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Ermes Effron Borgnino Wiki Biography

Ermes Effron Borgnino was born on 24 January 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut USA, of Italian descent. Ernest was an actor, known from appearing in films and television series for over six decades during his career. He had award winning performances in “Marty”, “McHale’s Navy” and “Airwolf”; all his efforts helped put his net worth to where it was prior to his passing in 2012.

How rich was Ernest Borgnine? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that was at $15 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. Aside from film and television, Borgnine was also known to perform on stage and did voice work; previously he served in the US Navy. All of these ensured the position of his wealth.

Ernest Borgnine Net Worth $15 Million Dollars

When he was two years old, Ernest’s parents separated and he lived with his mother in Italy for a few years. Eventually the family reconciled and settled in New Haven, where he would attend James Hillhouse High School. Around this time, he had no intention of pursuing a career in acting, and mostly played sports. After high school, he enlisted and served aboard the destroyer USS Lamberton until 1941, but then in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he re-enlisted, and served on an anti-submarine warship and was eventually honourably discharged in 1945. He received numerous awards during his time with the Navy and achieved the rank of gunner’s mate 1st class.

After he got home, he tried working at a factory but it didn’t suit him. His mother suggested he tried acting on stage which he did, studying at Barter Theatre and eventually landing his first role in a production of “State of the Union”. He started to gain recognition, and appeared in “The Glass Menagerie”, before travelling to New York for the play “Harvey”. Borgnine was then cast in the film “The Whistle at Eaton Falls”, but in the same year deciding to move to Los Angeles, subsequently appearing in the film “From Here to Eternity” alongside Frank Sinatra. His net worth was now well established.

Ernest played a lot of villains in various films such as “Vera Cruz” and “Johnny Guitar”. In 1955, he starred in the film “Marty”, which won him an Academy Award. He would gain a significant amount of popularity, and his net worth also started to increase significantly. He then continued by appearing in films such as “The Flight of the Phoenix”, “The Dirty Dozen”, “Convoy”, and “Escape from New York”.

His first television role was in “Captain Video and His Video Rangers” in 1951. Since then, he would be cast for various shows such as “Laramie”, “Magnum, P.I.”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “Home Improvement”. He also appeared in the final two episodes of “ER” at the age of 92, earning him an Emmy nomination.

Probably the most successful TV show that Borgnine became a part of was entitled “McHale’s Navy” from 1962-66. One of the reasons for the success of the show is due to the fact that he served in the Navy during his youth. He received an Emmy nomination for the show in 1963 and the show would continue until its eventual cancellation due to low viewership.

In 1996, Ernest toured the United States and made a documentary “Ernest Borgnine on the Bus”. He then tried his hand at voice acting, becoming the elderly superhero Mermaid Man for the cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants”. He also appeared in an episode of “The Simpsons”, along with several commercials.

Borgnine’s career spanned appearances in almost 150 films, and over 30 TV productions – he was always in demand, partly because of his versatility in playing varying roles.

For his personal life,Ernest married five times – his first wife was Rhoda Kemins from 1949 to 1958 and they had a daughter. He was married to actress Katy Jurado from 1959 to 1963 and was also married to singer Ethel Merman for just 32 days in 1964. He then married Donna Rancourt in 1965, which lasted until 1972, and they had three children. His fifth marriage was to Tova Traesnaes 1973, which lasted until his death. In 2012, Borgnine passed away at the age of 95 due to kidney failure.



