He was innate Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut to Charles Borgnino and Anna Boselli, Italian Catholic immigrants. He joined a United States Navy after high school and stayed in for tenner years. Fallowing two or three years of drifting, he attended a Randall School of Drama within Hartford. As a result graduation, he went to the illustrious Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. Within 1949, he debuted on Broadway in Harvey. Around 1951 he moved to Los Angeles, California, receiving his big break within 1953's From Here to Eternity.

Around 1955, Borgnine starred in the drama Marty, which gained him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He afterwards appeared withwithin numerous films another time in lead roles however extra typically supporting major stars. From either 1962 through 1966 he starred in the popular situation comedy television series ''McHale's Navy'', and starred in the 1964 film version. Borgnine's down the road television act involved the co-starring role (by having Jan-Michael Vincent) as seasoned eggbeater pilot Dominic Santini in the action/espionage series Airwolf from 1984 to 1986.

Among his 5 married woman were a late Ethel Merman (to whom he was wed for fewer than two months) & a late Mexican-born actress Katy Jurado.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ernest Borgnine has the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood Blvd. Inside 1996, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Since 1999, Borgnine's voice has appeared on the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants as the senior superhero Mermaid Man. He has besides recently appeared inside television commercial message.

Filmography
China Corsair (1951) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) The Mob (1951) From Here to Eternity (1953) The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) Johnny Guitar (1954) Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) The Bounty Hunter (1954) Vera Cruz (1954) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Marty (1955) Run for Cover (1955) Violent Saturday (1955) The Last Command (1955) The Square Jungle (1955) Jubal (1956) The Catered Affair (1956) The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) These Brave Men (1956) The Vikings (1958) The Badlanders (1958) Torpedo Run (1958) Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959) The Rabbit Trap (1959) Man on a String (1960) Pay or Die (1960) Black City (1961) The Italian Brigands (1961) Go Naked in the World (1961) The Last Judgement (1961) Barabbas (1962) ''McHale's Navy (1964) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) The Oscar (1966) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Chuka (1967) The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968) (short subject) The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) Ice Station Zebra (1968) The Split (1968) The Wild Bunch (1969) A Bullet for Sandoval (1969) The Adventurers (1970) Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970) Murder in the Ring (1971) Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971) Willard (1971) Bunny O'Hare (1971) Hannie Caulder (1971) The World of Sport Fishing (1972) (documentary) Film Portrait (1972) (documentary) The Revengers (1972) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Emperor of the North Pole (1973) The Neptune Factor (1973) Law and Disorder (1974) Vegeance Is Mine (1974) The Devil's Rain (1975) Hustle (1975) Shoot (1976) The Greatest (1977) Crossed Swords (1978) Convoy (1978) Ravagers (1979) The Double McGuffin (1979) The Black Hole (1979) When Time Ran Out... (1980) Super Fuzz (1980) High Risk (1981) Escape from New York (1981) Deadly Blessing (1981) Young Warriors (1983) Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) The Manhunt (1985) Skeleton Coast (1987) The Opponent (1987) The Big Turnaround (1988) Moving Target (1988) Any Man's Death (1988) Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989) The Last Match (1990) Tides of War (1990) Laser Mission (1990) Mistress (1992) (Cameo) The Outlaws: Legend of O.B. Taggart (1994) Captiva Island (1995) The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1996) (documentary) Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996) All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) (voice) McHale's Navy (1997) Gattaca (1997) 12 Bucks (1998) Small Soldiers (1998) (voice) BASEketball (1998) Mel (1998) The Last Great Ride (1999) Abilene (1999) The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999) The Kiss of Debt (2000) Castlerock (2000) Hoover (2000) (also executive producer) Whiplash (2002) September 11 (2002) (documentary) Rail Kings (2002) Barn Red (2003) The American Hobo (2003) (documentary) (storyteller) The Long Ride Home (2003) Blueberry (2004) 3 Below (2005)

TV Work
McHale's Navy (1962-1966) Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? (1971) The Trackers (1971) Legend in Granite (1973) Twice in a Lifetime (1974) Holiday Hookers (1976) Future Cop (1976) (pilot for series) Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (miniseries) Fire! (1977) Future Cop (1977) (canceled after Vii episodes) The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978) Cops and Robin (1978) All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) Blood Feud (1983) Carpool (1983) Masquerade (1983) (pilot for series) Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (miniseries) Airwolf (1984-1986) The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission (1985) Alice in Wonderland (1985) Space Island (1987) (miniseries) The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) Ocean (1989) (miniseries) Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) Appearances (1990) Mountain of Diamonds (1991) Tierarztin Christine (1993) Hunt for the Blue Diamond (1993) Tierarztin Christine II: The Temptation (1995) The Single Guy (1995-1997) All Dogs Go to Heaven: the Series (1996-1999) (voice) The Blue Light (2004) The Trail to Hope Rose'' (2004)