Ernest Borgnine

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Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine AKA Ermes Effron Borgnino

Born: 24-Jan-1917
Birthplace: Hamden, CT

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Marty

Military service: US Navy (1935-45)

In recent decades he's been one of America's finest over-actors, but long ago Ernest Borgnine was the real deal. He was Fatso in From Here to Eternity (1953), got beaten up by Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock, and won his Oscar for playing the sensitive butcher, Marty (1955). Borgnine is best known as Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale on TV's McHale's Navy and two 1960s movies spawned from the sitcom (McHale's Navy and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force). He was also the voice of "Mermaid Man" on TV's SpongeBob SquarePants, "Carface" in All Dogs Go to Heaven II, and the first "center square" on Hollywood Squares when the game show first debuted in 1966.

Father: Charles Borgnino
Mother: Anna Boselli
Wife: Rhoda Kemins (m. 1949, div. 1958)
Wife: Katy Jurado (actress, m. 1958, div. 1963, d. 28-Jun-2002)
Wife: Donna Rancourt (m. 1965, div. 1972)
Wife: Ethel Merman (m. 27-Jun-1964, div. 3-Aug-1964)
Wife: Tova Traesnaes (CEO of Tova Cosmetics, m. 1972)
Son: Cris

High School: New Haven, CT

Oscar for Best Actor 1956 for Marty
Golden Globe 1956 for Marty
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6324 Hollywood Blvd.
Shriners
Freemasonry
Loyal Order of Moose Junction City, OR Lodge 2238
National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1996)
Italian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking, Obesity

TELEVISION
SpongeBob SquarePants Mermaid Man (voice 1999-2005)
Airwolf Dominic Santini (1984-86)
McHale's Navy Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale (1962-66)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Strange Wilderness (1-Feb-2008)
The Trail to Hope Rose (3-Jul-2004)
Blueberry (11-Feb-2004)
September 11 (5-Sep-2002)
An All Dogs Christmas Carol (17-Nov-1998) [VOICE]
BASEketball (28-Jul-1998)
Small Soldiers (10-Jul-1998) [VOICE]
Gattaca (24-Oct-1997)
McHale's Navy (18-Apr-1997)
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (29-Mar-1996) [VOICE]
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
Mistress (29-Apr-1992) Himself
Laser Mission (1990)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (14-Feb-1988)
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1-Mar-1987)
Alice in Wonderland (9-Dec-1985)
The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (4-Feb-1985)
Code Name: Wild Geese (20-Dec-1984)
Deadly Blessing (14-Aug-1981)
Escape from New York (10-Jul-1981)
High Risk (1981)
Super Fuzz (19-Dec-1980)
The Day the World Ended (28-Mar-1980)
The Black Hole (20-Dec-1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front (14-Nov-1979)
Ravagers (May-1979)
The Double McGuffin (1979)
Convoy (28-Jun-1978)
Crossed Swords (17-Mar-1978)
The Ghost of Flight 401 (18-Feb-1978)
The Greatest (19-May-1977)
Jesus of Nazareth (3-Apr-1977)
Shoot (28-May-1976)
Hustle (25-Dec-1975)
The Devil's Rain (Jul-1975)
Vengeance Is Mine (22-Nov-1974)
Law and Disorder (9-Oct-1974)
Emperor of the North Pole (23-May-1973)
The Poseidon Adventure (12-Dec-1972)
The Revengers (21-Jun-1972)
Hannie Caulder (25-Dec-1971)
Bunny O'Hare (18-Oct-1971)
Willard (18-Jun-1971)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (11-Sep-1970)
The Adventurers (25-Mar-1970)
The Wild Bunch (18-Jun-1969)
The Split (4-Nov-1968)
Ice Station Zebra (23-Oct-1968)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (21-Aug-1968)
The Dirty Dozen (15-Jun-1967)
The Oscar (4-Mar-1966)
The Flight of the Phoenix (15-Dec-1965)
McHale's Navy (Jun-1964)
Barabbas (10-Oct-1962)
Go Naked in the World (10-Mar-1961)
Season of Passion (1959)
Torpedo Run (24-Oct-1958)
The Badlanders (3-Sep-1958)
The Vikings (11-Jun-1958)
The Best Things in Life Are Free (28-Sep-1956)
The Catered Affair (14-Jun-1956)
Jubal (6-Apr-1956)
The Square Jungle (30-Dec-1955)
The Last Command (3-Aug-1955)
Run for Cover (29-Apr-1955)
Marty (11-Apr-1955)
Violent Saturday (Apr-1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock (7-Jan-1955)
Vera Cruz (25-Dec-1954)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (18-Jun-1954)
Johnny Guitar (27-May-1954)
From Here to Eternity (5-Aug-1953)

Author of books:
Ernie: An Autobiography (2008, memoir)

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