| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ernest_borgnine.JPEG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:"NightmareFuel? Who, me?"]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Hey! Who stole my collection of used bandages? And they also got away with my nude pictures of Ernest Borgnine!"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Creator/GeorgeCarlin''' |
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| 7 | Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor who began his movie career in 1951. Before that, he was in the U.S. Navy for ten years. |
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| 9 | His most famous film roles include the title character in ''Film/{{Marty}}'' (for which he won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward) and Sgt. Fatso Judson in ''Film/FromHereToEternity''. His best-known television role was Dominic Santini in ''Series/{{Airwolf}}''. He also played the title character in the sitcom ''Series/McHalesNavy'', was a regular on ''Series/FutureCop'' and ''Series/TheSingleGuy'', and made guest appearances in numerous other series including ''Series/{{ER}}'', ''Series/HomeImprovement'', ''Series/{{JAG}}'', ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', ''Series/MagnumPI'', ''Series/SeventhHeaven'', ''Series/TheDistrict'', and ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. |
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| 11 | Around here, though, he is perhaps best known for his role as the NightmareFuelStationAttendant grandpa in ''Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders,'' and in one of the all-time great triumphs of celebrity licensing, his daughter produces a tie-in coffee soda named "Borgnine's". Oh, and he also provided the voice of Mermaid Man on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and appeared as himself in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', if that interests you. |
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| 13 | Borgnine was married five times, including tempestuous unions with fellow movie stars Katy Jurado and Creator/EthelMerman (the latter marriage lasting only 42 days). |
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| 16 | !!Works starring Ernest Borgnine include: |
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| 18 | * ''Film/FromHereToEternity'' (1953) |
| 19 | * ''Film/JohnnyGuitar'' (1954) |
| 20 | * ''Film/DemetriusAndTheGladiators'' (1954) |
| 21 | * ''Film/VeraCruz'' (1954) |
| 22 | * ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' (1955) |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Marty}}'' (1955) |
| 24 | * ''Film/ViolentSaturday'' (1955) |
| 25 | * ''Film/TheVikings'' (1958) |
| 26 | * ''Film/SummerOfTheSeventeenthDoll'' (1959) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Barabbas}}'' (1961) |
| 28 | * ''Film/GoNakedInTheWorld'' (1961) |
| 29 | * ''Series/McHalesNavy'' (1962–66) |
| 30 | * ''Film/{{The Flight of the Phoenix|1965}}'' (1965) |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967) |
| 32 | * ''Film/IceStationZebra'' (1968) |
| 33 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfLylahClare'' (1968) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheWildBunch'' (1969) |
| 35 | * ''Film/HannieCaulder'' (1971) |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Willard}}'' (1971) |
| 37 | * ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' (1972) |
| 38 | * ''Film/TheRevengers'' (1972) |
| 39 | * ''Film/EmperorOfTheNorth'' (1973) |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheDevilsRain'' (1975) |
| 41 | * ''Series/FutureCop'' (1976–78) |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Convoy}}'' (1978) |
| 43 | * ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' (1979) |
| 44 | * ''Film/TheBlackHole'' (1979) |
| 45 | * ''Film/WhenTimeRanOut'' (1980) |
| 46 | * ''Film/SuperFuzz'' (1980) |
| 47 | * ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' (1981) |
| 48 | * ''Film/DeadlyBlessing'' (1981) |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheManhunt'' (1984) |
| 50 | * ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (1984–86) |
| 51 | * ''Film/LaserMission'' (1989) |
| 52 | * ''Series/TheSingleGuy'' (1995–97) |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2'' (1996) |
| 54 | * ''Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders'' (1996) |
| 55 | * ''[[Film/{{Baseketball}} BASEketball]]'' (1998) |
| 56 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' (1999 until his death, as Mermaid Man) |
| 57 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' (2000; as Eddie "The Houston Strangler/Terrible Eddie" Ryan) |
| 58 | * ''Film/{{Red|2010}}'' (2010) |
| 59 | * ''The Lion of Judah'' (2011) as Slink the Mouse (his final acting and film role) |
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| 61 | !!This actor provides examples of: |
| 62 | * ActorSharedBackground: Like his breakout character Quinton [=McHale=], Borgnine served in the US Navy in the Second World War. [[DownplayedTrope Their careers had little else in common, however]]: He was an enlisted man rather than an officer and most of his wartime service was spent aboard a coastal patrol boat in the Atlantic. |
| 63 | * AsHimself: On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood]]". |
| 64 | * CoolOldGuy: |
| 65 | ** In his appearance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Kenan Thompson's character calls him "93-year-old sex machine Ernest Borgnine!" Borgnine ''enthusiastically'' replied "Yessir!" |
| 66 | ** When asked during a ''Series/FoxAndFriends'' interview what the key to his longevity was, he first declined to answer, then gave a stage-whispered "I masturbate a lot." |
| 67 | * HairTriggerTemper: He could get very violent when he was angry, as Katy Jurado and Ethel Merman attested. |
| 68 | * LargeHam (Not always... but enough to qualify) |
| 69 | ** ''[[Film/TheVikings ODIIIIIN!!!]]'' |
| 70 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants EVIIIIIIL!]]'' |
| 71 | * MadeOfIron: At an age when most actors would have retired, Borgnine was still trouping less than a year before his death. |
| 72 | * MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] As you can tell from some of the titles listed above, he wasn't all that picky about which projects he got involved with. Nonetheless, he was always happy just to be working and gave it his all. |
| 73 | * NiceToTheWaiter: According to Creator/BruceCampbell, Borgnine was always unfailingly polite to everyone, down to the guy who delivered coffee, even after the 90º 12-hour workdays involved in shooting ''Series/McHalesNavy.'' |
| 74 | * PlayingAgainstType: Best known for comedy and lighter roles in dramas. His role as the sadistic hammer-swinging railroad conductor in ''Emperor of the North'' is quite a scary departure. |
| 75 | * SpringtimeForHitler: Borgnine sometimes said he owed his career to one of these. Burt Lancaster and his business partner decided to produce ''Marty'' thinking the movie (which was based off of a popular Telefilm) would lose money at the box office and they could use the expenses as a tax write-off, and they figured casting a fat, unattractive actor best known for playing heavies would ensure its demise. It ended up winning Borgnine the Best Actor Oscar (not to mention the movie itself winning Best Picture) and becoming one of the most profitable films of all time. |
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