Ernest Borgnine Biography (1917-)

Original name, Ermes Effron Borgnino; born January 24, 1917, in Hamden, CT; son of Charles B. and Anna (maiden name, Bosselli) Borgnino; married Rhoda Kemins, 1948 (divorced, 1959); married Katy Jurado (an actress), 1959 (divorced,1963); married Ethel Merman (an actress and singer), June 1964 (divorced, July, 1964); married Donna Rancourt, 1965 (divorced, 1972); married Tova Traesnaes (a cosmetics entrepreneur), 1972; children: (first marriage) Nancee, (fourth marriage) Sharon, Christofer. Addresses: Manager: Bensky Entertainment, 15030 Ventura Blvd., Suite 343, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: January 24, 1917; Hamden, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Nelson, Mrs. McThing, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New York City, 1952
Also appeared in Harvey, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre.
Film Appearances
Hu Chang, China Corsair, Columbia, 1951
Hammert/Joe Castro, The Mob (also known as Remember That Face), Columbia, 1951
Bill Street, The Whistle at Eaton Falls (also known as Richer Than the Earth and Whistle at Eaton Falls), Columbia, 1951
Sergeant "Fatso" Judson, From Here to Eternity, Columbia, 1953
Bull Slager, The Stranger Wore a Gun, Columbia, 1953
Bill Rachin, The Bounty Hunter (also known as Bounty Hunter), Warner Bros., 1954
Strabo, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
Bart Lonergan, Johnny Guitar, Republic, 1954
Donnegan, Vera Cruz, United Artists, 1954
Coley Trimble, Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Mike Radin, The Last Command (also known as Last Command and San Antonio de Bexar), Republic, 1955
Marty Pilletti, Marty, United Artists, 1955
Morgan, Run for Cover (also known as Colorado), Paramount,1955
Bernie Browne, The Square Jungle (also known as Square Jungle), Universal, 1955
Stadt, Amish farmer, Violent Saturday, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
Lew Brown, The Best Things in Life Are Free, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956
Tom Hurley, The Catered Affair (also known as Catered Affair and Wedding Breakfast), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
Shep Horgan, Jubal, Columbia, 1956
Bernie Goldsmith, Three Brave Men, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
John McBain, The Badlanders (also known as Badlanders), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
Lieutenant Archer Sloan, Torpedo Run, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
King Ragnar, The Vikings, United Artists, 1958
Eddie Colt, The Rabbit Trap (also known as Rabbit Trap), United Artists, 1959
Boris Mitrov, Man on a String (also known as Confessions of a Counterspy and Ten Years of a Counterspy), Columbia, 1960
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, Pay or Die, Allied Artists, 1960
Pete Stratton, Go Naked in the World, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
Peppino Navarra, Il Re di Poggioreale (also known as Black City), 1961
Pickpocket, The Last Judgement (also known as Il giudizio universale and Le jugement dernier), 1961
Sante Carbone, I briganti italiani (also known as Seduction ofthe South, Les Guerilleros, and The Italian Brigades), 1961
Roo, Season of Passion (also known as Summer of the SeventeenthDoll and Summer of the 17th Doll), United Artists, 1961
Lucius, Barabbas (also known as Barabba), Columbia, 1962
Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale, McHale's Navy, Universal, 1964
Trucker Cobb, Flight of the Phoenix (also known as The Flight of the Phoenix), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Barney Yale, The Oscar, Embassy, 1966
Sergeant Otto Hansbach, Chuka (also known as Chuka: The Gunfighter), Paramount, 1967
General Sam Worden, The Dirty Dozen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Boris Vaslov, Ice Station Zebra, Filmways/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Barney Sheehan, The Legend of Lylah Clare (also known as Legendof Lylah Clare), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Bert Clinger, The Split, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
