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).
Movies
Escape from New York
Cabbie
The Poseidon Adventure
Mike Rogo
The Wild Bunch
Dutch Engstrom
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Bischof
The Dirty Dozen
Maj. Gen. Worden
Gattaca
Caesar
The Flight of the Phoenix
Trucker Cobb
Renegade
Rolling Star
11’09”01—September 11
Old Man (segment "USA")
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislaus Katczinsky
Hustle
Santuro
Super Fuzz
Willy Dunlop
Young Warriors
Lt. Bob Carrigan
The Prince and the Pauper
John Canty
Small Soldiers
Kip Killagin (voice)
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
Barabbas
Lucius
Hannie Caulder
Emmett Clemens
The Split
Bert Clinger
Emperor of the North
Shack
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
Self
Deadly Blessing
Isaiah
The Mob
Joe Castro
The Black Hole
Harry Booth
Convoy
Lyle Wallace
Johnny Guitar
Bart Lonergan
The Genesis Code
Carl Taylor
Vera Cruz
Donnegan
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Moving Target
Captain Morrison
Laser Mission
Prof. Braun
BASEketball
Ted Denslow
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Gen. Worden
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Gen. Sam Worden
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Gen. Sam Worden
Strange Wilderness
Milas
Bad Day at Black Rock
Coley Trimble
Willard
Al Martin
The Vikings
Ragnar
La cura del gorilla
Jerry
Jubal
Shep Horgan
McHale's Navy
Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
Pay or Die!
Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Strabo
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Bull Slager
Marty
Marty Piletti
The Neptune Factor
Chief Diver Don MacKay
Airwolf: The Movie
Dominic Santini
The Devil's Rain
Jonathan Corbis
The Lion of Judah
Slink (voice)
RED
Henry, The Records Keeper
Chuka
Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
High Risk
Clint
Violent Saturday
Stadt, Amish Farmer
When Time Ran Out...
Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
Ice Station Zebra
Boris Vaslov
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
The Trail to Hope Rose
Eugene
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Carface (voice)
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest
Angelo Dundee
Aces 'N' Eights
Thurmond Prescott
Torpedo Run
Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
Man on a String
Boris Mitrov
Skeleton Coast
Colonel Smith
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
Carface Carruthers (voice)
Mistress
Himself
The Ghost of Flight 401
Dom Cimoli
A Grandpa for Christmas
Bert O'Riley
3 Below
Grandpa
Castle Rock
Nate
The Oscar
Barney Yale
Shoot
Lou
Run for Cover
Morgan
The Badlanders
John McBain
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Barney Sheean
Fire!
Sam Brisbane
The Double McGuffin
Firat
Bunny O'Hare
Bill Green - Gruenwald
The Long Ride Home
Lucas Moat
A Bullet for Sandoval
Don Pedro Sandoval
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Roo
The Adventurers
Fat Cat
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Lew Brown
The Opponent
Victor
The Catered Affair
Tom Hurley
Spike of Bensonhurst
Baldo Cacetti
The Manhunt
Ben Robeson
Carpool
Mickey Doyle
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
Ben Quinn
The Revengers
Hoop
The Wishing Well
Big Jim
Rail Kings
Steamtrain
Black City
Peppino Navarra
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
Mermaid Man
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Rex Page
Another Harvest Moon
Frank
Law and Disorder
Cy
Code Name: Wild Geese
Frank Fletcher
The Rabbit Trap
Eddie Colt
The Bounty Hunter
Bill Rachin
Sunday in the Country
Adam Smith
Red and White: Gone with the West
Himself / Narrator
Blood Feud
J. Edgar Hoover
The Last Match
Coach
Go Naked in the World
Pete Stratton
Everyone Loves Mel
Grandpa
The Boxer
Captain Perkins
Captiva Island
Arty
The Big Turnaround
Father Lopez
The Trackers
Sam Paxton
China Corsair
Hu Chang
Three Brave Men
Bernard F. Goldsmith
Frozen Stupid
Frank Norgard
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Sheriff Harve
Der blaue Diamant
Hans Kroger
Cops and Robin
Joe Cleaver
National Lampoon's Snatched
Big Frank Baum
Rain for a Dusty Summer
The General
Twice in a Lifetime
Vince Boselli
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
Self (archive footage)
McHale's Navy
Quinton McHale
Love's Christmas Journey
Nicholas
Barn Red
Michael Bolini
The Kiss Of Debt
Godfather Mariano
The Last Great Ride
Franklin Lyle
Tierärztin Christine
Dr. Gustav Gruber
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
Dr. Gustav Gruber
The Square Jungle
Bernie Browne
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Sen. Brighton
Holiday Hookers
Max
Hoodwinked
Sal Piccolo
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Night Club
Albert
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Bill Street
The Last Judgment
Pickpocket
The Last Command
Mike Radin
Seduction Of The South
Sante Carbone
Mountain of Diamonds
Ernie
That One Summer
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
Appearances
Emil Danzig
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self (archive footage)
Naples '44
Self
Ravagers
Rann
Future Cop
Officer Joe Cleaver
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
Sheriff Laughton
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
Self
Legend in Granite
Vince Lombardi
Any Man's Death
Herr Gantz
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Tides of War
Doctor
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Oliviero Rising
Bill
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
Himself - Narrator
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Judge Holliday
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Deputy Sam Hill
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
La Classe américaine
Ernest (archive footage)
Abilene
Hotis Brown
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
The Blue Light
Faerie King
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
Self
Jesus Of Nazareth
The Centurion
The Spirit of the Season
Grandpa
Shows
Murder, She Wrote
Cosmo Ponzini
Magnum, P.I.
The Simpsons
Ernest Borgnine (voice)
The District
Uncle Mike Murphy
Home Improvement
Eddie Phillips
Little House on the Prairie
The Single Guy
Manny Cordoba
Early Edition
Airwolf
Dominic Santini
Highway to Heaven
Guido Liggio
Walker, Texas Ranger
Eddie Ryan
Hollywood Squares
The Center Square
General Electric Theater
Matty Moran
Jake and the Fatman
Col. Tom Cody
JAG
Artemus Sullivan
7th Heaven
Joe
Get Smart
TV Viewer (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stanislaus Katczinsky
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
Carface Caruthers (voice)
Run for Your Life
Harry Martin
Family Law
Frank Collero
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
McHale's Navy
Quinton McHale
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Hully Brown
Matt Houston
Buster Ryan
Ford Theatre
The Dean Martin Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
Laramie
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Big Jim Morrison
Future Cop
Joe Cleaver
Jesus of Nazareth
The Centurion
Wagon Train
Willy Moran
The Oscars
Self
Alice in Wonderland
Lion
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Masquerade
Jerry
The O. Henry Playhouse
Buck
Treasure Island in Outer Space
Billy Bones
SpongeBob SquarePants
Mermaid Man (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Last Days of Pompeii
Marcus
General Electric Theater
Major David Orlovsky
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Willie
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Oceano
Pedro El Triste
Magnum, P.I.
Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
The Commish
Frank Nardino
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Melvin Freebie
The Love Boat
Dominic Rosselli
Wagon Train
Estaban Zamora
Wagon Train
Indian Brave (uncredited)
Wagon Train
Earl Packer
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Jerry Lewis Show
Self
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
Gus White
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The Ray Anthony Show
himself
Pinky and the Brain
Father (voice)
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mathew O'Rourke
The Burning Shore
Ernie
Touched by an Angel
Max Blandish
Hollywood Squares
Self
Great Performances
Self
The Lone Wolf
Saks
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show