Full Name Ernest Borgnine
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Died 2012-07-08 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 1.75 m
Profession American film and television actor
Education James Hillhouse High School, Barter Theatre
Nationality American
Spouse Tova Traesnaes (m. 1973-2012, his death), Donna Rancourt, Ethel Merman, Katy Jurado, Rhoda Kemins
Children Cris Borgnine, Nancee Borgnine, Sharon Borgnine, Diana Rancourt-Borgnine
Parents Anna Boselli, Camillo Borgnino
Siblings Evelyn Velardi
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000308
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor
Movies “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1979), “A Grandpa for Christmas” (2007), “Spike of Bensonhurst” (1988), “Pay “Marty” (1955)
TV Shows “McHale’s Navy” (1962-1966), “Airwolf” (1984-1987), “SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge” (1999-2012)
Trademark
1 Gap between his two front teeth.
2 Machiavellian eyebrows.
3 Gruff, but gentle voice.
4 Frequently played villainous roles.
5 The role of Mermaid Man in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).
Title Salary
Marty (1955) $5,000
From Here to Eternity (1953) $700 a week
Quote
1 Please, for heaven’s sake, if anybody lives next to a hospital, a veteran’s hospital or something, take a half-hour, take an hour, take two hours, and go down there and visit our veterans. They would love to see you. Bring ’em flowers or something. Just to say hello. Believe me, they’re hungry for people to come and see them . . . we owe freedom and opportunity to them. It’s the least we can do.
2 [In 1972] I think we all have the urge to be a clown, whether we know it or not. The clown we see is a fascinating person, expressing pathos, poignancy, joie de vivre. It’s an opportunity to express one’s innermost feelings while hiding behind a mask.
3 [in 1966 about his reputation for being temperamental] Yes, I’m a hot-tempered Italian, but I don’t think I am ever unfair or unjust.
4 [in 1965 of his off-camera feud with McHale’s Navy (1962) producer Edward Montagne] When Universal told me that [he] was not going to produce but direct the movie, I told them that my price would be triple. So, they made a story about “McHale’s Navy” without “McHale”.
5 [In 1973, about being under contract to a studio] No, thanks. I was under contract once, to Hecht-Hill-Lancaster. It cost me $500,000 to get out of it.
6 I don’t care whether a part is 10 minutes long, or two hours, and I don’t care whether my name is up there on top, either. Matter of fact, I’d rather have somebody else get top billing; then if the picture bombs, he gets the blame, not me.
7 Everybody says all you have to do is get a television show that will last three years and you can retire. Lemme tell you something, I was in McHale’s Navy (1962) for four years and I owned a third of the show.
8 McHale [his character on McHale’s Navy (1962)] was always trying to put one over on the captain. Sam Hill [his character in Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)] isn’t trying to put one over on anybody. He’s a man who takes no guff from anyone. He can get disorderly when faced with trials and tribulations. When he does wrong, he admits it. People can see themselves in this character.
9 [In 1971, promoting Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)] Research is a crock. All the necessary research is done by the author. Why should I do the research on his research? The only thing I did was bring my characterization to Cook [director Fielder Cook] and then we worked on it. Sam Hill is a good, likable guy, but you can also get mad at him. The character should have a controversial quality.
10 [on why he wanted to star in McHale’s Navy (1962)] Theater business was disappearing and so were night clubs, which I don’t like to play anyway because they keep me up too late. There were TV guest shots, but how many times can you play Ed Sullivan? My biggest pay was from industrial shows, but they don’t come along too often.
11 I’ve got to treat my throat like a broken leg and let it get strong again. My shouting and “har de har har” days are over.
12 [In 1963] Somebody said there was no such as small roles; only small actors. I think it was Mickey Rooney. Anyway, it ain’t true.
13 [In 1962] In 1941 I quit the Navy to go to work in a factory in New Haven, Connecticut . . . 1941, what a year to quit the Navy. I was back in a few months. In the beginning, we had only three boats patrolling the entire Atlantic Coast and I was on one of them. Then they sent me to Hollywood, Florida. I was assigned to a PY, patrol yacht. The PY was a converted yacht, the S.S. Intrepid. It used to be owned by the Murphy who invented Murphy beds. He took it to Europe and all over before the war. You should have seen what the Navy did to it!
14 [on his popularity while playing the 40-something Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale on McHale’s Navy (1962)] It’s not exactly the Navy I remember. I don’t think we could have won the war if we’d had one like this. But it’s a lot more laughs.
15 I think you have to keep going. Otherwise, you know these fellas that say, “Boy I can’t wait to retire. Boy, I’m going to be 65 years old, and I’m retiring and I’m quitting and that’s it.” Well, two weeks later they’re saying to themselves, “What the hell am I gonna do?” And first thing you know they find themselves in a wheelchair or in a rocking chair going back and forth, back and forth, and that’s the end of it. And suddenly you’re dead.
16 [reflecting on Paul Newman’s passing] What can you possibly say about such a wonderful, dedicated man? He was a great guy. I feel he is much better off, God bless him, I feel so sorry for his wife, Joanne Woodward, who is just the most lovely person, too. But, hey, he left his mark, God bless him, and you can’t say no more than that, by golly. He left not only that, but he left a wonderful thing that he’d been doing for everyone–I mean, donating all his money from different things that he’s done to help children.
17 [on drugs] No, I’ve never done anything. At least, not to my knowledge. I once took a bunch of goofballs by accident. They looked like candy. They were in a little bowl at a party. I grabbed a hand full and went to town. That was some New Year’s Eve. I didn’t have a coherent thought ’til February.
18 [on his marriage to Ethel Merman] Biggest mistake of my life. I thought I was marrying Rosemary Clooney.
19 I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. I’m glad we sent the men off to war. They came back with a sense of responsibility and respect. We should have grabbed the women, given them a bath, put a chastity belt on them, and put them in secretary school.
20 [on the womens rights movement] They tried it the wrong way. You can’t expect anyone to take you seriously if you burn your undies and tell me I’m a pig. That’s why it failed. Too many ugly broads telling me that they don’t want to sleep with me. Who wanted you anyway?
21 I like my women a little big. Natural. Now, they shave this and wax that. It’s not right. I love natural women. Big women. This trend in women has to go. Bulemia, anorexia. That’s just wrong. You know what will cure that? My special sticky buns. One lick of my sticky buns and your appetite will come right back.
22 Where can we find the great actors we had yesteryear, guys like Spencer Tracy and Gary Cooper and Edward G. Robinson? You know, I was talking to Lee Marvin the other day and we agreed that we were the last of a breed. We’re the last who had the opportunity of working with these fine actors. I feel very humble. It makes me feel that I’ve got to try that bit harder.
23 Robert Ryan was a craftsman from start to finish. He was an actor first, a star second.
24 [on his $5,000 salary for playing the eponymous lead in Marty (1955), which won him a Best Actor Oscar] . . . I would have done it for nothing.
