Ernest Borgnine: movies and TV shows
Ernest Borgnine has 248 credits in the archive: 176 films and 72 TV series, from 1944 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2022 · busiest year: 1984 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 105 |
| 2016 | Naples '44 | Self | Film | 5.7 | 99 |
| 2013 | Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie | Self | Film | — | 96 |
| 2012 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | Rex Page | Film | 4.9 | 95 |
| 2012 | Remote Control Magic: The Movie | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 95 |
| 2011 | National Lampoon's Snatched | Big Frank Baum | Film | 4.1 | 94 |
| 2011 | Love's Christmas Journey | Nicholas | Film | 6.8 | 94 |
| 2011 | The Lion of Judah | Slink (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 94 |
| 2011 | Night Club | Albert | Film | 2.0 | 94 |
| 2010 | RED | Henry, The Records Keeper | Film | 6.7 | 93 |
| 2010 | Another Harvest Moon | Frank | Film | 4.7 | 93 |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code | Carl Taylor | Film | 2.5 | 93 |
| 2009 | The Wishing Well | Big Jim | Film | 5.4 | 92 |
| 2009 | Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine | Self | Film | — | 92 |
| 2009 | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self | Film | 10.0 | 92 |
| 2009 | Oliviero Rising | Bill | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2008 | Aces 'N' Eights | Thurmond Prescott | Film | 6.5 | 91 |
| 2008 | Red and White: Gone with the West | Himself / Narrator | Film | 3.5 | 91 |
| 2008 | Strange Wilderness | Milas | Film | 4.9 | 91 |
| 2008 | Frozen Stupid | Frank Norgard | Film | — | 91 |
| 2008 | Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance | Judge Holliday | Film | 4.7 | 91 |
| 2007 | A Grandpa for Christmas | Bert O'Riley | Film | 6.5 | 90 |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | Film | 6.8 | 90 |
| 2006 | La cura del gorilla | Jerry | Film | 5.5 | 89 |
| 2006 | Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 89 |
| 2005 | Rail Kings | Steamtrain | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2005 | 3 Below | Grandpa | Film | 5.3 | 88 |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | Film | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2005 | That One Summer | Otis Garner | Film | — | 88 |
| 2004 | The Trail to Hope Rose | Eugene | Film | 5.6 | 87 |
| 2004 | Blueberry | Rolling Star | Film | 4.8 | 87 |
| 2004 | Barn Red | Michael Bolini | Film | 6.3 | 87 |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2004 | The Blue Light | Faerie King | Film | 6.5 | 87 |
| 2003 | The Long Ride Home | Lucas Moat | Film | 4.3 | 86 |
| 2003 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | Film | 9.0 | 86 |
| 2003 | The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker | Himself - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2003 | The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker | Film | 7.0 | 86 | |
| 2003 | Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage) | Film | — | 86 |
| 2002 | September 11 | Old Man (segment "USA") | Film | 6.4 | 85 |
| 2000 | The District | Uncle Mike Murphy | TV | 6.8 | 83 |
| 2000 | Frank Sinatra Memorial | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2000 | Castle Rock | Nate | Film | 6.9 | 83 |
| 2000 | Everyone Loves Mel | Grandpa | Film | 4.9 | 83 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 2000 | Hoover | J. Edgar Hoover | Film | 6.0 | 83 |
| 2000 | The Kiss Of Debt | Godfather Mariano | Film | 10.0 | 83 |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mermaid Man (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Himself | TV | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mermaid Man / Mermaid Man Doll (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1999 | Family Law | Frank Collero | TV | 8.1 | 82 |
| 1999 | The Last Great Ride | Franklin Lyle | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 1999 | The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island | Ben Quinn | Film | 4.3 | 82 |
| 1999 | Abilene | Hotis Brown | Film | 10.0 | 82 |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | Kip Killagin (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 81 |
| 1998 | BASEketball | Ted Denslow | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 1998 | An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Carface Carruthers (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 1997 | Gattaca | Caesar | Film | 7.6 | 80 |
| 1997 | McHale's Navy | Admiral Quinton McHale Sr. | Film | 4.5 | 80 |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1997 | Ernest Borgnine on the Bus | Self | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Antonio Birelli | TV | 7.3 | 79 |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Joe | TV | 6.5 | 79 |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series | Carface (voice) | TV | 6.1 | 79 |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Carface (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 79 |
| 1996 | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | Self | Film | 7.2 | 79 |
| 1996 | Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders | Film | 2.6 | 79 | |
| 1996 | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 79 |
| 1995 | JAG | Artemus Sullivan | TV | 7.3 | 78 |
| 1995 | The Single Guy | Manny Cordoba | TV | 5.8 | 78 |
| 1995 | Captiva Island | Arty | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 1995 | Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Sheriff Laughton | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1995 | Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung | Dr. Gustav Gruber | Film | 8.2 | 78 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Max Blandish | TV | 7.2 | 77 |
| 1994 | The Spirit of the Season | Grandpa | Film | 9.0 | 77 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Eddie Ryan | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Ernest (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 76 |
