Details About Ernest Borgnine: Spouse, Net Worth, Wife, Death

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Short Info

Net Worth	$15 million
Date Of Birth	January 24, 1917
Died	July 8, 2012, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse	Tova Traesnaes, Donna Rancourt, Ethel Merman, Katy Jurado, Rhoda Kemins
Mark	Machiavellian eyebrows.
Fact	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.
Payments	Earned $700 a week from From Here to Eternity (1953)

Ernest Borgnine was an American actor of television and film. His career spanned more than six decades, during which he won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was also the first male actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a comedy film.

Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. His parents were Anna (née Boselli), who emigrated from Carpi (MO) in Emilia-Romagna, and Camillo Borgnino, who emigrated from Ottiglio (AL) in Liguria. Borgnine had four siblings: Evelyn, Donald, Nancy and Edward.

Borgnine’s father was a barber who owned his own shop. Borgnine’s mother was a seamstress. Borgnine was raised in the Catholic faith. He attended St. Francis School in New Haven, Connecticut. In his teens, Borgnine worked as a lifeguard at a beach in New Haven. He also worked as a butcher’s apprentice and as a truck driver.

Borgnine’s career began in 1935 when he joined the Navy. He served for ten years, during which time he appeared in several theatrical productions. After his discharge from the Navy, Borgnine moved to New York City where he studied acting with Stella Adler. He made his Broadway debut in 1945 in the play “Harvey.”

Borgnine’s film debut came in 1950 with the film “The Men.” He went on to appear in such films as “From Here to Eternity” (1953), “Marty” (1955), “The Dirty Dozen” (1967), and “The Wild Bunch” (1969). Borgnine also appeared in several television series, including ” McHale’s Navy” (1962-1966), “Airwolf” (1984-1986), and “ER” (1994-1995).

Borgnine married Rhoda Kemins on October 24, 1949. The couple had two children: Nancy and David. Borgnine and Kemins divorced on May 12, 1958. Borgnine married Ethel Merman on December 3, 1964. The couple divorced on June 26, 1972. Borgnine married Katie Mannix on September 24, 1973. The couple divorced on October 18, 1979. Borgnine married Tova Traesnaes on July 24, 1982. The couple remained married until Borgnine’s death.

Borgnine died on July 8, 2012 at the age of 95.

General Info

Full Name	Ernest Borgnine
Net Worth	$15 million
Date Of Birth	January 24, 1917
Died	July 8, 2012, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	1.75 m
Profession	Voice Actor, Military Officer
Education	Hillhouse High School
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Tova Traesnaes, 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

Accomplishments

Awards	Academy Award for Best Actor, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Nominations	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supp...
Movies	Marty, The Wild Bunch, From Here to Eternity, The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Black Rock, Escape from New York, Ice Station Zebra, Emperor of the North Pole, Vera Cruz, Convoy, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Catered Affair, The Vikings, Johnny Guitar, A Grandpa for Christmas, BAS...
TV Shows	All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Airwolf, Future Cop, Jesus of Nazareth, McHale's Navy, The Single Guy, Treasure Island in Outer Space, MGM: When the Lion Roars

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0000308

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
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).

Salary

Title	Salary
Marty (1955)	$5,000
From Here to Eternity (1953)	$700 a week

Quotes

#	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.

Facts

#	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.

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

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
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
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)

Awards

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)