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Ernest Borgnine
Hamden, Connecticut, USA
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 voic…
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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).
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Naples '44
Movie Self
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2013
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
Movie Self
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2012
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
Movie Rex Page
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2011
Love's Christmas Journey
Movie Nicholas
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2011
The Lion of Judah
Movie Slink (voice)
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2011
Night Club
Movie Albert
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2011
National Lampoon's Snatched
Movie Big Frank Baum
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2010
RED
Movie Henry, The Records Keeper
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2010
Another Harvest Moon
Movie Frank
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2010
The Genesis Code
Movie Carl Taylor
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2009
The Wishing Well
Movie Big Jim
- 2009
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2009
Oliviero Rising
Movie Bill
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2008
Frozen Stupid
Movie Frank Norgard
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2008
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Movie Judge Holliday
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2008
Aces 'N' Eights
Movie Thurmond Prescott
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2008
Strange Wilderness
Movie Milas
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2008
Red and White: Gone with the West
Movie Himself / Narrator
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2007
A Grandpa for Christmas
Movie Bert O'Riley
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2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie Self
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2006
La cura del gorilla
Movie Jerry
- 2006
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2005
Rail Kings
Movie Steamtrain
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2005
3 Below
Movie Grandpa
- 2005
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2005
That One Summer
Movie Otis Garner
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2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Blueberry
Movie Rolling Star
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2004
The Trail to Hope Rose
Movie Eugene
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2004
Barn Red
Movie Michael Bolini
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2004
The Blue Light
Movie Faerie King
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2003
The Long Ride Home
Movie Lucas Moat
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2003
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
Movie Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage)
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2003
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
Movie Himself - Narrator
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2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Movie Self
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2002
September 11
Movie Old Man (segment "USA")
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2000
Hoover
Movie J. Edgar Hoover
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2000
The District
TV show Uncle Mike Murphy
