La cura del gorilla
2006 · Jerry
Der blaue Diamant
1993 · Hans Kroger
Rain for a Dusty Summer
1971 · The General
The Kiss Of Debt
2000 · Godfather Mariano
Frozen Stupid
2008 · Frank Norgard
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
2003 · Mermaid Man (voice) (a...
Abilene
1999 · Hotis Brown
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 · Self
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
1999 · Ben Quinn
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956 · Lew Brown
China Corsair
1951 · Hu Chang
Blood Feud
1983 · J. Edgar Hoover
Future Cop
1976 · Officer Joe Cleaver
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
2012 · Self (archive footage)
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
2003 · Himself - Narrator
Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair
1956 · Self
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
1995 · Dr. Gustav Gruber