(Uncredited) Himself, The Man Who Makes the Difference (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Don Pedro Sandoval, Vengeance Is Mine (also known as Quei disperati che puzzano di sudore et di morte, A Bullet for Sandoval, Desperate Men, Those Desperate Men Who Smell of Dirt, and Los Desperados), Atlantida, 1969
Dutch Engstrom, The Wild Bunch, Warner Bros., 1969
Fat Cat, The Adventurers, Paramount, 1970
Sheriff Harve, Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (also known as War Games), Cinerama, 1970
Bill Green, Bunny O'Hare, American International Pictures, 1971
Emmett Clemens, Hannie Caulder, Paramount, 1971
Dictator, Rain for a Dusty Summer, Do-Bar, 1971
Captain Perkins, Ripped Off (also known as The Boxer, Counter Punch, Murder in the Ring, Ripped-Off, Tough Guy, and L'uomo dalla pelle dura), Cinema Shares, 1971
Al Martin, Willard, Cinerama, 1971
Himself, Film Portrait (documentary), Anthology Film Archives, 1972
Mike Rogo, The Poseidon Adventure, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
Hoop, The Revengers (also known as Los Vengadores), National General, 1972
Himself, The World of Sport Fishing (documentary), Allied ArtistsPictures Corp., 1972
Shack, Emperor of the North Pole (also known as Emperor of theNorth), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Chief diver Don "Mack" Mackay, The Neptune Factor (also known as The Neptune Disaster, Underwater Odyssey, and An Underwater Odyssey), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
Cy, Law and Disorder, Columbia, 1974
Jonathan Corbis, The Devil's Rain, Bryanston, 1975
Santoro, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
Adam Smith, Sunday in the Country (also known as Vengeance Is Mine and Blood for Blood), American International Pictures, 1975
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (also known as Won TonTon), Paramount, 1976
Lou, Shoot, Avco-Embassy, 1976
Angelo Dundee, The Greatest, Columbia, 1977
Lyle Wallace, Convoy, United Artists, 1978
John Canty, Crossed Swords (also known as The Prince and the Pauper), Warner Bros., 1978
Harry Booth, The Black Hole, Buena Vista, 1979
Rann, The Ravagers (also known as Ravagers), Columbia, 1979
Firat, The Double McGuffin, Mulberry Square, 1979
Tom Conti, When Time Ran Out (also known as Earth's Final Fury and The Day the World Ended), Warner Bros., 1980
Isaiah Schmidt, Deadly Blessing, United Artists, 1981
Cabbie, Escape from New York (also known as John Carpenter's "Escape from New York"), Avco-Embassy, 1981
Clint, High Risk (also known as Los Gringos), American Cinema, 1981
Sergeant Willy Dunlop, Super Fuzz (also known as Supersnooper, Super-Snooper, and Poliziotto superpio), Avco-Embassy, 1981
Lieutenant Bob Carrigan, Young Warriors (also known as The Graduates of Malibu High), Cannon, 1983
The White Stallion, 1984
Frank Fletcher, Codename: Wild Geese (also known as Codename Wildgeese, Code Name: Wild Geese, and Geheimecode Wildganse),Entertainment, 1985
Ben Robeson, The Manhunt (also known as Manhunt, Cacciaall'uomo, Mad Dog, and Cane arrabbiato), Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
Isola del Tesoro, 1986
Red Riding Hood (also known as Cannon Movie Tales: Red Riding Hood), 1987
Victor, Qualcuno paghera? (also known as The Opponent), 1987
Baldo Cacetti, Spike of Bensonhurst (also known as Throw Back!), Film Dallas, 1988
Any Man's Death, 1988
Bischof, Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (also known as Gummibarchen kusst man nicht), [Germany], 1989
Professor Braun, Laser Mission (also known as Soldier of Fortune), Interfilm L.A./Azimuth, 1989
Colonel Smith, Skeleton Coast (also known as Coast of Skeletons), Silvertree, 1989
The Big Turnaround, 1989
Victor, The Opponent, Dania, 1990
Captain Morrison, Moving Target (also known as Bersaglio sull'autostrada), Laguna Productions, 1990