25 [on Brokeback Mountain (2005)] I didn’t see it and I don’t care to see it . . . If John Wayne were alive, he’d be rolling over in his grave.
26 Ever since they opened the floodgates with Clark Gable saying, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”, somebody’s ears pricked up and said, “Oh boy, here we go!”. Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can’t say three words without cursing. And I don’t think that’s right.
27 Everything I do has a moral to it. Yes, I’ve been in films that have had shootings. I made The Wild Bunch (1969), which was the beginning of the splattering of blood and everything else. But there was a moral behind it. The moral was that, by golly, bad guys got it. That was it. Yeah.
28 The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you’re in front of a camera or when you’re on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting. What you’ve gotta do is find out what the writer wrote about and put it into your mind. This is acting. Not going out and researching what the writer has already written. This is crazy!
29 Spencer Tracy was the first actor I’ve seen who could just look down into the dirt and command a scene. He played a set-up with Robert Ryan that way [in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)]. He’s looking down at the road and then he looks at Ryan at just the precise, right minute. I tell you, Rob could’ve stood on his head and zipped open his fly and the scene would’ve still been Mr. Tracy’s.
Fact
1 He returned to Hamden, Connecticut, in 1971, for a reunion and spent hours visiting familiar sites and reminiscing with town residents.
2 His family had a garden in the backyard and Borgnine recalled the hours he spent working there with great fondness. His mother oversaw the gardening so that it included vegetables to eat and flowers for the kitchen table. Borgnine recalled that the garden grew larger and the vegetables it yielded became more central to the family’s meals after the stock market crashed in 1929. He so took to working the soil that he signed on at a nearby farm picking peaches and apples.
3 He was most widely known to be a social butterfly.
4 Though he was in all 3 sequels to The Dirty Dozen (1967), he was not in the sequel to McHale’s Navy (1964) made the following year McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force (1965). In later years he told interviewers that he never got a clear explanation why the movie had been made without him despite the original’s box office success and that he was amazed that he hadn’t even been asked to appear in it, saying that theatre owners criticized him, thinking he had refused to do the movie. Theories as to why he wasn’t asked include the fact that Universal and producer Edward Montagne wanted to keep the production’s budget low as well as develop Joe Flynn and Tim Conway into a starring team for a theatrical movie franchise the way Montagne would eventually do with Don Knotts in the years to come. Ernest Borgnine would shrug this setback off very fast and accept one of the main roles in the all star Robert Aldrich production The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), would go on and star in the tv series’ 1965-66 final season and decades later be the only original McHale’s cast member included in the remake/sequel McHale’s Navy (1997).
5 He was considered for the role of Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972) before Marlon Brando was cast.
6 One of his greatest hobbies was stamp collecting. He started as a boy collecting stamps and never settled on any issue or specialization; he did have an extensive collection of Russian and Cuban stamps collected during the Cold War period. He would go on to become a member of the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) from September 1975 through January 1984 and in 1978 starred in public service announcements in print and television for the US Postal Service, promoting their “50th Anniversary Year of Talking Pictures” and “Surrender at Saratoga” Commemoratives. He admitted in later years that because of his work and traveling he gradually let his collecting go but would always in the years that followed promote the art of stamp collecting at every opportunity.
7 His wife Donna was a stand-in for Yvonne De Carlo in The Munsters (1964). Her brother was the stuntman Phil Adams.
8 Although he played Kirk Douglas’ father in The Vikings (1958), he was six weeks his junior in real life. He also played Tony Curtis’ father in the same film in spite of being only eight years his senior.
9 Longtime friend of Adam West.
10 He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: From Here to Eternity (1953) and Marty (1955).
11 His younger sister, Evelyn Borgnine Velardi, lived in San Bernardino, California.
12 His grandfather had been the financial adviser to King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
13 Had attended Yale University, where he majored in math, and hated it, therefore, he transferred to the Randall School of Dramatic Arts in Hartford, Connecticut, who went on the GI Bill of Rights.
14 Though he occasionally feuded with Mickey Rooney, they were also great friends and worked together many times over the years, notably in Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1994), the movie’s screenplay written by Mickey Rooney, and Night Club (2011). In Hollywood on the evening of July 9 2012 was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the filming of It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) hosted by Billy Crystal featuring many of the movie’s cast and crew. Ernest Borgnine had passed away the day before and Mickey Rooney went on stage that evening, mentioned this fact and asked the audience for a moments silence in remembrance. This event was filmed and later released as The Last 70mm Film Festival (2014).
15 Was the longtime friend of Henry Colman. Borgnine met him at a stage theater in Abington, Virginia.
16 His parents legally changed his name from Ermes Effron Borgnino to Ernest Borgnine, to alternate different last letters of his name.
17 At age 91 he wrote an autobiography, “Ernie”, which is a loose, conversational recollection of highlights from his acting career and notable events from his personal life.
18 On McHale’s Navy (1962), his character spoke Italian, as Borgnine did in real-life.
19 Was friends with McHale’s Navy (1962) castmate Gavin MacLeod for 50 years, from 1962-2012.
20 Borgnine was named the Veterans Foundation’s Veteran of the Year. [7 December 2000].
21 His mother, Anna (Boselli) Borgnine, wanted him to be named after Hermes from Greek mythology. His father, Charles Borgnino, wanted his son to be named Effron.
22 He took and graduated from acting studies, auditioned, and was accepted as an intern to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. The theater got its name from the director’s practice of allowing audiences to barter produce for admission during the cash-lean years of the Great Depression.
23 In 1997, he was the commencement speaker at Lakeland College, and received an honorary doctorate in humane letters in recognition of his distinguished acting career.
24 Almost a year after his death his sister, Evelyn Borgnine Velardi, died in 2013, just 17 days short of what would’ve been her 88th birthday.
25 Was physically healthy and physically active until his death at age 95.
26 Until 1962, he was a heavy smoker. He quit that year, and became a militant anti-smoker.
27 In 1962, he was the last actor to have joined the ranks of other sitcom male lead stars, such as John Forsythe, Andy Griffith, Danny Thomas, Alan Young, Robert Young, Fred MacMurray and Buddy Ebsen (whose sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), debuted just two weeks before Borgnine’s) to star in his own popular sitcom, McHale’s Navy (1962).
28 Resided in Los Angeles, CA, for over 60 years, from 1951-2012.
