1917-01-24 Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine's film career began in 1951, and included supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Vera Cruz (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) and The Wild Bunch (1969). He also played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955). He achieved continuing success in the sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played the title character, and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series Airwolf (1984–1986), in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned his third Primetime Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the 2009 series finale of ER. He was known as the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 until his death in 2012. He had earlier replaced the late Vic Tayback as the voice of the villainous Carface Caruthers in both All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996–1998).
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The Spirit of the Season | Grandpa | 2024-11-23 |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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Naples '44 | Self | 2016-12-15 |
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Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie | Self | 2013-10-03 |
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The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | Rex Page | 2012-04-27 |
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Remote Control Magic: The Movie | Self (archive footage) | 2012-11-13 |
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Night Club | Albert | 2011-04-11 |
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The Lion of Judah | Slink (voice) | 2011-06-03 |
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National Lampoon's Snatched | Big Frank Baum | 2011-01-01 |
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Love's Christmas Journey | Nicholas | 2011-11-05 |
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The Genesis Code | Carl Taylor | 2010-08-25 |
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Another Harvest Moon | Frank | 2010-10-06 |
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RED | Henry, The Records Keeper | 2010-10-13 |
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The Wishing Well | Big Jim | 2009-12-09 |
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Oliviero Rising | Bill | 2009-02-10 |
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self | 2009-07-14 |
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Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine | Self | 2009-01-26 |
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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance | Judge Holliday | 2008-05-14 |
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Red and White: Gone with the West | Himself / Narrator | 2008-02-01 |
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Frozen Stupid | Frank Norgard | 2008-08-01 |
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Strange Wilderness | Milas | 2008-02-01 |
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Aces 'N' Eights | Thurmond Prescott | 2008-03-15 |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
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A Grandpa for Christmas | Bert O'Riley | 2007-11-24 |
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Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' | Self | 2006-01-01 |
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La cura del gorilla | Jerry | 2006-02-02 |
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3 Below | Grandpa | 2005-01-10 |
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Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | 2005-01-01 |
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That One Summer | 2005-01-01 | |
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Rail Kings | Steamtrain | 2005-03-22 |
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The Trail to Hope Rose | Eugene | 2004-01-01 |
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Barn Red | Michael Bolini | 2004-01-01 |
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The Blue Light | Faerie King | 2004-01-01 |
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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Blueberry | Rolling Star | 2004-02-09 |
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The Long Ride Home | Lucas Moat | 2003-03-27 |
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | 2003-01-01 |
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The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker | Himself - Narrator | 2003-01-01 |
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Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage) | 2003-01-28 |
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11’09”01 - September 11 | Old Man (segment "USA") | 2002-09-04 |
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The Kiss Of Debt | Godfather Mariano | 2000-01-01 |
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Frank Sinatra Memorial | Self | 2000-05-16 |
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Hoover | J. Edgar Hoover | 2000-12-25 |
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Castle Rock | Nate | 2000-01-01 |
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2000-08-01 |
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Abilene | Hotis Brown | 1999-03-13 |
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The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island | Ben Quinn | 1999-12-01 |
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The Last Great Ride | Franklin Lyle | 1999-01-01 |
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Everyone Loves Mel | Grandpa | 1998-10-10 |
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An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Carface Carruthers (voice) | 1998-11-17 |
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BASEketball | Ted Denslow | 1998-07-28 |
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Small Soldiers | Kip Killagin (voice) | 1998-07-10 |
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Ernest Borgnine on the Bus | Self | 1997-04-01 |
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McHale's Navy | Admiral Quinton McHale Sr. | 1997-04-18 |
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Gattaca | Caesar | 1997-09-07 |
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997-07-27 |
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Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders | 1996-08-27 | |
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Carface (voice) | 1996-03-29 |
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-15 |
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The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | Self | 1996-11-01 |
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Captiva Island | Arty | 1995-01-01 |
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Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung | Dr. Gustav Gruber | 1995-10-12 |
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Sheriff Laughton | 1995-02-17 |
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Tierärztin Christine | Dr. Gustav Gruber | 1993-11-21 |
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La Classe américaine | Ernest (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
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Der blaue Diamant | Hans Kroger | 1993-11-07 |
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Mistress | Himself | 1992-07-24 |
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La montagna dei diamanti | Ernie | 1991-10-09 |
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Tides of War | Doctor | 1990-01-01 |
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Appearances | Emil Danzig | 1990-06-17 |
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The Last Match | Coach | 1990-02-01 |
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Any Man's Death | Herr Gantz | 1990-05-10 |
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Gummibärchen küßt man nicht | Bischof | 1989-08-17 |
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Laser Mission | Prof. Braun | 1989-11-01 |
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Hoodwinked | Sal Piccolo | 1989-11-15 |
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The Big Turnaround | Father Lopez | 1988-01-01 |
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Spike of Bensonhurst | Baldo Cacetti | 1988-11-11 |
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Qualcuno Pagherà | Victor | 1988-07-08 |
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Bersaglio sull'autostrada | Captain Morrison | 1988-01-01 |
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Gen. Sam Worden | 1988-11-10 |
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Skeleton Coast | Colonel Smith | 1988-04-14 |
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Gen. Sam Worden | 1987-03-01 |
