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Ernest Borgnine

Nightmare Fuel? Who, me?

"Hey! Who stole my collection of used bandages? And they also got away with my nude pictures of Ernest Borgnine!"

—George Carlin

Yes, he is still alive.

Born in 1917, Borgnine has been appearing in movies since 1951. Before that he was in the US Navy for ten years.

His most famous film roles include the title character in Marty (for which he won an Oscar) and Sgt. Fatso Judson in From Here to Eternity.

His best-known role on TV is Dominic Santini in Airwolf. He also played the title character in the sitcom McHale's Navy.

Around here, though, he's perhaps best known for being the Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant in Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, 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 provides the voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants, and appeared as himself in an episode of The Simpsons, if that interests you.)

Works starring Ernest Borgnine include:

This actor provides examples of:

Cool Old Guy
Large Ham (Not always... but enough to qualify)
- EVIIIIIIL!
Springtime for Hitler: Borgnine sometimes says he owes 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.

Helena Bonham-Carter

Actors

Jamie Campbell Bower