29 In 1996 Borgnine toured the US on a bus to meet his fans and see the country. The trip was the subject of a 1997 documentary, Ernest Borgnine on the Bus (1997).
30 Long lives ran in his family.
31 In 2000 he received his 50-year pin as a Freemason in Abingdon Lodge #48, Abingdon, VA.
32 Survived by 4 children, 1 wife and 1 sister.
33 He returned to his parents’ house in Connecticut after his Navy discharge without a job to go back to and no direction.
34 According to The Single Guy (1995) series’ lead, Jonathan Silverman, Borgnine came to work with more energy and passion than all other stars combined. He was the first person to arrive on the set every day and the last to leave.
35 His parents separated when he was two years old, and he and his mother lived in Italy for about 4-1/2 years.
36 While resting between takes in his dressing room during the filming of Three Brave Men (1956) on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot, he received a visit from Tom Parker, the manager of Elvis Presley, presenting him with an armful of Elvis records. Elvis had heard of Ernest defending his singing while making his acting debut in Love Me Tender (1956), also filming on another soundstage on the lot–Elvis had sent the records over in appreciation but was too shy to present them himself, never getting past the dressing room door. Ernest said, “Well, we’ll have to do something about that”, telling Parker to make sure Elvis stopped by the following day. When Elvis eventually did come by, he could hear his record “Hound Dog” blaring out from the room and painted on the dressing room door were the words “Elvis Borgnine”.
37 After the success of RED (2010), his final Hollywood studio film, he always held out hope he’d be around to reprise his role as Henry the records keeper in the 2013 sequel. When interviewed in April 2012, he mentioned there was talk about it over the years and made one request to the producers: “I told them if they do it, I want to carry a gun this time”. He kept in touch with screenwriters Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber and, in the end, would have had a major role in a sequence at the start of the movie. When he passed away three months prior to the start of production, his scenes were reconfigured and would feature an uncredited Titus Welliver.
38 He was one of the few overseas guests to be invited twice to Australia’s main television industry awards, the TV Week Logie Awards, in March 1982 and March 1990, both ceremonies held in Melbourne.
39 Acting mentor and friend of Tim Conway.
40 On McHale’s Navy (1962) he played a US Navy officer; in real life, Borgnine had been a Navy NCO.
41 Attended his best friend’s Michael Landon’s funeral in 1991.
42 Celebrated his 90th birthday at a local bistro in West Hollywood, CA, in 2007. Among the guests were Tim Conway; his wife, Tova Borgnine; Dennis Farina; Army Archerd; Andy Granatelli’ Bo Hopkins; Burt Young; Steven Bauer; his son, Cris Borgnine; his grandson, Anthony Borgnine; Debbie Reynolds; Connie Stevens; Larry Manetti; and Don Rickles, among many others.
43 His parents were Charles B. Borgnino and Anna (Boselli) Borgnine, who was an Italian countess.
44 His family moved to New Haven, CT, in 1923 when he was six.
45 His parents were immigrants from Italy.
46 Ernest Borgnine passed away on July 8, 2012. Just before his death, he appeared in his final film: The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012).
47 Graduated from James Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut in 1935.
48 His idols when he was very young were Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey.
49 Was the producers’ first choice for the lead role in McHale’s Navy (1962).
50 Guest starred in the last two episodes of the medical drama ER (1994).
51 In a video interview on the Screen Actors Guild website, in association with his 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, he was asked by members of Facebook what actor he would have loved to have worked with, but hadn’t until that time. He mentioned only one: Peter O’Toole, stating he’d been friends with him for years and that O’Toole had a wonderful attitude he’d always admired. On July 10, 2012, two days after Ernest Borgnine’s death, Peter O’Toole announced his retirement from acting.
52 He was the only movie star to appear in 3D movies from both the Golden Age in the 1950s (The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) and The Bounty Hunter (1954)) and the format’s revival in the 2010s (one his last movies, The Lion of Judah (2011)).
53 Ernest Borgnine passed away on July 8, 2012, at age 95, and within three months of four other television legends, who were also born in 1917, either aged 94 or 95: Ann Rutherford, Celeste Holm, Phyllis Diller and Herbert Lom; and only five days after Andy Griffith, born in 1926.
54 He was one of the main influences for George Lucas in creating the character Dexter Jettster for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002).
55 Borgnine’s film career spanned 61 years, from 1951 through to 2012, his first leading role was his Oscar winning performance in Marty (1955), his last leading role was at age 95 in The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012).
56 Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes given to his family.
57 He once said he was considering making the navy a career, and his mother talked him into becoming an actor.
58 Alongside Norman Lloyd, William Daniels, Angela Lansbury, Mickey Rooney, Betty White, Dick Van Dyke, Edward Asner, Celeste Holm, Christopher Lee, Adam West, Marla Gibbs, William Shatner, Larry Hagman, Florence Henderson, Shirley Jones and Alan Alda, Borgnine was one of the few screen actors who lived into their 80s and/or 90s without ever either retiring from acting or having stopped getting work.
59 He was to have played the lead in the first feature film ever directed by Ridley Scott. It was to be a Canadian heist movie titled “Ronnie and Leo”, co-starring Michael York and was to have been filmed in August 1974. Both stars were attached to the project along with nearly $1.7 million in financing and the picture actually came close to being made, but in the end it fell through.
60 He won the 1955 Academy Award as Best Actor for Marty (1955), his first and only nomination for an Oscar. He was also nominated, and won, the Golden Globe, BAFTA (British Academy), National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle Awards for the same role. All were not only his first win, but his first and only nominations as lead actor in a theatrical film.
61 Was billed to star in Lightning, the White Stallion (1986), according to a 1984 Cannon Group publicity brochure and starring opposite Michael Winslow in the police comedy “Crimebusters”, to have been released in 2008. Later that year he was part of the cast of a supernatural western in development, “Death Keeps Coming” co-starring Stella Stevens and Tony Tarantino.
62 Tortilla Flats, a restaurant in New York City, has had an obsession with him Borgnine since the mid-’80s. A booth is completely covered in his photos, and they have a yearly “Ernest Borgnine Night”. Staff members are put through rigorous Borgnine trivia training when hired. While he had no involvement in the restaurant, he made occasional visits, and wore one of their shirts when filming Captiva Island (1995).
63 Winner of the Best Actor Award for Night Club (2011) at the 6th Annual Staten Island Film Festival on June 12, 2011, the Golden Door International Film Festival on October 16, 2011 and his final acting honor, Best Actor for The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012) at the Newport Beach Film Festival on May 9, 2012.
64 Father-in-law of Kim Borgnine.
65 Was presented with the Screen Actors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2011 by Morgan Freeman and Tim Conway.
66 Before he was a successful actor, he worked in a variety of factory and warehousing jobs.
67 Was an active Republican.
