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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Simpsons
1989
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
JAG
1995
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Love Boat
1977
Great Performances
1971
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Simpsons
as Ernest Borgnine (voice) · 1989
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
JAG
as Artemus Sullivan · 1995
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
The Love Boat
as Dominic Rosselli · 1977
Great Performances
as Self · 1971
Murder, She Wrote
as Cosmo Ponzini · 1984
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member · 1944
Magnum, P.I.
as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death' · 1980
Wagon Train
as Willy Moran · 1957
Wagon Train
as Indian Brave (uncredited) · 1957
Wagon Train
as Earl Packer · 1957
Wagon Train
as Estaban Zamora · 1957
Touched by an Angel
as Max Blandish · 1994
Home Improvement
as Eddie Phillips · 1991
Little House on the Prairie
as Jonathan · 1974
Get Smart
as TV Viewer (uncredited) · 1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Melvin Freebie · 1963
Airwolf
as Dominic Santini · 1984
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957
Highway to Heaven
as Guido Liggio · 1984
Jake and the Fatman
as Col. Tom Cody · 1987
The Philco Television Playhouse
· 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mathew O'Rourke · 1948
Early Edition
as Antonio Birelli · 1996
The District
as Uncle Mike Murphy · 2000
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Eddie Ryan · 1993
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Big Jim Morrison · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Willie · 1956
The Bob Hope Show
as Self · 1950
7th Heaven
as Joe · 1996
Run for Your Life
as Harry Martin · 1965
Family Law
as Frank Collero · 1999
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self · 1968
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Matt Houston
as Buster Ryan · 1982
The Commish
as Frank Nardino · 1991
The Ford Television Theatre
as Gus White · 1952
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Mermaid Man (voice) · 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Himself · 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Mermaid Man / Mermaid Man Doll (voice) · 1999
Laramie
· 1959
McHale's Navy
as Quinton McHale · 1962
The Dean Martin Show
· 1965
The Single Guy
as Manny Cordoba · 1995
Hollywood Squares
as The Center Square · 1966
Hollywood Squares
as Self · 1966
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Center Square · 1966
The George Gobel Show
as Self · 1954
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self · 1973
Escape from New York
as Cabbie · 1981
Jesus of Nazareth
as The Centurion · 1977
RED
as Henry, The Records Keeper · 2010
The Lone Wolf
as Saks · 1954
Gattaca
as Caesar · 1997
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
as Carface (voice) · 1996
Small Soldiers
as Kip Killagin (voice) · 1998
Masquerade
as Jerry · 1983
The Dirty Dozen
as Maj. Gen. Worden · 1967
Ford Theatre
· 1948
Alice in Wonderland
as Lion · 1985
The Wild Bunch
as Dutch Engstrom · 1969
The Poseidon Adventure
as Mike Rogo · 1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stanislaus Katczinsky · 1951
The Black Hole
as Harry Booth · 1979
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Trucker Cobb · 1965
Convoy
as Lyle Wallace · 1978
The Vikings
as Ragnar · 1958
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
as Carface (voice) · 1996
General Electric Theater
as Matty Moran · 1953
General Electric Theater
as Major David Orlovsky · 1953
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson · 1953
BASEketball
as Ted Denslow · 1998
MGM: When the Lion Roars
· 1992
Bad Day at Black Rock
as Coley Trimble · 1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Hully Brown · 1951
Emperor of the North
as Shack · 1973
Hannie Caulder
as Emmett Clemens · 1971
Ice Station Zebra
as Boris Vaslov · 1968
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Marcus · 1984
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus Katczinsky · 1979
Future Cop
as Joe Cleaver · 1977
Deadly Blessing
as Isaiah · 1981
Treasure Island in Outer Space
as Billy Bones · 1987
The Burning Shore
as Ernie · 1991
Super Fuzz
as Willy Dunlop · 1980
The Devil’s Rain
as Jonathan Corbis · 1975
The Prince and the Pauper
as John Canty · 1977
The Jerry Lewis Show
as Self · 1967
Strange Wilderness
as Milas · 2008
Aces 'N' Eights
as Thurmond Prescott · 2008
Barabbas
as Lucius · 1961
Marty
as Marty · 1955
The Lion of Judah
as Slink (voice) · 2011
Oceano
as Pedro El Triste · 1989
Mistress
as Himself · 1992
Violent Saturday
as Stadt, Amish Farmer · 1955
Airwolf: The Movie
as Dominic Santini · 1984
When Time Ran Out...
