Ernest Borgnine
Biography
Ernest Borgnine was an American actor with a career spanning over six decades. He was known for his distinctive voice and appearance. Borgnine's film career began in 1951, with notable roles in China Corsair, From Here to Eternity, Vera Cruz, Bad Day at Black Rock, and The Wild Bunch. He also starred in the film Marty, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor. Borgnine achieved success in the sitcom McHale's Navy. He appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine was born on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut, and passed away on July 8, 2012.
Career overview
Ernest Borgnine began his film career in 1951. He appeared in supporting roles in several films, including China Corsair and From Here to Eternity. Borgnine also played supporting roles in Vera Cruz and Bad Day at Black Rock. In 1969, he appeared in The Wild Bunch.
Borgnine's film career included leading roles, one of which earned him recognition. He played the lead in the film Marty, released in 1955. Borgnine's career spanned over six decades, during which he appeared in numerous films and television shows. He also made guest appearances on talk shows and served as a panelist on several game shows.
Borgnine's acting career included a wide range of roles, and he continued to work in the entertainment industry throughout his life. He appeared in a total of 238 known credits, showcasing his versatility as an actor.
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- Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Naples '44 (2016) as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013) as Self
- The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012) as Rex Page
- Remote Control Magic: The Movie (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- National Lampoon's Snatched (2011) as Big Frank Baum
- Love's Christmas Journey (2011) as Nicholas
- The Lion of Judah (2011) as Slink (voice)
- Night Club (2011) as Albert
- RED (2010) as Henry, The Records Keeper
- Another Harvest Moon (2010) as Frank
- The Genesis Code (2010) as Carl Taylor
- The Wishing Well (2009) as Big Jim
- Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009) as Self
- Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009) as Self
- Oliviero Rising (2009) as Bill
- Aces 'N' Eights (2008) as Thurmond Prescott
- Red and White: Gone with the West (2008) as Himself / Narrator
- Strange Wilderness (2008) as Milas
- Frozen Stupid (2008) as Frank Norgard
- Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008) as Judge Holliday
- A Grandpa for Christmas (2007) as Bert O'Riley
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self
- La cura del gorilla (2006) as Jerry
- Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (2006) as Self
- Rail Kings (2005) as Steamtrain
- 3 Below (2005) as Grandpa
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005) as Self
- That One Summer (2005) as Otis Garner
- The Trail to Hope Rose (2004) as Eugene
- Blueberry (2004) as Rolling Star
- Barn Red (2004) as Michael Bolini
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- The Blue Light (2004) as Faerie King
- The Long Ride Home (2003) as Lucas Moat
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (2003) as Self
- The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker (2003) as Himself - Narrator
- The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker (2003) Thanks
- Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies (2003) as Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
- September 11 (2002) as Old Man (segment "USA")
- The District (2000) as Uncle Mike Murphy
- Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000) as Self
- Castle Rock (2000) as Nate
- Everyone Loves Mel (2000) as Grandpa
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Hoover (2000) as J. Edgar Hoover
- The Kiss Of Debt (2000) as Godfather Mariano
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Mermaid Man (voice)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Himself
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Mermaid Man / Mermaid Man Doll (voice)
- Family Law (1999) as Frank Collero
- The Last Great Ride (1999) as Franklin Lyle
- The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999) as Ben Quinn
- Abilene (1999) as Hotis Brown
- Small Soldiers (1998) as Kip Killagin (voice)
- BASEketball (1998) as Ted Denslow
- An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998) as Carface Carruthers (voice)
- Gattaca (1997) as Caesar
- McHale's Navy (1997) as Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997) as Self
- Ernest Borgnine on the Bus (1997) as Self
- Early Edition (1996) as Antonio Birelli
- 7th Heaven (1996) as Joe
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series (1996) as Carface (voice)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) as Carface (voice)
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996) as Self
- Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- JAG (1995) as Artemus Sullivan
- The Single Guy (1995) as Manny Cordoba
- Captiva Island (1995) as Arty
- Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995) as Sheriff Laughton
- Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung (1995) as Dr. Gustav Gruber
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Max Blandish
- The Spirit of the Season (1994) as Grandpa
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Eddie Ryan
- La Classe américaine (1993) as Ernest (archive footage)
- Der blaue Diamant (1993) as Hans Kroger
- Tierärztin Christine (1993) as Dr. Gustav Gruber
- Mistress (1992) as Himself
- MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992)
- Home Improvement (1991) as Eddie Phillips
- The Commish (1991) as Frank Nardino
- 飞狼国语公映版 (1991)
- Mountain of Diamonds (1991) as Ernie
- Mountain of Diamonds (1991) as Ernie
- The Burning Shore (1991) as Ernie
- Tides of War (1990) as Doctor
- The Last Match (1990) as Coach
- Any Man's Death (1990) as Herr Gantz
- Appearances (1990) as Emil Danzig
- The Simpsons (1989) as Ernest Borgnine (voice)
- Hoodwinked (1989) as Sal Piccolo
- Oceano (1989) as Pedro El Triste
- Laser Mission (1989) as Prof. Braun
- Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989) as Bischof
- The Big Turnaround (1988) as Father Lopez
- Skeleton Coast (1988) as Colonel Smith
- Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) as Baldo Cacetti
- The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) as Gen. Sam Worden
- The Opponent (1988) as Victor
- Moving Target (1988) as Captain Morrison
- Jake and the Fatman (1987) as Col. Tom Cody
- Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987) as Billy Bones
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) as Gen. Sam Worden
