Ernest Borgnine

**Ernest Borgnine** (born **Ermes Effron Borgnino**; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor.

## Early life

Borgnine was born **Ermes Effron Borgnino** in Hamden, Connecticut on January 24, 1917 to Italian immigrant parents.

### Movies

Borgnine's first movie work was in a small role in _China Corsair_ (1951), followed by _The Whistle at Eaton Falls_ (1951). Then in 1953 he would get a role in _From Here to Eternity_ (1953). This movie had a very well known part with him and Frank Sinatra fighting. Borgnine won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in the movie Marty (1955), one of the best movies of his career.

His other movies included _The Stranger Wore a Gun_ (1953), with Randolph Scott, _Demetrius and the Gladiators_ (1954), with Victor Mature and Susan Hayward, _Vera Cruz_ (1954), with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, _Bad Day at Black Rock_ (1955), with Spencer Tracy, _Run for Cover_ (1955), with James Cagney, _Three Brave Men_ (1956), with Ray Milland, _The Vikings_ (1958), with Kirk Douglas and _The Badlanders_ (1958), with Alan Ladd. He worked with Glenn Ford in _Jubal_ (1956) and _Torpedo Run_ (1958), and Bette Davis in _The Catered Affair_ (1956). He played Lucius, in the biopic _Barrabas_ (1961), with Anthony Quinn. He then starred in _McHale's Navy_ (1964) and has a small role in _The Flight of the Phoenix_ (1965). In 1967, he is co-starred in _The Dirty Dozen_ (1967) as General Worden. Borgnine co-starred with William Holden in _The Wild Bunch_ (1969), he played Dutch Engstrom.

Another of his best work was in _The Poseidon Adventure_ (1972), with Gene Hackman. He played Mike Rogo, who helped rescue people from the ship.

His later works include _When Time Ran Out_ (1980), _Escape from New York_ (1981), _The Genesis Code_ (2010) and _Night Club_ (2011).

### Television

Borgnine has had a large amount of success on television. This includes his work on _McHale's Navy_ and _Airwolf_. He is also remembered for _Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission_ (1987) and _The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission_ (1988). In these movies, he again played the part of General Sam Worden.

He was a special guest in the series _Laramie_, _Wagon Train_, _Get Smart_, _Little House on the Prairie_, _Hallmark Hall of Fame_ and others.

Borgnine provided the voice of Mermaid Man (from 1999 to 2012) in _SpongeBob SquarePants_. This is the second time Borgnine would work with Tim Conway (Barnacle Boy) in a television series.

## Illness and death

On July 8, 2012, Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California of kidney failure at the age of 95. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.

## Other websites

- Video interview with Ernest Borgnine from the Archive of American Television

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ernest Borgnine
- **image**: ErnestBorgnineApr10.jpg
- **caption**: Borgnine at the TCM Classic Film Festival on April 22, 2010
- **birth name**: Ermes Effron Borgnino
- **birth place**: Hamden, Connecticut United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **death cause**: Kidney failure
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **other names**: Ermes Effron Borgnino
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1947–2012
- **spouse**: Rhoda Kemins (1949–1958),
Katy Jurado (1959–1963),
Ethel Merman (1964–1965),
Donna Rancourt (1965–1972),
 Tova Taesnaes (1973–2012)
- **children**: 4
- **signature**: Ernest Borgnine (signature).png