68 Was very good friends with: Robert Fuller, John Smith, Alex Cord, John McIntire, Robert Horton, Shirley Jones, Angela Lansbury, John Forsythe, Jane Wyman, Gavin MacLeod, Adam West, Brian Keith, Eddie Albert, Michael Landon, Danny Thomas, Telly Savalas, Karl Malden, Carroll O’Connor, Mickey Rooney, Carl Ballantine, Bob Hastings, John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Jack Elam, Joan Rivers, Leonard Nimoy, Tony Curtis, William Holden, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Robert Conrad, Larry Manetti, Joe Mantegna, Lisa Rinna, Robert Aldrich, Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Angie Dickinson, Don Rickles, Lee Marvin, Montgomery Clift, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Lee, A.C. Lyles, Red Buttons, Bob Herron, Marty Allen, Bo Hopkins, Barbara Eden, Della Reese, Julie Adams, Piper Laurie, Tippi Hedren, Beverly Garland and George Lindsey.
69 His mother, Anna Borgnine, died in 1949, after a long battle against tuberculosis, just days before his first wedding.
70 For 30 years, between 1972 and 2002, he marched in Milwaukee’s annual Great Circus Parade as the “Grand Clown”.
71 His fifth wife, Tova Borgnine, was almost 25 years his junior.
72 Remained good friends with Tim Conway during and after McHale’s Navy (1962).
73 According to his autobiography, “Ernie”, he only has three children: Nancee Borgnine, from his first wife, Rhoda Kemins, and Sharon Borgnine and Cris Borgnine from his wife, Donna Rancourt.
74 His second ex-wife Katy Jurado, died in 2002. He referred to her as “beautiful, but a tiger”.
75 He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
76 His former McHale’s Navy (1962) co-star, Tim Conway, was reunited with him in having a recurring role on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), on separate episodes of each show.
77 Lived in the same Beverly Hills, California home that he bought in 1965.
78 Best known by the public for his starring role as the title character in McHale’s Navy (1962).
79 He was the only actor to star in all four “Dirty Dozen” films.
80 In 2007 he became the first male Oscar winner for Best Actor to still be alive on his 90th birthday, and in 2012 became the first male Oscar winner for Best Actor to still be alive (and working) on his 95th birthday.
81 He received California’s highest civilian honor, the California Commendation Medal. It was presented to him on the set of A Grandpa for Christmas (2007) by Maj. Gen. William H. Wade II, Adjutant General and Commander of the California National Guard, for a lifetime of exceptionally meritorious service as well as recognizing Borgnine’s “heartfelt advocacy on behalf of military personnel and veterans on many fronts, including the California National Guard”. [5 February 2007].
82 He was given a standing ovation when introduced at the National Italian American Foundation’s salute to the Academy Awards, which was celebrating 78 years of Italian-American Oscar winners and nominees. Former Motion Picture Producers Association of America chief Jack Valenti co-chaired the dinner, and Italian-Americans in attendance included Connie Stevens, Dom DeLuise, Robert Loggia and Al Martino as well as Italian actor Franco Nero. [3 March 2006].
83 Made a special Academy Awards appearance in 1998, at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998), and in 2005 at the The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) and participated in the Oscar Winners Tribute sequence along with other Academy Award winners.
84 Father of Sharon Borgnine (born August 5th 1965), Cris Borgnine (born August 9th 1969) and Diana Rancourt-Borgnine (born December 29th 1970) with Donna Rancourt. Daughter Nancee Borgnine (aka Gina Kemins-Borgnine) (born August 18th 1952) with Rhoda Kemins.
85 Twice-wed Borgnine married thrice-wed Broadway diva Ethel Merman in 1964. Their marriage was dissolved after 32 days. They had announced their impending nuptials at the legendary New York night spot P.J. Clarke’s, but Borgnine, who was riding high as the star of McHale’s Navy (1962) at the time, said the marriage began unraveling on their honeymoon, when he received more fan attention than she did. The competitive Merman was left seething. “By the time we got home, it was hell on earth,” Borgnine recalled in a 2001 interview. “And after 32 days I said to her, ‘Madam, bye.'” Borgnine went on to marry a third time, but Merman remained single after her divorce. In her 1978 biography, she devoted a chapter of her autobiography to the marriage: It consisted of one blank page.
86 Former member of the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC).
87 His car licence plate is BORG9.
88 Referenced in ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s song “Your Horoscope for Today”.
89 Spoke fluent Italian.
90 While on location in Mexico filming Vera Cruz (1954), he and fellow cast member Charles Bronson found themselves with some extra time on their hands and decided to go to the nearest town to get some cigarettes. Still in full costume — including bandoliers and pistols — they mounted their horses and headed out. Along the way they were spotted by a truckful of Mexican “federales” — federal police — who mistook them for bandits and held them at gunpoint until their identities could be verified.
91 He was made an honorary United States Navy Chief Petty Officer by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Terry Scott on October 15, 2004. He served in the United States Navy for ten years from 1935-1945 and left the service as a Gunner’s Mate 1st Class.
92 Had the distinction of appearing in more of the 100 Most Enjoyably Awful Movies of All Time as listed in Razzie Award-founder John Wilson’s book “The Official Razzie Movie Guide” than any other actor — A total of four: The Adventurers (1970), The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)The Oscar (1966), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
93 Was a Master Mason and had been elevated to the 33rd Degree in Scottish Rite.
94 Was an active Freemason and had been the Honorary Chairman of the Scottish Rite RiteCare Program, which sponsors 175 Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinics, Centers, and Programs nationwide.
95 Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1996.
96 Had periodically performed as the “Grand Clown” for The Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since the 1970s.
97 He auditioned for the lead role in Marty (1955) while shooting Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) in Lone Pine, California.
98 Was the very first “center square” on The Hollywood Squares (1965) (during its premiere week in October 1966).
99 Had both knees replaced. [1999]
100 Involved in an air crash in 1996.
101 There is an instrumental techno track called “Theme from Ernest Borgnine” by the artist Squarepusher on the album “Feed Me Weird Things” (1996, Rephlex Records UK).
102 He spent 10 years in the United States Navy prior to acting.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Legend in Granite 1973 TV Movie Vince Lombardi
The Neptune Factor 1973 Chief Diver Don MacKay
Emperor of the North 1973 Shack
The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Rogo
The Revengers 1972 Hoop
Ripped-Off 1972 Captain Perkins
Rain for a Dusty Summer 1971 The General
The Trackers 1971 TV Movie Sam Paxton
Hannie Caulder 1971 Emmett Clemens
Bunny O’Hare 1971 Bill Green – Gruenwald
Willard 1971 Al Martin
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? 1971 TV Movie Deputy Sam Hill
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970 Sheriff Harve
The Adventurers 1970 Fat Cat
A Bullet for Sandoval 1969 Don Pedro Sandoval
The Wild Bunch 1969 Dutch Engstrom
Ice Station Zebra 1968 Boris Vaslov
The Split 1968 Bert Clinger
The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968 Barney Sheean
Get Smart 1968 TV Series TV Viewer
The Dirty Dozen 1967 Gen. Worden
Chuka 1967 Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
