Acting · Hamden, Connecticut, USA · Born January 24, 1917
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).
MovieRat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNaples '44
2016
as Self
MoviePassion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
2013
as Self
MovieRemote Control Magic: The Movie
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Rex Page
MovieLove's Christmas Journey
2011
as Nicholas
MovieThe Lion of Judah
2011
as Slink (voice)
MovieNight Club
2011
as Albert
MovieNational Lampoon's Snatched
2011
as Big Frank Baum
MovieRED
2010
as Henry, The Records Keeper
MovieAnother Harvest Moon
2010
as Frank
MovieThe Genesis Code
2010
as Carl Taylor
MovieThe Wishing Well
2009
as Big Jim
MovieSquare Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self
MovieOliviero Rising
2009
as Bill
MoviePrivate Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
2009
as Self
MovieFrozen Stupid
2008
as Frank Norgard
MovieRailroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
as Judge Holliday
MovieAces 'N' Eights
2008
as Thurmond Prescott
MovieStrange Wilderness
2008
as Milas
MovieRed and White: Gone with the West
2008
as Himself / Narrator
MovieA Grandpa for Christmas
2007
as Bert O'Riley
MovieMr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
MovieLa cura del gorilla
2006
as Jerry
MovieArmed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006
as Self
MovieRail Kings
2005
as Steamtrain
Movie3 Below
2005
as Grandpa
MovieThat One Summer
2005
as Otis Garner
MoviePassion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBlueberry
2004
as Rolling Star
MovieThe Trail to Hope Rose
2004
as Eugene
MovieBarn Red
2004
as Michael Bolini
MovieThe Blue Light
2004
as Faerie King
MovieThe Long Ride Home
2003
as Lucas Moat
MovieSpongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
2003
as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
MovieTime Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self
MovieThe American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
2003
as Himself - Narrator
MovieSeptember 11
2002
as Old Man (segment "USA")
Hoover
2000
as J. Edgar Hoover
TVThe District
2000
as Uncle Mike Murphy
MovieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFrank Sinatra Memorial
2000
as Self
MovieEveryone Loves Mel
2000
as Grandpa
MovieCastle Rock
2000
as Nate
MovieThe Kiss Of Debt
2000
as Godfather Mariano
MovieThe Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
1999
as Ben Quinn
TVFamily Law
1999
as Frank Collero
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Mermaid Man (voice)
MovieAbilene
1999
as Hotis Brown
MovieThe Last Great Ride
1999
as Franklin Lyle
MovieAn All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998
as Carface Carruthers (voice)
MovieBASEketball
1998
as Ted Denslow
MovieSmall Soldiers
1998
as Kip Killagin (voice)
MovieBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
MovieGattaca
1997
as Caesar
MovieMcHale's Navy
1997
as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
MovieErnest Borgnine on the Bus
1997
as Self
MovieThe Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
as Self
TVEarly Edition
1996
as Antonio Birelli
TVAll Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
as Carface (voice)
MovieMerlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
1996
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Joe
MovieAll Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
as Carface (voice)
MovieBurt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
1995
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
TVJAG
1995
as Artemus Sullivan
TVThe Single Guy
1995
as Manny Cordoba
MovieOutlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995
as Sheriff Laughton
Captiva Island
1995
as Arty
The Spirit of the Season
1994
as Grandpa
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Max Blandish
MovieLa Classe américaine
1993
as Ernest (archive footage)
MovieTierärztin Christine
1993
as Dr. Gustav Gruber
MovieDer blaue Diamant
1993
as Hans Kroger
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Eddie Ryan
MovieMistress
1992
as Himself
TVMGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
MovieMountain of Diamonds
1991
as Ernie
TVMountain of Diamonds
1991
as Ernie
TVThe Commish
1991
as Frank Nardino
TVHome Improvement
1991
as Eddie Phillips
TV飞狼国语公映版
1991
TVThe Burning Shore
1991
as Ernie
MovieAppearances
1990
as Emil Danzig
MovieAny Man's Death
1990
as Herr Gantz
MovieThe Last Match
1990
as Coach
MovieTides of War
1990
as Doctor
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
MovieHoodwinked
1989
as Sal Piccolo
MovieLaser Mission
1989
as Prof. Braun
TVOceano
1989
as Pedro El Triste
MovieReal Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
as Bischof
MovieSpike of Bensonhurst
1988
as Baldo Cacetti
MovieThe Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Gen. Sam Worden
MovieThe Opponent
1988
as Victor
MovieSkeleton Coast
1988
as Colonel Smith
MovieMoving Target
1988
as Captain Morrison
MovieThe Big Turnaround
1988
as Father Lopez
TVTreasure Island in Outer Space
1987
as Billy Bones
TVJake and the Fatman
1987
as Col. Tom Cody
MovieThe Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Gen. Sam Worden
MovieThe Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self (archive footage)
TVAlice in Wonderland
1985
as Lion
MovieThe Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985
as Gen. Worden
MovieMan Hunt
1984
as Ben Robeson
MovieLove Leads the Way: A True Story
1984
as Sen. Brighton
MovieCode Name: Wild Geese
1984
as Frank Fletcher
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Cosmo Ponzini
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Guido Liggio
MovieAirwolf: The Movie
1984
as Dominic Santini
TVThe Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Marcus
TVAirwolf
1984
as Dominic Santini
TVMasquerade
1983
as Jerry
MovieCarpool
1983
as Mickey Doyle
MovieYoung Warriors
1983
as Lt. Bob Carrigan
MovieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
MovieBlood Feud
1983
as J. Edgar Hoover
TVMatt Houston
1982
as Buster Ryan
MovieDeadly Blessing
1981
as Isaiah
MovieEscape from New York
1981
as Cabbie
MovieHigh Risk
1981
as Clint
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
MovieSuper Fuzz
1980
as Willy Dunlop
MovieWhen Time Ran Out...