as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti · 1980
Run for Cover
as Morgan · 1955
Chuka
as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach · 1967
Vera Cruz
as Donnegan · 1954
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
as Carface Carruthers (voice) · 1998
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Gen. Sam Worden · 1988
The Ghost of Flight 401
as Dom Cimoli · 1978
飞狼国语公映版
· 1991
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Strabo · 1954
Mountain of Diamonds
as Ernie · 1991
Johnny Guitar
as Bart Lonergan · 1954
Jubal
as Shep Horgan · 1956
Blueberry
as Rolling Star · 2004
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
as Gen. Worden · 1985
Willard
as Al Martin · 1971
Laser Mission
as Prof. Braun · 1989
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
as Gen. Sam Worden · 1987
September 11
as Old Man (segment "USA") · 2002
The Oscar
as Barney Yale · 1966
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Judge Holliday · 2008
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self · 2009
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Barney Sheean · 1968
The Adventurers
as Fat Cat · 1970
The Last Command
as Mike Radin · 1955
The O. Henry Playhouse
as Buck · 1957
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Bull Slager · 1953
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
The Greatest
as Angelo Dundee · 1977
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
Love's Christmas Journey
as Nicholas · 2011
The Badlanders
as John McBain · 1958
The Double McGuffin
as Firat · 1979
The Catered Affair
as Tom Hurley · 1956
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self · 2007
Superstunt
as Self · 1977
Hustle
as Santuro · 1975
The Mob
as Joe Castro · 1951
The Bounty Hunter
as Bill Rachin · 1954
The Neptune Factor
as Chief Diver Don MacKay · 1973
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as Self · 2003
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Sheriff Harve · 1970
La Classe américaine
as Ernest (archive footage) · 1993
The Long Ride Home
as Lucas Moat · 2003
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self · 1983
Go Naked in the World
as Pete Stratton · 1961
McHale's Navy
as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr. · 1997
Sunday in the Country
as Adam Smith · 1974
Code Name: Wild Geese
as Frank Fletcher · 1984
The Boxer
as Captain Perkins · 1972
Hoodwinked
as Sal Piccolo · 1989
Man on a String
as Boris Mitrov · 1960
The Trail to Hope Rose
as Eugene · 2004
The Split
as Bert Clinger · 1968
National Lampoon's Snatched
as Big Frank Baum · 2011
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
as Self · 1996
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Bill Street · 1951
Mountain of Diamonds
as Ernie · 1991
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Sen. Brighton · 1984
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
as Rex Page · 2012
Pay or Die!
as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino · 1960
Rail Kings
as Steamtrain · 2005
High Risk
as Clint · 1981
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
as Deputy Sam Hill · 1971
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan · 1958
The Revengers
as Hoop · 1972
Carpool
as Mickey Doyle · 1983
Young Warriors
as Lt. Bob Carrigan · 1983
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage) · 1986
A Bullet for Sandoval
as Don Pedro Sandoval · 1969
Any Man's Death
as Herr Gantz · 1990
The Trackers
as Sam Paxton · 1971
A Grandpa for Christmas
as Bert O'Riley · 2007
Law and Disorder
as Cy · 1974
The Best Things in Life Are Free
as Lew Brown · 1956
The Genesis Code
as Carl Taylor · 2010
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self · 1997
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage) · 2000
Der blaue Diamant
as Hans Kroger · 1993
McHale's Navy
as Quinton McHale · 1964
Seduction Of The South
as Sante Carbone · 1961
Man Hunt
as Ben Robeson · 1984
The Big Turnaround
as Father Lopez · 1988
The Last Match
as Coach · 1990
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
as Bischof · 1989
The Horror Show
as (archive footage) · 1979
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
as Sheriff Laughton · 1995
Holiday Hookers
as Max · 1976
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
as Officer Joe Cleaver
The Ray Anthony Show
as himself · 1963
Spike of Bensonhurst
as Baldo Cacetti · 1988
Barn Red
as Michael Bolini · 2004
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
· 1996
La cura del gorilla
as Jerry · 2006
Twice in a Lifetime
as Vince Boselli · 1974
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
as Self · 2013
Fire!
as Sam Brisbane · 1977
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
as Dr. Gustav Gruber · 1995
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
as Self · 2006
Rain for a Dusty Summer
as The General · 1971
Shoot
as Lou · 1976
Captiva Island
as Arty · 1995
Cops and Robin
as Joe Cleaver · 1978
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Roo · 1959
The Rabbit Trap
as Eddie Colt · 1959
The Last Judgment
as Pickpocket · 1961
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
as Self · 2005
Ravagers
as Rann · 1979
That One Summer
as Otis Garner · 2005
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage) · 2003
The Blue Light
as Faerie King · 2004
Future Cop
as Officer Joe Cleaver · 1976
Everyone Loves Mel
as Grandpa · 2000
Moving Target
as Captain Morrison · 1988
Three Brave Men
as Bernard F. Goldsmith · 1956
Another Harvest Moon
as Frank · 2010
Naples '44
as Self · 2016
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
as Ben Quinn · 1999
Bunny O'Hare
as Bill Green - Gruenwald · 1971
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self (archive footage) · 1996
Skeleton Coast
as Colonel Smith · 1988
The Wishing Well
as Big Jim · 2009
Black City
as Peppino Navarra · 1961
Tides of War
as Doctor · 1990
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
as Himself - Narrator · 2003
The Last Great Ride
as Franklin Lyle · 1999
The Square Jungle
as Bernie Browne · 1955
3 Below
as Grandpa · 2005
Hoover
as J. Edgar Hoover · 2000
The Kiss Of Debt
as Godfather Mariano · 2000
Sandy in Disneyland
as Self · 1974
Appearances
as Emil Danzig · 1990
Night Club
as Albert · 2011
Oliviero Rising
as Bill · 2009
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self · 2000
The Spirit of the Season
as Grandpa · 1994
Legend in Granite
as Vince Lombardi · 1973
Frozen Stupid
as Frank Norgard · 2008
Red and White: Gone with the West
as Himself / Narrator · 2008
Blood Feud
as J. Edgar Hoover · 1983
Castle Rock
as Nate · 2000
China Corsair
as Hu Chang · 1951
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
as Self · 1997
Tierärztin Christine
as Dr. Gustav Gruber · 1993
The Opponent
as Victor · 1988
Abilene
as Hotis Brown · 1999