Coach, L'ultima partita (also known as Opponent and TheLast Match), 1990
Ernie, Mountain of Diamonds, 1991
Himself, Mistress (also known as Hollywood Mistress), Rainbow Releasing/Tribeca Productions, 1992
Ernest, La classse americaine, Warner Bros. TV, 1993
Doctor, Tides of War (also known as Cancellate Washington),Arrow Releasing, 1994
Grandfather, Spirit of the Season, 1994
Arty, Captiva Island (also known as Captiva), R S Entertainment, 1995
The Outlaws: Legend of O. B. Taggert, Northern Arts Entertainment,1995
Voice of Carface, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (animated; also known asAll Dogs Go to Heaven II), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album Montage (documentary short), Warner Bros., 1996
Grandfather, Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, 1996
Cobra, McHale's Navy, Universal, 1997
Caesar, Gattaca (also known as The Eighth Day), Columbia, 1997
Himself, Ernest Borgnine: On the Bus (documentary), GoodTimes HomeVideo, 1997
Ted Denslow, BASEketball, Universal, 1998
Voice of Kip Killagin, Small Soldiers, DreamWorks, 1998
Carface, An All Dogs Christmas Carol, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Family Entertainment, 1998
Lucky, 12 Bucks, 1998
Hotis Brown, Abilene, Independent Artists, 1999
Grandpa, Mel, 1999

Franklin Lyle, The Last Great Ride, 1999
Ben Quinn, The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island, 1999
Nate, Castlerock, 2000
Godfather Mariano, The Kiss of Debt, Mackinac Media, 2000
Himself, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (documentary), Carlton, 2000
J. Edgar Hoover, Hoover, 2000
Judge DuPont, Whiplash, 2002
(Segment USA) 11'09"01-September 11 (also known as 11 minutes 9secondes 1 image, 11 septembre 2001, 11'09"01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre, Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11, Onze minutes neuf secondes, un cadre, and September 11),Empire Pictures, 2002
Michael Bolini, Barn Red, 2003
Narrator, The American Hobo (documentary), Echelon Entertainment,2003
Lucas Moat, The Long Ride Home, Lions Gate Films, 2003
Rolling Star, Blueberry (also known as Blueberry: L'experiencesecrete and Renegade), Columbia TriStar, 2004
Himself, Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (documentary), 2005
Grandpa, 3 Below, Dream Entertainment, 2005
Steamtrain, Rail Kings, Red Distribution, 2005
La cura del gorilla, 2006
Bill, Oliviero Rising, 2006
Judge Holliday, Chinaman's Chance, 2006
Strange Wilderness, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006
Also appeared in Captain Hankel; Madam Capri and Her Girls; Strike Force.
Film Executive Producer
Hoover, 2000
Television Appearances
Series
Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale, McHale's Navy, ABC, 1962-66
Officer Joe Cleaver, Future Cop, ABC, 1977
Dominic Santini, Airwolf (also known as Air Wolf and Lone Wolf), CBS, 1984-85
Manny Cordova, The Single Guy, NBC, 1995-97
Voice of Carface, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (animated), syndicated, 1996-
Voice of Mermaid Man, SpongeBob SquarePants (animated; also knownas SpongeBob), Nickelodeon, 1999-2002
Miniseries
Centurion, Jesus of Nazareth (also known as Gesu di Nazareth), NBC, 1977
J. Edgar Hoover, Blood Feud, syndicated, 1983
Marcus, The Last Days of Pompeii, ABC, 1984
Lion, Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice through the Looking Glass), CBS, 1985
Billy Bones, L'isola del tesoro (also known as Der schatz im all, Space Island, and Treasure Island in Outer Space), RAI-2, 1987
Pedro El Triste, Oceano (also known as Ocean), 1989
Movies
Deputy Sam Hill, Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (also known as Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster?), NBC, 1971
Sam Paxton, The Trackers (also known as No Trumpets, No Drums), ABC, 1971
Vince Boselli, Twice in a Lifetime, NBC, 1974
Natale in casa d'appuntamento (also known as Christmas Time ina Brothel, Christmas at the Brothel, Holiday Hookers, and Love by Appointment), 1976