| 1993 | Der blaue Diamant | Hans Kroger | Film | 5.5 | 76 |
| 1993 | Tierärztin Christine | Dr. Gustav Gruber | Film | 8.5 | 76 |
| 1992 | Mistress | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars | TV | 7.9 | 75 | |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Eddie Phillips | TV | 7.4 | 74 |
| 1991 | The Commish | Frank Nardino | TV | 7.1 | 74 |
| 1991 | 飞狼国语公映版 | TV | — | 74 | |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Ernie | Film | 6.2 | 74 |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Ernie | TV | — | 74 |
| 1991 | The Burning Shore | Ernie | TV | — | 74 |
| 1990 | Tides of War | Doctor | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 1990 | The Last Match | Coach | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1990 | Any Man's Death | Herr Gantz | Film | 4.4 | 73 |
| 1990 | Appearances | Emil Danzig | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Ernest Borgnine (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1989 | Hoodwinked | Sal Piccolo | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1989 | Oceano | Pedro El Triste | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1989 | Laser Mission | Prof. Braun | Film | 3.9 | 72 |
| 1989 | Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears | Bischof | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1988 | The Big Turnaround | Father Lopez | Film | 4.7 | 71 |
| 1988 | Skeleton Coast | Colonel Smith | Film | 4.6 | 71 |
| 1988 | Spike of Bensonhurst | Baldo Cacetti | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Gen. Sam Worden | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 1988 | The Opponent | Victor | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1988 | Moving Target | Captain Morrison | Film | 3.5 | 71 |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Col. Tom Cody | TV | 6.2 | 70 |
| 1987 | Treasure Island in Outer Space | Billy Bones | TV | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1987 | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Gen. Sam Worden | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 69 |
| 1985 | Alice in Wonderland | Lion | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1985 | The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | Gen. Worden | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Cosmo Ponzini | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Dominic Santini | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Guido Liggio | TV | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1984 | Airwolf: The Movie | Dominic Santini | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1984 | Man Hunt | Ben Robeson | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 1984 | Code Name: Wild Geese | Frank Fletcher | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Marcus | TV | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1984 | Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Sen. Brighton | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Jerry | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1983 | Young Warriors | Lt. Bob Carrigan | Film | 3.9 | 66 |
| 1983 | Carpool | Mickey Doyle | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 1983 | Blood Feud | J. Edgar Hoover | Film | — | 66 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Buster Ryan | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Cabbie | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1981 | Deadly Blessing | Isaiah | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1981 | High Risk | Clint | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Earl Gianelli / 'Mr. White Death' | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1980 | Super Fuzz | Willy Dunlop | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Det. Sgt. Tom Conti | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | Harry Booth | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Double McGuffin | Firat | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1979 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Stanislaus Katczinsky | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1979 | Ravagers | Rann | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 62 |
| 1978 | Convoy | Lyle Wallace | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Dom Cimoli | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1978 | Cops and Robin | Joe Cleaver | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Dominic Rosselli | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | The Centurion | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1977 | Future Cop | Joe Cleaver | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1977 | Superstunt | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Angelo Dundee | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | John Canty | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1977 | Fire! | Sam Brisbane | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1976 | Future Cop | Officer Joe Cleaver | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1976 | Shoot | Lou | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | Holiday Hookers | Max | Film | 4.0 | 59 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1975 | The Devil’s Rain | Jonathan Corbis | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1975 | Hustle | Santuro | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Jonathan | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 1974 | Law and Disorder | Cy | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1974 | Sunday in the Country | Adam Smith | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1974 | Sandy in Disneyland | Self | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1974 | Twice in a Lifetime | Vince Boselli | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Shack | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Chief Diver Don MacKay | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1973 | Legend in Granite | Vince Lombardi | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | Mike Rogo | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1972 | The Revengers | Hoop | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1972 | The Boxer | Captain Perkins | Film | 8.1 | 55 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1971 | Hannie Caulder | Emmett Clemens | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1971 | The Trackers | Sam Paxton | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1971 | Bunny O'Hare | Bill Green - Gruenwald | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1971 | Willard | Al Martin | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1971 | Rain for a Dusty Summer | The General | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1971 | Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Sam Hill | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Adventurers | Fat Cat | Film | 4.7 | 53 |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Sheriff Harve | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch | Dutch Engstrom | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1969 | A Bullet for Sandoval | Don Pedro Sandoval | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra | Boris Vaslov | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Barney Sheean | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Split | Bert Clinger | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Maj. Gen. Worden | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1967 | Chuka | Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1966 | Hollywood Squares | The Center Square | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1966 | Hollywood Squares | Self | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Barney Yale | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1965 | Get Smart | TV Viewer (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Harry Martin | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show | TV | 7.4 | 48 | |
| 1965 | The Flight of the Phoenix | Trucker Cobb | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1964 | McHale's Navy | Quinton McHale | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Melvin Freebie | TV | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Ray Anthony Show | himself | TV | — | 46 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | Quinton McHale | TV | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Pickpocket | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Lucius | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World | Pete Stratton | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1961 | Seduction Of The South | Sante Carbone | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1961 | Black City | Peppino Navarra | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1960 | Man on a String | Boris Mitrov | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1960 | Pay or Die! | Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1959 | Laramie | TV | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Roo | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Rabbit Trap | Eddie Colt | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Vikings | Ragnar | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | The Badlanders | John McBain | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1958 | Torpedo Run | Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Willy Moran | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Indian Brave (uncredited) | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Earl Packer | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Estaban Zamora | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1957 | The O. Henry Playhouse | Buck | TV | — | 40 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Big Jim Morrison | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Willie | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Tom Hurley | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | Jubal | Shep Horgan | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1956 | Three Brave Men | Bernard F. Goldsmith | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Lew Brown | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1955 | Marty | Marty Piletti | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1955 | Bad Day at Black Rock | Coley Trimble | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1955 | Run for Cover | Morgan | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1955 | Violent Saturday | Stadt, Amish Farmer | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | The Last Command | Mike Radin | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | Bernie Browne | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | Saks | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Bounty Hunter | Bill Rachin | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Bart Lonergan | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Donnegan | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1954 | Demetrius and the Gladiators | Strabo | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Matty Moran | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Major David Orlovsky | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Bull Slager | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Gus White | TV | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Stanislaus Katczinsky | TV | 8.8 | 34 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Hully Brown | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1951 | The Mob | Joe Castro | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Bill Street | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1951 | China Corsair | Hu Chang | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 31 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mathew O'Rourke | TV | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member | TV | 7.1 | 27 |
| Future Cop: Cops and Robin | Officer Joe Cleaver | Film | — | — |