1980
as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
MovieThe Black Hole
1979
as Harry Booth
MovieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
MovieRavagers
1979
as Rann
MovieThe Double McGuffin
1979
as Firat
MovieThe Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieConvoy
1978
as Lyle Wallace
MovieCops and Robin
1978
as Joe Cleaver
MovieThe Ghost of Flight 401
1978
as Dom Cimoli
Superstunt
1977
as Self
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Dominic Rosselli
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
as John Canty
MovieThe Greatest
1977
as Angelo Dundee
MovieFire!
1977
as Sam Brisbane
TVJesus of Nazareth
1977
as The Centurion
TVFuture Cop
1977
as Joe Cleaver
MovieShoot
1976
as Lou
MovieFuture Cop
1976
as Officer Joe Cleaver
MovieHoliday Hookers
1976
as Max
MovieHustle
1975
as Santuro
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil’s Rain
1975
as Jonathan Corbis
MovieSunday in the Country
1974
as Adam Smith
MovieLaw and Disorder
1974
as Cy
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Jonathan
MovieSandy in Disneyland
1974
as Self
MovieTwice in a Lifetime
1974
as Vince Boselli
Legend in Granite
1973
as Vince Lombardi
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieThe Neptune Factor
1973
as Chief Diver Don MacKay
MovieEmperor of the North
1973
as Shack
MovieThe Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Mike Rogo
MovieThe Revengers
1972
as Hoop
MovieThe Boxer
1972
as Captain Perkins
MovieThe Trackers
1971
as Sam Paxton
MovieHannie Caulder
1971
as Emmett Clemens
MovieBunny O'Hare
1971
as Bill Green - Gruenwald
MovieRain for a Dusty Summer
1971
as The General
MovieWillard
1971
as Al Martin
MovieWho Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971
as Deputy Sam Hill
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieSuppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970
as Sheriff Harve
MovieThe Adventurers
1970
as Fat Cat
MovieA Bullet for Sandoval
1969
as Don Pedro Sandoval
MovieThe Wild Bunch
1969
as Dutch Engstrom
MovieThe Split
1968
as Bert Clinger
MovieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Barney Sheean
MovieIce Station Zebra
1968
as Boris Vaslov
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TVThe Jerry Lewis Show
1967
as Self
MovieThe Dirty Dozen
1967
as Maj. Gen. Worden
MovieChuka
1967
as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
TVHollywood Squares
1966
as The Center Square
MovieThe Oscar
1966
as Barney Yale
MovieThe Flight of the Phoenix
1965
as Trucker Cobb
TVGet Smart
1965
as TV Viewer (uncredited)
TVThe Dean Martin Show
1965
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Harry Martin
MovieMcHale's Navy
1964
as Quinton McHale
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Melvin Freebie
The Ray Anthony Show
1963
as himself
TVMcHale's Navy
1962
as Quinton McHale
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieBarabbas
1961
as Lucius
MovieSeduction Of The South
1961
as Sante Carbone
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Last Judgment
1961
as Pickpocket
MovieBlack City
1961
as Peppino Navarra
MovieGo Naked in the World
1961
as Pete Stratton
MoviePay or Die!
1960
as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
MovieMan on a String
1960
as Boris Mitrov
MovieSummer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Roo
TVLaramie
1959
MovieThe Rabbit Trap
1959
as Eddie Colt
MovieTorpedo Run
1958
as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
MovieThe Badlanders
1958
as John McBain
MovieThe Vikings
1958
as Ragnar
TVWagon Train
1957
as Willy Moran
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVThe O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Buck
MovieThree Brave Men
1956
as Bernard F. Goldsmith
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Big Jim Morrison
MovieThe Best Things in Life Are Free
1956
as Lew Brown
MovieThe Catered Affair
1956
as Tom Hurley
MovieJubal
1956
as Shep Horgan
MovieErnest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair
1956
as Self
MovieThe Square Jungle
1955
as Bernie Browne
MovieThe Last Command
1955
as Mike Radin
MovieRun for Cover
1955
as Morgan
MovieMarty
1955
as Marty Piletti
MovieViolent Saturday
1955
as Stadt, Amish Farmer
MovieBad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Coley Trimble
MovieVera Cruz
1954
as Donnegan
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieThe Bounty Hunter
1954
as Bill Rachin
MovieDemetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Strabo
MovieJohnny Guitar
1954
as Bart Lonergan
TVThe Lone Wolf
1954
as Saks
MovieFrom Here to Eternity
1953
as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
MovieThe Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Bull Slager
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Matty Moran
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Gus White
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stanislaus Katczinsky
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Hully Brown
MovieThe Mob
1951
as Joe Castro
MovieThe Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Bill Street
MovieChina Corsair
1951
as Hu Chang
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Ford Theatre
1948
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Audience Member
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
as Officer Joe Cleaver