Sam Brisbane, Fire!, NBC, 1977
Dom Cimoli, The Ghost of Flight 401, NBC, 1978
Stanislaus Katczinsky, All Quiet on the Western Front, CBS, 1979
Mickey Doyle, Carpool, CBS, 1983
Jerry, Masquerade, 1983
Senator Brighton, Love Leads the Way, The Disney Channel, 1984
General Sam Worden, The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (also knownas The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission), NBC, 1985
General Sam Worden, The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission, NBC, 1987
General Sam Worden, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (also knownas The Dirty Dozen: Fatal Mission), NBC, 1988
Sal "The Salami" Piccolo, Jake Spanner, Private Eye (also known asHoodwinked, Jack Spanner, Back on the Case, and TheOld Dick), USA Network, 1989
Emil Danzig, Appearances, NBC, 1990
Gantz, Any Man's Death, 1990
Ernie, Mountain of Diamonds (also known as Burning Shore, Gluhender himmel, La montagna dei diamanti, and La montagne de diamants), 1991
Dr. Gustav Gruber, Tieraerztin Christine, 1993
Hans Kroger, Der Blaue Diamant (also known as Hunt for the BlueDiamond), 1993
Dr. Gustav Gruber, Tieraerztin Christine II: Die Versuchung, 1995
Grandpa, Me!, HBO, 1999
The faerie king, The Blue Light, 2004
Eugene Lawson, The Trail to Hope Rose, Hallmark Channel, 2004
Pilots
Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale, "Seven Against the Sea" (pilot for McHale's Navy), Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1962
Joe Cleaver, Future Cop, ABC, 1976
Joe Cleaver, The Cops and Robin (also known as Cops and Robin), NBC, 1978
Take One Starring Jonathan Winters, NBC, 1981
Dominic Santini, Airwolf, CBS, 1984
Specials
The 28th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1956
The General Motors 50th Anniversary Show, NBC, 1957
Presenter, The 29th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1957
Presenter, The 30th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1958
The Andy Williams Show, NBC, 1963
The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1967
What's Up, America?, NBC, 1971
Vince Lombardi, Portrait in Granite: The Vince Lombardi Story (also known as Legend in Granite: The Vince Lombardi Story, ABC, 1973
The Rowan and Martin Special, NBC, 1973
Himself, Sandy in Disneyland, CBS, 1974
Presenter, The 46th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1974
Himself/Fatso, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra, 1977
Superstunt, NBC, 1978
The 50th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1978
Jonathan, Little House Years, NBC, 1979
The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart, CBS, 1980
Take One Starring Jonathan Winters, NBC, 1981
James Bond: The First 21 Years, Thames, 1983
The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, ABC, 1984
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1987
This is Your Life, NBC, 1987
The Television Academy Hall of Fame, Fox, 1990
MGM: When the Lion Roars (documentary; also known as The MGM Story), TNT, 1992
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
Interviewee, Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (documentary), TNT, 1997
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
The Best of Hollywood (also known as 50 Years: The Best of Hollywood), 1998
Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years, PBS, 1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards, 1998
Himself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
William Holden: An Untamed Spirit (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Tim Conway: Just Clowning Around (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000
Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (also known as AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills), CBS, 2001
The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King, 2003
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (documentary), Starz!, 2004
Also appeared in Billy the Kid.
