
Ernest Borgnine
Acting
1917-01-24 - Present
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).
Credits

REDasHenry, The Records Keeper

GattacaasCaesar

Small SoldiersasKip Killagin (voice)

Escape from New YorkasCabbie

Emperor of the NorthasShack

ConvoyasLyle Wallace

The Dirty DozenasMaj. Gen. Worden

The Poseidon AdventureasMike Rogo

The Wild BunchasDutch Engstrom

From Here to EternityasSgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson

The Black HoleasHarry Booth

BASEketballasTed Denslow

The Flight of the PhoenixasTrucker Cobb

MartyasMarty Piletti

The VikingsasRagnar

Bad Day at Black RockasColey Trimble

Johnny GuitarasBart Lonergan

BarabbasasLucius

The Blue LightasFaerie King

Ice Station ZebraasBoris Vaslov

Super FuzzasWilly Dunlop

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?asSheriff Harve

Vera CruzasDonnegan

All Quiet on the Western FrontasStanislaus Katczinsky

All Dogs Go to Heaven 2asCarface (voice)

Hannie CaulderasEmmett Clemens

Strange WildernessasMilas

The Lion of JudahasSlink (voice)

The Devil's RainasJonathan Corbis

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly MissionasGen. Sam Worden

JubalasShep Horgan

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionasGen. Sam Worden

RenegadeasRolling Star

Deadly BlessingasIsaiah

The Legend of Lylah ClareasBarney Sheean

HustleasSanturo

The Dirty Dozen: Next MissionasGen. Worden

Demetrius and the GladiatorsasStrabo

The Prince and the PauperasJohn Canty

WillardasAl Martin

High RiskasClint

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own WordsasSelf (archive footage)

La Classe américaineasErnest (archive footage)

The BadlandersasJohn McBain

McHale's NavyasAdmiral Quinton McHale Sr.

The AdventurersasFat Cat

When Time Ran Out...asDet. Sgt. Tom Conti

The Neptune FactorasChief Diver Don MacKay

11’09”01—September 11asOld Man (segment "USA")

The Stranger Wore a GunasBull Slager

ChukaasSgt. Otto Hahnsbach

Airwolf: The MovieasDominic Santini

Run for CoverasMorgan

The Last CommandasMike Radin

Love's Christmas JourneyasNicholas

The SplitasBert Clinger

The MobasJoe Castro

The RevengersasHoop

The GreatestasAngelo Dundee

Rat PackasSelf (archive footage)

Torpedo RunasLt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan

Laser MissionasProf. Braun

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternasSelf

RavagersasRann

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeasSelf (archive footage)

An All Dogs Christmas CarolasCarface Carruthers (voice)

Violent SaturdayasStadt, Amish Farmer

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente FernandezasRex Page

The Ghost of Flight 401asDom Cimoli

Frank Sinatra MemorialasSelf

The Catered AffairasTom Hurley

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectasSelf

MistressasHimself

The Last JudgmentasPickpocket

Aces 'N' EightsasThurmond Prescott

The TrackersasSam Paxton

Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesasSelf (archive footage)

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahasSelf

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsasSelf

The Bounty HunterasBill Rachin

Code Name: Wild GeeseasFrank Fletcher

Fire!asSam Brisbane

Everyone Loves MelasGrandpa

The Rabbit TrapasEddie Colt

HoodwinkedasSal Piccolo

The Trail to Hope RoseasEugene

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnasSelf (archive footage)

The Wishing WellasBig Jim

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's ChanceasJudge Holliday

A Grandpa for ChristmasasBert O'Riley

The OscarasBarney Yale

Skeleton CoastasColonel Smith

The Long Ride HomeasLucas Moat

CarpoolasMickey Doyle

The Last MatchasCoach

National Lampoon's SnatchedasBig Frank Baum

Go Naked in the WorldasPete Stratton

Mountain of DiamondsasErnie

The Horror Showas(archive footage)

Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wondersas

Pay or Die!asPolice Lt. Joseph Petrosino

Summer of the Seventeenth DollasRoo

McHale's NavyasQuinton McHale

James Bond: The First 21 YearsasSelf

The OpponentasVictor

Future CopasOfficer Joe Cleaver

Night ClubasAlbert

The Genesis CodeasCarl Taylor

Another Harvest MoonasFrank

Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'asSelf

Law and DisorderasCy

Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. TaggartasSheriff Laughton
Legend in GraniteasVince Lombardi

Cops and RobinasJoe Cleaver

Sunday in the CountryasAdam Smith

The Square JungleasBernie Browne

Moving TargetasCaptain Morrison

Seduction Of The SouthasSante Carbone

Spike of BensonhurstasBaldo Cacetti

Man on a StringasBoris Mitrov

Castle RockasNate

Black CityasPeppino Navarra

Young WarriorsasLt. Bob Carrigan

The Double McGuffinasFirat

Love Leads the Way: A True StoryasSen. Brighton

Naples '44asSelf

The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth IslandasBen Quinn

Tierärztin Christine II: Die VersuchungasDr. Gustav Gruber

A Bullet for SandovalasDon Pedro Sandoval

The Best Things in Life Are FreeasLew Brown

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingasSelf

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?asDeputy Sam Hill

The BoxerasCaptain Perkins

The ManhuntasBen Robeson

Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea SilliesasMermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)

AppearancesasEmil Danzig

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker MovieasSelf

ShootasLou

Tierärztin ChristineasDr. Gustav Gruber

Bunny O'HareasBill Green - Gruenwald

Sandy in DisneylandasSelf

The Big TurnaroundasFather Lopez

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi BearsasBischof

Rail KingsasSteamtrain

The Wild Bunch: An Album in MontageasSelf

AbileneasHotis Brown

Three Brave MenasBernard F. Goldsmith

Blood FeudasJ. Edgar Hoover

La cura del gorillaasJerry

Barn RedasMichael Bolini

Twice in a LifetimeasVince Boselli

Frozen StupidasFrank Norgard

Holiday HookersasMax

Tides of WarasDoctor

Ernest Borgnine on the BusasSelf

Remote Control Magic: The MovieasSelf (archive footage)

Der blaue DiamantasHans Kroger

That One Summeras

China CorsairasHu Chang

The Last Great RideasFranklin Lyle

Oliviero RisingasBill

Burt Lancaster: Daring to ReachasSelf (archive footage)

The American Hobo: History of the Railriding WorkerasHimself - Narrator

Rain for a Dusty SummerasThe General
HooverasJ. Edgar Hoover

The Whistle at Eaton FallsasBill Street

3 BelowasGrandpa
The Spirit of the SeasonasGrandpa

Any Man's DeathasHerr Gantz

The Kiss Of DebtasGodfather Mariano
Captiva IslandasArty
Future Cop: Cops and RobinasOfficer Joe Cleaver

Private Screenings: Ernest BorgnineasSelf

Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered AffairasSelf

Red and White: Gone with the WestasHimself / Narrator