Run for Your Life 1966 TV Series Harry Martin
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1966 TV Series Melvin Freebie
McHale’s Navy 1962-1966 TV Series Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale
The Oscar 1966 Barney Yale
The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 Trucker Cobb
McHale’s Navy 1964 Lt. Commander Quinton McHale
General Electric Theater 1961-1962 TV Series Major David Orlovsky / Matty Moran
Alcoa Premiere 1962 TV Series MacHale
Barabbas 1961 Lucius
I briganti italiani 1961 Sante Carbone
Il re di Poggioreale 1961 Peppino Navarra
The Last Judgment 1961 Pickpocket
The Blue Angels 1961 TV Series
Go Naked in the World 1961 Pete Stratton
Wagon Train 1957-1961 TV Series Willy Moran / Earl Packer / Estaban Zamora
Laramie 1959-1960 TV Series Boone Caudie / Major Prescott
Zane Grey Theater 1957-1960 TV Series Willie / Big Jim Morrison
Pay or Die 1960 Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
Man on a String 1960 Boris Mitrov
Season of Passion 1959 Roo
The Rabbit Trap 1959 Eddie Colt
Torpedo Run 1958 Lt. Archer ‘Archie’ Sloan
The Badlanders 1958 John ‘Mac’ McBain
The Vikings 1958 Ragnar
Schlitz Playhouse 1958 TV Series Hully Brown
Navy Log 1957 TV Series Host
The O. Henry Playhouse 1957 TV Series
Three Brave Men 1956 Bernard F. ‘Bernie’ Goldsmith
The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956 Lew Brown
The Catered Affair 1956 Tom Hurley
Jubal 1956 Shep Horgan
The Square Jungle 1955 Bernie Browne
The Last Command 1955 Mike Radin
Run for Cover 1955 Morgan
Violent Saturday 1955 Stadt, Amish Farmer
Marty 1955 Marty Piletti
Fireside Theatre 1955 TV Series
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 Coley Trimble
Vera Cruz 1954 Donnegan
The Bounty Hunter 1954 Bill Rachin
Waterfront 1954 TV Series Jack Bannion
Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 Strabo
Johnny Guitar 1954 Bart Lonergan
The Ford Television Theatre 1954 TV Series Gus White
Make Room for Daddy 1954 TV Series Cop
The Lone Wolf 1954 TV Series Saks
From Here to Eternity 1953 Sgt. ‘Fatso’ Judson
The Stranger Wore a Gun 1953 Bull Slager
Treasure of the Golden Condor 1953 Bit part
Short Short Dramas 1953 TV Series
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse 1951-1952 TV Series Mathew O’Rourke
Shadow of the Cloak 1951 TV Series
Goodyear Playhouse 1951 TV Series Sgt. Lenahan
The Mob 1951 Joe Castro
Captain Video and His Video Rangers 1951 TV Series Nargola
The Whistle at Eaton Falls 1951 Bill Street
China Corsair 1951 Hu Chang
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999-2012 TV Series Mermaid Man Mermaidman MermaidMan …
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez 2012 Rex Page
Snatched 2011 Big Frank Baum
Love’s Christmas Journey 2011 TV Movie Nicholas
The Lion of Judah 2011 Slink (voice)
Night Club 2011 Albert
Another Harvest Moon 2010 Frank
RED 2010 Henry, The Records Keeper
The Genesis Code 2010 Carl Taylor
Enemy Mind 2010 Command (voice)
The Wishing Well 2009 TV Movie Big Jim
SpongeBob’s Truth or Square 2009 Video Game Mermaid Man (voice)
ER 2009 TV Series Paul Manning
Frozen Stupid 2008 Frank Norgard
The Prologue to Houdini Magic’s Expert at the Card Table 2008 Short Narrator
Chinaman’s Chance: America’s Other Slaves 2008 Judge Holliday
Aces ‘N’ Eights 2008 TV Movie Thurmond Prescott
Strange Wilderness 2008 Milas
A Grandpa for Christmas 2007 TV Movie Bert O’Riley
Oliviero Rising 2007 Bill
La cura del gorilla 2006 Jerry Warden
Rail Kings 2005 Video Steamtrain
3 Below 2005 Video Grandpa
That One Summer 2005 Video Otis Garner
The Blue Light 2004 TV Movie Faerie King
The Trail to Hope Rose 2004 TV Movie Eugene
Renegade 2004 Rolling Star
Barn Red 2004 Michael Bolini
The Long Ride Home 2003 Lucas Moat
The District 2003 TV Series Uncle Mike Murphy
Whiplash 2002 Judge DuPont
September 11 2002 L’homme (segment “USA”)
Family Law 2002 TV Series Frank Collero
7th Heaven 2002 TV Series Joe
Touched by an Angel 2002 TV Series Max Blandish
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge 2001 Video Game Mermaid Man (voice)
The Kiss of Debt 2000 Godfather Mariano
Hoover 2000 J. Edgar Hoover
Walker, Texas Ranger 2000 TV Series Eddie Ryan
Chicken Soup for the Soul 2000 TV Series Lawrence Yaeger
Castle Rock 2000 Nate
The Last Great Ride 1999 Franklin Lyle
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island 1999 Ben Quinn
Shadows of the Past 1999 Hotis Brown
Early Edition 1999 TV Series Antonio Birelli
An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998 Video Carface (voice)
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1996-1998 TV Series Carface Carface Caruthers
Mel 1998 Grandpa
12 Bucks 1998 Lucky
BASEketball 1998 Ted Denslow
Small Soldiers 1998 Kip Killagin (voice)
JAG 1998 TV Series Artemus Sullivan
Gattaca 1997 Caesar
McHale’s Navy 1997 Cobra
The Single Guy 1995-1997 TV Series Manny Cordoba Doorman Manny
Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders 1996 Video Grandfather
Pinky and the Brain 1996 TV Series Father
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996 Carface (voice)
Captiva Island 1995 Arty
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung 1995 TV Movie Dr. Gustav Gruber
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart 1994
The Commish 1993-1994 TV Series Frank Nardino
Spirit of the Season 1994 Video Grandfather
Der blaue Diamant 1993 TV Movie Hans Kroger
Tierärztin Christine 1993 TV Movie Dr. Gustav Gruber
The Simpsons 1993 TV Series Ernest Borgnine
Home Improvement 1992 TV Series Eddie Phillips
Mountain of Diamonds 1991 TV Movie Ernie
L’ultima meta 1991 Coach
Masquerade 1990 TV Movie
Tides of War 1990 Doctor
Appearances 1990 TV Movie Emil Danzig
Any Man’s Death 1990 Herr Gantz
Jake and the Fatman 1989 TV Series Col. Tom Cody
Jake Spanner, Private Eye 1989 TV Movie Sal Piccolo
Laser Mission 1989 Prof. Braun
Real Men Don’t Eat Gummi Bears 1989 The Bishop
Ocean 1989 TV Mini-Series Pedro El Triste
Moving Target 1988 Captain Morrison
The Big Turnaround 1988 Father Lopez
Spike of Bensonhurst 1988 Baldo Cacetti
Qualcuno pagherà 1988 Victor
Skeleton Coast 1988 Col. Bill Smith
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988 TV Movie Gen. Sam Worden
L’isola del tesoro 1987 TV Mini-Series Billy Bones
Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987 TV Movie General Sam Worden
Murder, She Wrote 1987 TV Series Cosmo Ponzini
Highway to Heaven 1986 TV Series Guido Liggio
Airwolf 1984-1986 TV Series Dominic Santini
Alice in Wonderland 1985 TV Movie The Lion
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission 1985 TV Movie Gen. Worden
The Manhunt 1984 Ben Robeson
Love Leads the Way: A True Story 1984 TV Movie Sen. Brighton
Geheimcode Wildgänse 1984 Fletcher
The Last Days of Pompeii 1984 TV Mini-Series Marcus
Airwolf 1984 TV Movie Dominic
Masquerade 1983 TV Series Jerry
Carpool 1983 TV Movie Mickey Doyle
Young Warriors 1983 Lt. Bob Carrigan
Blood Feud 1983 TV Movie J. Edgar Hoover
Matt Houston 1983 TV Series Buster Ryan
Magnum, P.I. 1982 TV Series Earl Gianelli / ‘Mr. White Death’
The Love Boat 1982 TV Series Dominic Rosselli
Deadly Blessing 1981 Isaiah Schmidt
Escape from New York 1981 Cabbie
High Risk 1981 Clint
Super Fuzz 1980 Sgt. Willy Dunlop
When Time Ran Out… 1980 Tom Conti
The Black Hole 1979 Harry Booth
All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie Stanislaus Katczinsky
The Double McGuffin 1979 Firat
Ravagers 1979 Rann
Convoy 1978 Sheriff Lyle ‘Cottonmouth’ Wallace
Cops and Robin 1978 TV Movie Joe Cleaver
The Ghost of Flight 401 1978 TV Movie Dom Cimoli
Crossed Swords 1977 John Canty
The Greatest 1977 Angelo Dundee
Fire 1977 TV Movie Sam Brisbane
Future Cop 1976-1977 TV Series Officer Joe Cleaver
Jesus of Nazareth 1977 TV Mini-Series The Centurion
Shoot 1976 Lou
Holiday Hookers 1976 Max
Hustle 1975 Santoro
The Devil’s Rain 1975 Jonathan Corbis
Little House on the Prairie 1974 TV Series Jonathan
Sunday in the Country 1974 Adam Smith
Law and Disorder 1974 Cy
Twice in a Lifetime 1974 TV Movie Vince Boselli