Episodic
"The Copper," Goodyear Television Playhouse (also known as Goodyear Playhouse), 1951
Gus White, "Night Visitor," Ford Theatre, 1954
"The Poachers," Fireside Theatre, NBC, 1955
Himself, "Ernest Borgnine," This Is Your Life, NBC, 1956
Toast of the Town, CBS, 1956, 1957
Jim Morrison, "Black Creek Encounter," Zane Grey Theatre (also known as Dick Powell's "Zane Grey Theater" and The Westerners), CBS, 1957
Willy Moran, "The Willie Moran Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1957
"The Reformation of Calliope," The O. Henry Playhouse, 1957
Cop, "The Flashback Show," Make Room for Daddy (also known as The Danny Thomas Show), 1957
Host, "Human Bomb," Navy Log, 1957
"Two Lives Have I," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (also known as Herald Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse, and The Playhouse), 1958
Willy Moran, "Around the Horn," Wagon Train, NBC, 1958
Major Prescott, "Circle of Fire," Laramie, NBC, 1959
Estaban Zamora, "The Estaban Zamora Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1959
Jim Morrison, "Black Creek Encounter," Frontier Justice, 1959
Boone Caudie, "Ride the Wild Wind," Laramie, NBC, 1960
Willie, "A Gun for Willie," Zane Grey Theatre (also known as Dick Powell's "Zane Grey Theater" and The Westerners), CBS, 1960
Earl Packer, "The Earl Packer Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1961
Matty Moran, "The Legend That Walks Like a Man," The General ElectricTheatre (also known as G. E. Theater), CBS, 1961
"The Blue Leaders," The Blue Angels, 1961
MacHale, "Seven Against the Sea," Alcoa Premiere, 1962
Major David Orlovsky, "The Bar Mitzvah of Major Orlovsky," The GeneralElectric Theatre (also known as G. E. Theater), CBS, 1962
Himself, The Andy Williams Story, NBC, 1963
Host, The Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1964
Indian, "The Indian Girl Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1965
Melvin Freebie, "The Blue-Eyed Horse," Bob Hope Presents the ChryslerTheatre (also known as The Chrysler Theater and Universal StarTime), NBC, 1966
Harry, "Time and a Half on Christmas Eve," Run for Your Life, 1966
Himself, The Hollywood Squares, NBC, 1966, 1967, 1976
TV viewer, "The Little Black Book: Part 2," Get Smart, 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1971, 1973, 1979
The Dean Martin Show, NBC, 1971, 1972
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, NBC, 1973
Jonathan, "The Lord Is My Shepherd: Part 2," Little House on the Prairie, NBC, 1974
Earl Gianelli, "Mr. White Death," Magnum, P.I., 1982
Dominic Rosselli, "Venetian Love Song/The Arrangement/Arrividerci, Gopher/The Gigolo: Parts 1 & 2," The Love Boat, ABC, 1982
Buster Ryan, "Here's Another Fine Mess," Matt Houston, 1983
Guido Liggo, "Another Kind of War, Another Kind of Peace," Highway toHeaven, 1986
Cosmo Ponzini, "Death Takes a Dive," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
Colonel Tom Cody, "My Shining Hour," Jake and the Fatman, 1989
Debbie Reynolds' Movie Memories, 1991
Eddie Phillips, "Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor," Home Improvement, ABC, 1992
Voice of himself, "Boy Scoutz N the Hood," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1993
Frank Nardino, "Rising Sun," The Commish, 1993
Frank Nardino, "A Christmas Story," The Commish, 1994
Voice of Brain's father, Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1996
Artemus Sullivan, "Yesterday's Heroes," JAG, CBS, 1998
Antonio Birelli, "The Last Untouchable," Early Edition, CBS, 1999
Lawrence Yaeger, "Legacy," Chicken Soup for the Soul, PAX, 2000
Eddie Ryan, "The Avenging Angel," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 2000
Himself, "The Poseidon Adventure Backstory," Backstory (also knownas Hollywood Backstories), AMC, 2001
Max, "The Blue Angel," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2002
Joe, "The Known Soldier," 7th Heaven (also known as Seventh Heaven), The WB, 2002
Frank Collero, "Alienation of Affection," Family Law, CBS, 2002
Mike Murphy, "Last Waltz," The District, CBS, 2003
Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show), NBC, 2004
Also appeared as Nargola, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Dumon.
RECORDINGS:
Video Games
Voice of Mermaid Man, SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, THQ, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors andActresses, 4th ed., St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

Movieline, volume 7, issue 8, 1996, p. 30

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