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 1986-03-09 |
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | Gen. Worden | 1985-02-04 |
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Airwolf: The Movie | Dominic Santini | 1984-06-26 |
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Cane arrabbiato | Ben Robeson | 1984-12-09 |
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Code Name: Wild Geese | Frank Fletcher | 1984-10-05 |
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Love Leads the Way: A True Story | Sen. Brighton | 1984-10-07 |
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Young Warriors | Lt. Bob Carrigan | 1983-08-28 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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Carpool | Mickey Doyle | 1983-10-05 |
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Blood Feud | J. Edgar Hoover | 1983-04-25 |
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High Risk | Clint | 1981-05-01 |
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Deadly Blessing | Isaiah | 1981-08-14 |
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Escape from New York | Cabbie | 1981-05-23 |
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Poliziotto superpiù | Willy Dunlop | 1980-09-18 |
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When Time Ran Out... | Det. Sgt. Tom Conti | 1980-03-28 |
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Ravagers | Rann | 1979-06-26 |
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The Black Hole | Harry Booth | 1979-12-18 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Stanislaus Katczinsky | 1979-11-14 |
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The Double McGuffin | Firat | 1979-06-01 |
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The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
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Cops and Robin | Joe Cleaver | 1978-03-28 |
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The Ghost of Flight 401 | Dom Cimoli | 1978-02-18 |
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Convoy | Lyle Wallace | 1978-06-27 |
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The Greatest | Angelo Dundee | 1977-05-17 |
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The Prince and the Pauper | John Canty | 1977-06-03 |
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Fire! | Sam Brisbane | 1977-05-08 |
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Natale in casa d'appuntamento | Max | 1976-01-01 |
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Future Cop | Officer Joe Cleaver | 1976-05-01 |
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Shoot | Lou | 1976-05-28 |
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The Devil's Rain | Jonathan Corbis | 1975-07-01 |
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Hustle | Santuro | 1975-12-25 |
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Sunday in the Country | Adam Smith | 1974-11-22 |
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Twice in a Lifetime | Vince Boselli | 1974-03-16 |
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Sandy in Disneyland | Self | 1974-04-10 |
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Law and Disorder | Cy | 1974-10-09 |
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Emperor of the North | Shack | 1973-05-23 |
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The Neptune Factor | Chief Diver Don MacKay | 1973-08-03 |
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Legend in Granite | Vince Lombardi | 1973-12-14 |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Mike Rogo | 1972-12-01 |
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The Revengers | Hoop | 1972-06-21 |
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Un uomo dalla pelle dura | Captain Perkins | 1972-02-02 |
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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Sam Hill | 1971-02-01 |
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Bunny O'Hare | Bill Green - Gruenwald | 1971-10-18 |
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Willard | Al Martin | 1971-07-30 |
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Rain for a Dusty Summer | The General | 1971-09-22 |
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Hannie Caulder | Emmett Clemens | 1971-11-08 |
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The Trackers | Sam Paxton | 1971-12-15 |
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Sheriff Harve | 1970-09-11 |
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The Adventurers | Fat Cat | 1970-03-25 |
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Los desesperados | Don Pedro Sandoval | 1969-08-19 |
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The Wild Bunch | Dutch Engstrom | 1969-06-19 |
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The Legend of Lylah Clare | Barney Sheean | 1968-08-21 |
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The Split | Bert Clinger | 1968-11-04 |
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Ice Station Zebra | Boris Vaslov | 1968-04-04 |
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The Dirty Dozen | Maj. Gen. Worden | 1967-06-15 |
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Chuka | Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach | 1967-07-23 |
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The Oscar | Barney Yale | 1966-03-04 |
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The Flight of the Phoenix | Trucker Cobb | 1965-12-15 |
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McHale's Navy | Quinton McHale | 1964-06-25 |
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Il giudizio universale | Pickpocket | 1961-10-26 |
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Il re di poggioreale | Peppino Navarra | 1961-09-16 |
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Barabbas | Lucius | 1961-12-23 |
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I briganti italiani | Sante Carbone | 1961-12-16 |
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Go Naked in the World | Pete Stratton | 1961-03-10 |
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Pay or Die! | Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino | 1960-07-27 |
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Man on a String | Boris Mitrov | 1960-03-25 |
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The Rabbit Trap | Eddie Colt | 1959-06-01 |
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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Roo | 1959-12-01 |
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The Badlanders | John McBain | 1958-09-03 |
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Torpedo Run | Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan | 1958-10-24 |
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The Vikings | Ragnar | 1958-06-11 |
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Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair | Self | 1956-01-01 |
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The Catered Affair | Tom Hurley | 1956-06-14 |
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The Best Things in Life Are Free | Lew Brown | 1956-09-28 |
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Jubal | Shep Horgan | 1956-02-25 |
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Three Brave Men | Bernard F. Goldsmith | 1956-12-01 |
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Bad Day at Black Rock | Coley Trimble | 1955-01-13 |
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Violent Saturday | Stadt, Amish Farmer | 1955-04-01 |
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The Last Command | Mike Radin | 1955-08-03 |
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Run for Cover | Morgan | 1955-04-29 |
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Marty | Marty Piletti | 1955-04-11 |
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The Square Jungle | Bernie Browne | 1955-12-30 |
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The Bounty Hunter | Bill Rachin | 1954-09-25 |
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Johnny Guitar | Bart Lonergan | 1954-05-26 |
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Vera Cruz | Donnegan | 1954-12-25 |
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Demetrius and the Gladiators | Strabo | 1954-06-16 |
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From Here to Eternity | Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson | 1953-08-28 |
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The Stranger Wore a Gun | Bull Slager | 1953-07-30 |
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The Mob | Joe Castro | 1951-09-07 |
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Bill Street | 1951-08-02 |
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China Corsair | Hu Chang | 1951-06-12 |
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Future Cop: Cops and Robin | Officer Joe Cleaver |