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Love’s Christmas Journey 2011 TV Movie “Rock of Ages”, uncredited
La cura del gorilla 2006 performer: “Puttin’ On The Ritz”
An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998 Video performer: “Puppyhood”
BASEketball 1998 performer: “I’m Too Sexy”
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun 1997 Video short performer: “It Feels So Good to Be Bad”
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1996 TV Series performer – 1 episode
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996 performer: “It Feels So Good To Be Bad”
The Simpsons 1993 TV Series performer – 1 episode

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Hoover 2000 executive producer

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015 in memory of
TCM: Twenty Classic Moments 2014 TV Movie documentary special thanks
SpongeBob SquarePants 2012 TV Series in memory of – 1 episode
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special in memory of
Edición Especial Coleccionista 2012 TV Series in memory of – 1 episode
Pipe 2011 very special thanks
S1m0ne 2002 Simone wishes to thank the following for their contribution to the making of Simone
Dieter & Andreas 1989 Short grateful acknowledgment

Self

Title Year Status Character
Passion & Poetry: Sam’s Trucker Movie 2013 Documentary Himself
Good Morning, Texas 2012 TV Series Himself
AM Northwest 2012 TV Series Himself
Storyline Online 2011 TV Series Himself
The O’Reilly Factor 2008-2011 TV Series Himself / Himself (segment “American TV Icon”)
Pioneers of Television 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself / Guest Villain on Captain Video
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2010 TV Series Himself – Guest
Saturday Night Live 2010 TV Series Himself
Días de cine 2009 TV Series Himself
2009 Columbus Day Parade 2009 TV Movie Himself – Honorary Grand Marshall
The 2009 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2009 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself
National Memorial Day Parade 2009 TV Movie Himself
CBS News Sunday Morning 2009 TV Series Himself
Private Screenings 2009 TV Series Himself
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Red and White: Gone with the West 2008 Video documentary Himself – Host / Narrator
Fox and Friends 2008 TV Series Himself
Good Morning America 1978-2008 TV Series Himself
Destination Point Luck: Voices from Midway 2008 Documentary Narrator
Entertainment Tonight 2007 TV Series Himself
Showcase Minnesota 2007 TV Series Himself
Tavis Smiley 2007 TV Series Himself
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project 2007 Documentary Himself
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs 2007 Video documentary short Himself
McHale’s Navy: The Crew Remembers 2007 Video short Himself
The Puppeteers 2007 Documentary Narrator
Armed and Deadly: The Making of ‘The Dirty Dozen’ 2006 Video documentary short Himself
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005 Documentary Himself
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 TV Special documentary Himself – Audience Member
Late Show with David Letterman 2004 TV Series Himself
NYCTV Profiles 2003 TV Series Himself (2008)
The American Hobo 2003 Documentary Narrator
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
Gran premio internazionale della TV 2003 TV Series Himself – Winner
The 75th Annual Academy Awards 2003 TV Special Himself – Past Winner
The 74th Annual Academy Awards 2002 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
Backstory 2000-2001 TV Series documentary Himself
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Thrills: America’s Most Heart-Pounding Movies 2001 TV Special documentary Himself
American Veteran Awards 2001 TV Special Himself
American Veteran Awards 2000 TV Special Himself
2000 MTV Movie Awards 2000 TV Special documentary Himself
Biography 1999 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself – Actor
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Stars: America’s Greatest Screen Legends 1999 TV Special documentary Himself
The Lady with the Torch 1999 Documentary Himself (voice)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise 1998 TV Special documentary Himself
The Best of Hollywood 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 70th Annual Academy Awards 1998 TV Special Himself – Past Winner (uncredited)
Great Performances 1998 TV Series Himself
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997 TV Movie documentary Himself
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus 1997 Video documentary Himself
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary 1997 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage 1996 Documentary short Himself (voice)
The 5th Annual Legacy Awards 1993 TV Special Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier 1992 TV Special Himself (uncredited)
Mistress 1992 Himself
MGM: When the Lion Roars 1992 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
The 21th Annual Friends of Tel Hashomer Gala 1992 TV Movie Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Kirk Douglas 1991 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited)
Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds 1991 TV Series Himself
The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala 1990 TV Movie Himself
The 32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards 1990 TV Special Himself
The Joan Rivers Show 1990 TV Series Himself
This Is Your Life 1987 TV Special Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder 1986 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited)
The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards 1986 TV Special Himself
The 2th Annual Stuntman Awards 1986 TV Special Himself
All-Star Party for ‘Dutch’ Reagan 1985 TV Special Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly 1985 TV Special documentary Himself (uncredited)
The 2nd TV Academy Hall of Fame 1985 TV Movie Himself
The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard 1984 TV Movie Himself
Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes 1984 TV Series Himself
The Love Boat 1984 TV Series Himself
James Bond: The First 21 Years 1983 TV Movie documentary Himself
The 55th Annual Academy Awards 1983 TV Special Himself – Audience Member
The 24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards 1982 TV Special Himself
The Mike Walsh Show 1982 TV Series Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Hollywood Squares 1966-1980 TV Series Himself – Panelist / Himself – Center Square
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart 1980 TV Special documentary Himself / Speaker (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show 1973-1979 TV Series Himself – Actor
The 16th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner of National Conference of Christians and Jews 1979 TV Special Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1963-1979 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns 1978 TV Special Himself
The 50th Annual Academy Awards 1978 TV Special Himself
I Love You 1978 TV Movie Himself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra 1978 TV Special Himself / Fatso
ABC’s Silver Anniversary Celebration 1978 TV Special Himself