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Alice in Wonderland (1985) as Lion
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) as Gen. Worden
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Cosmo Ponzini
- Airwolf (1984) as Dominic Santini
- Highway to Heaven (1984) as Guido Liggio
- Airwolf: The Movie (1984) as Dominic Santini
- Man Hunt (1984) as Ben Robeson
- Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) as Frank Fletcher
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) as Marcus
- Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) as Sen. Brighton
- Masquerade (1983) as Jerry
- James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983) as Self
- Young Warriors (1983) as Lt. Bob Carrigan
- Carpool (1983) as Mickey Doyle
- Blood Feud (1983) as J. Edgar Hoover
- Matt Houston (1982) as Buster Ryan
- Escape from New York (1981) as Cabbie
- Deadly Blessing (1981) as Isaiah
- High Risk (1981) as Clint
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death'
- Super Fuzz (1980) as Willy Dunlop
- When Time Ran Out... (1980) as Det. Sgt. Tom Conti
- The Black Hole (1979) as Harry Booth
- The Double McGuffin (1979) as Firat
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) as Stanislaus Katczinsky
- Ravagers (1979) as Rann
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- Convoy (1978) as Lyle Wallace
- The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978) as Dom Cimoli
- Cops and Robin (1978) as Joe Cleaver
- The Love Boat (1977) as Dominic Rosselli
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as The Centurion
- Future Cop (1977) as Joe Cleaver
- Superstunt (1977) as Self
- The Greatest (1977) as Angelo Dundee
- The Prince and the Pauper (1977) as John Canty
- Fire! (1977) as Sam Brisbane
- Future Cop (1976) as Officer Joe Cleaver
- Shoot (1976) as Lou
- Holiday Hookers (1976) as Max
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The Devil’s Rain (1975) as Jonathan Corbis
- Hustle (1975) as Santuro
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Jonathan
- Law and Disorder (1974) as Cy
- Sunday in the Country (1974) as Adam Smith
- Sandy in Disneyland (1974) as Self
- Twice in a Lifetime (1974) as Vince Boselli
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973) as Self
- Emperor of the North (1973) as Shack
- The Neptune Factor (1973) as Chief Diver Don MacKay
- Legend in Granite (1973) as Vince Lombardi
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as Mike Rogo
- The Revengers (1972) as Hoop
- The Boxer (1972) as Captain Perkins
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- Hannie Caulder (1971) as Emmett Clemens
- The Trackers (1971) as Sam Paxton
- Bunny O'Hare (1971) as Bill Green - Gruenwald
- Willard (1971) as Al Martin
- Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971) as The General
- Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971) as Deputy Sam Hill
- The Adventurers (1970) as Fat Cat
- Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970) as Sheriff Harve
- The Wild Bunch (1969) as Dutch Engstrom
- A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) as Don Pedro Sandoval
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- Ice Station Zebra (1968) as Boris Vaslov
- The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) as Barney Sheean
- The Split (1968) as Bert Clinger
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Maj. Gen. Worden
- Chuka (1967) as Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1967) as Self
- Hollywood Squares (1966) as The Center Square
- Hollywood Squares (1966) as Self
- The Oscar (1966) as Barney Yale
- Get Smart (1965) as TV Viewer (uncredited)
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Harry Martin
- The Dean Martin Show (1965)
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) as Trucker Cobb
- McHale's Navy (1964) as Quinton McHale
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Melvin Freebie
- The Ray Anthony Show (1963) as himself
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- McHale's Navy (1962) as Quinton McHale
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- The Last Judgment (1961) as Pickpocket
- Barabbas (1961) as Lucius
- Go Naked in the World (1961) as Pete Stratton
- Seduction Of The South (1961) as Sante Carbone
- Black City (1961) as Peppino Navarra
- Man on a String (1960) as Boris Mitrov
- Pay or Die! (1960) as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
- Laramie (1959)
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959) as Roo
- The Rabbit Trap (1959) as Eddie Colt
- The Vikings (1958) as Ragnar
- The Badlanders (1958) as John McBain
- Torpedo Run (1958) as Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan
- Wagon Train (1957) as Willy Moran
- Wagon Train (1957) as Indian Brave (uncredited)
- Wagon Train (1957) as Earl Packer
- Wagon Train (1957) as Estaban Zamora
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- The O. Henry Playhouse (1957) as Buck
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Big Jim Morrison
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Willie
- The Catered Affair (1956) as Tom Hurley
- Jubal (1956) as Shep Horgan
- Three Brave Men (1956) as Bernard F. Goldsmith
- The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) as Lew Brown
- Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair (1956) as Self
- Marty (1955) as Marty Piletti
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) as Coley Trimble
- Run for Cover (1955) as Morgan
- Violent Saturday (1955) as Stadt, Amish Farmer
- The Last Command (1955) as Mike Radin
- The Square Jungle (1955) as Bernie Browne
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Lone Wolf (1954) as Saks
- The Bounty Hunter (1954) as Bill Rachin
- Johnny Guitar (1954) as Bart Lonergan
- Vera Cruz (1954) as Donnegan
- Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) as Strabo
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- From Here to Eternity (1953) as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Matty Moran
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Major David Orlovsky
- The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) as Bull Slager
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Gus White
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Stanislaus Katczinsky
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Hully Brown
- The Mob (1951) as Joe Castro
- The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) as Bill Street
- China Corsair (1951) as Hu Chang
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Mathew O'Rourke
- Ford Theatre (1948)
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Audience Member
- Future Cop: Cops and Robin as Officer Joe Cleaver