Disco Fever: ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Premiere Party 1977 TV Movie Himself
Superstunt 1977 TV Special
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel 1975 TV Special Himself
Celebrity Bowling 1972-1975 TV Series Himself
Sammy and Company 1975 TV Series Himself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon 1975 TV Special Himself
ABC Late Night 1975 TV Series Himself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas 1974 TV Special Himself
Hee Haw 1974 TV Series Himself / Himself – Special Guest
Sandy in Disneyland 1974 TV Special Himself
The 46th Annual Academy Awards 1974 TV Special Himself – Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
NBC Follies 1973 TV Series Himself
The Dean Martin Show 1970-1973 TV Series Himself
RCA’s Opening Night 1973 TV Movie Himself
Laugh-In 1973 TV Series Himself
Parkinson 1973 TV Series Himself
The Vin Scully Show 1973 TV Series Himself
The World of Sport Fishing 1972 Documentary Himself
The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters 1972 TV Series Himself
Film Portrait 1972 Documentary Himself
The 29th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1972 TV Special Himself
The Return of the Movie Movie 1972 Documentary short Det. Lt. Mike Rogo (uncredited)
Film Night 1971 TV Series Himself
Can You Top This 1970 TV Series Himself
The David Frost Show 1970 TV Series Himself
The Joey Bishop Show 1967-1969 TV Series Himself
The Man Who Makes the Difference 1968 Documentary short Himself (uncredited)
The Jerry Lewis Show 1968 TV Series Himself
The Bob Hope Show 1967 TV Series Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show 1967 TV Series Himself
Dateline: Hollywood 1967 TV Series Himself
The Eamonn Andrews Show 1966 TV Series Himself
The Soupy Sales Hour 1966 TV Movie Himself (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace 1964 TV Series Himself – Host
The Andy Williams Show 1963 TV Series Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself
Here’s Hollywood 1960 TV Series Himself
The 30th Annual Academy Awards 1958 TV Special Himself – Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
General Motors 50th Anniversary Show 1957 TV Movie Himself – Narrator
Hollywood Glamour on Ice 1957 Short Himself
The 29th Annual Academy Awards 1957 TV Special documentary Himself – Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
This Is Your Life 1956 TV Series Himself
The Jimmy Durante Show 1956 TV Series Himself – Actor
The 28th Annual Academy Awards 1956 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Story & Screenplay
The George Gobel Show 1956 TV Series Himself
I’ve Got a Secret 1956 TV Series Himself – Guest
Lux Video Theatre 1956 TV Series Himself (guest)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Biography 2000 TV Series documentary Himself
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen 1995 TV Movie documentary Himself
La classe américaine 1993 TV Movie Ernest
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come 1990 TV Special documentary Himself
Hollywood Mavericks 1990 Documentary Dutch Engstrom (uncredited)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn 1986 TV Special documentary Himself
Little House Years 1979 TV Movie Jonathan
The Horror Show 1979 TV Movie documentary
PROFILE: Hardy Kruger 1978 TV Short documentary Trucker Cobb (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show 1972 TV Series William P. Hoop from film REVENGERS
Lionpower from MGM 1967 Short Barney Sheean (uncredited)
Frontier Justice 1959 TV Series Big Jim Morrison
The Ed Sullivan Show 1956-1957 TV Series Themselves / Himself
Make Room for Daddy 1957 TV Series Cop
Naples ’44 2016 Documentary Himself
Welcome to the Basement 2015 TV Series Corbis
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
The Sixties 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale – McHale’s Navy
Söldner-Stories 2014 Video documentary short Fletcher (uncredited)
The 85th Annual Academy Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – Actor (In Memoriam)
The EE British Academy Film Awards 2013 TV Special Memorial Tribute
19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam
Sidewalks Entertainment 2012 TV Series Himself
The O’Reilly Factor 2012 TV Series Himself
These Amazing Shadows 2011 Documentary Himself
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Heroes of Jules Verne Festival 2010 Documentary Himself
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism 2009 Documentary Himself
American Masters 2008 TV Series documentary Himself
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003 Documentary Himself
VH-1 Behind the Movie 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin 2000 TV Movie documentary General Worden
Sir John Mills’ Moving Memories 2000 Video documentary Himself
Chump Change 2000 Det. Lt. Mike Rogo (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2012 Achievement Award Newport Beach Film Festival Outstanding Achievement in Acting The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)
2011 Award of Excellence Accolade Competition Leading Actor Night Club (2011)
2011 Festival Award Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City Best Actor Night Club (2011)
2011 Jury Prize Long Island Film Festival Frank Currier Actor’s Award Night Club (2011)
2011 Life Achievement Award Screen Actors Guild Awards
2011 Festival Award SINY Film Festival (Staten Island New York) Best Actor Night Club (2011)
2009 Special Tribute Award Almería International Short Film Festival
2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Rhode Island International Film Festival
1997 King Vidor Memorial Award San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
1985 Golden Boot Golden Boot Awards
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6324 Hollywood Blvd.
1959 Prize Locarno International Film Festival Best Actor The Rabbit Trap (1959)
1956 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actor in a Leading Role Marty (1955)
1956 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actor – Drama Marty (1955)
1956 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Foreign Actor Marty (1955)
1955 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Best Actor Marty (1955)
1955 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Marty (1955)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2009 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series ER (1994)
2009 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series ER (1994)
2008 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television A Grandpa for Christmas (2007)
2005 TV Land Award TV Land Awards Favorite Airborne Character(s) Airwolf (1984)
1999 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996)
1989 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
1982 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Deadly Blessing (1981)
1980 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
1963 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) McHale’s Navy (1962)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1961 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards Top Action Performance Pay or Die (1960)

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