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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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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Remote Control Magic: The Movie | Self (archive footage) | 2012-11-13 |
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The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | Rex Page | 2012-04-27 |
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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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Night Club | Albert | 2011-04-11 |
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Another Harvest Moon | Frank | 2010-10-06 |
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The Genesis Code | Carl Taylor | 2010-08-25 |
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RED | Henry, The Records Keeper | 2010-10-13 |
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Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine | Self | 2009-01-26 |
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The Wishing Well | Big Jim | 2009-12-09 |
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self | 2009-07-14 |
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Oliviero Rising | Bill | 2009-02-10 |
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Aces 'N' Eights | Thurmond Prescott | 2008-03-15 |
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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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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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A Grandpa for Christmas | Bert O'Riley | 2007-11-24 |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
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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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Rail Kings | Steamtrain | 2005-03-22 |
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That One Summer | Otis Garner | 2005-01-01 |
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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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The Trail to Hope Rose | Eugene | 2004-01-01 |
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Blueberry | Rolling Star | 2004-02-09 |
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker | Himself - Narrator | 2003-01-01 |
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | 2003-01-01 |
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Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Mermaid Man (voice) (archive footage) | 2003-01-28 |
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The Long Ride Home | Lucas Moat | 2003-03-27 |
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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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Everyone Loves Mel | Grandpa | 2000-03-10 |
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Castle Rock | Nate | 2000-01-01 |
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Hoover | J. Edgar Hoover | 2000-12-25 |
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Frank Sinatra Memorial | Self | 2000-05-16 |
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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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An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Carface Carruthers (voice) | 1998-11-17 |
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Small Soldiers | Kip Killagin (voice) | 1998-07-10 |
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BASEketball | Ted Denslow | 1998-07-28 |
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997-07-27 |
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McHale's Navy | Admiral Quinton McHale Sr. | 1997-04-18 |
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Gattaca | Caesar | 1997-07-09 |
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Ernest Borgnine on the Bus | Self | 1997-04-01 |
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The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | Self | 1996-11-01 |
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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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Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders | 1996-08-27 | |
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Captiva Island | Arty | 1995-01-01 |
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Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart | Sheriff Laughton | 1995-02-17 |
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Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung | Dr. Gustav Gruber | 1995-10-12 |
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The Spirit of the Season | Grandpa | 1994-11-23 |
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Der blaue Diamant | Hans Kroger | 1993-11-07 |
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La Classe américaine | Ernest (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
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Tierärztin Christine | Dr. Gustav Gruber | 1993-11-21 |
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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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Appearances | Emil Danzig | 1990-06-17 |
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Any Man's Death | Herr Gantz | 1990-05-10 |
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Tides of War | Doctor | 1990-01-01 |
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The Last Match | Coach | 1990-02-01 |
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Hoodwinked | Sal Piccolo | 1989-11-15 |
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Laser Mission | Prof. Braun | 1989-11-01 |
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Gummibärchen küßt man nicht | Bischof | 1989-08-17 |
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Qualcuno Pagherà | Victor | 1988-07-08 |
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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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Bersaglio sull'autostrada | Captain Morrison | 1988-01-01 |
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Skeleton Coast | Colonel Smith | 1988-04-14 |
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Gen. Sam Worden | 1988-11-10 |
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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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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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Cane arrabbiato | Ben Robeson | 1984-12-09 |
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Airwolf: The Movie | Dominic Santini | 1984-06-26 |
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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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Blood Feud | J. Edgar Hoover | 1983-04-25 |
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Carpool | Mickey Doyle | 1983-10-05 |
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High Risk | Clint | 1981-05-01 |
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Escape from New York | Cabbie | 1981-05-23 |
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Deadly Blessing | Isaiah | 1981-08-14 |
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When Time Ran Out... | Det. Sgt. Tom Conti | 1980-03-28 |
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Poliziotto superpiù | Willy Dunlop | 1980-09-18 |
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The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
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Ravagers | Rann | 1979-06-26 |
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The Black Hole | Harry Booth | 1979-12-19 |
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The Double McGuffin | Firat | 1979-06-01 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Stanislaus Katczinsky | 1979-11-14 |
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Convoy | Lyle Wallace | 1978-06-27 |
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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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Fire! | Sam Brisbane | 1977-05-08 |
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The Greatest | Angelo Dundee | 1977-05-17 |
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Superstunt | Self | 1977-11-17 |
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The Prince and the Pauper | John Canty | 1977-06-03 |
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Future Cop | Officer Joe Cleaver | 1976-05-01 |
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Natale in casa d'appuntamento | Max | 1976-01-01 |
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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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Law and Disorder | Cy | 1974-10-09 |
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Twice in a Lifetime | Vince Boselli | 1974-03-16 |
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Sunday in the Country | Adam Smith | 1974-11-22 |
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Sandy in Disneyland | Self | 1974-04-10 |
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Legend in Granite | Vince Lombardi | 1973-12-14 |
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The Neptune Factor | Chief Diver Don MacKay | 1973-06-26 |
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Emperor of the North | Shack | 1973-05-23 |
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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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Hannie Caulder | Emmett Clemens | 1971-11-08 |
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Willard | Al Martin | 1971-07-30 |
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Bunny O'Hare | Bill Green - Gruenwald | 1971-10-18 |
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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? | Deputy Sam Hill | 1971-02-01 |
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The Trackers | Sam Paxton | 1971-12-15 |
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Rain for a Dusty Summer | The General | 1971-09-22 |
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The Adventurers | Fat Cat | 1970-03-25 |
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Sheriff Harve | 1970-09-11 |
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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 Split | Bert Clinger | 1968-11-04 |
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The Legend of Lylah Clare | Barney Sheean | 1968-08-21 |
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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 | 1967-06-11 |
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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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Go Naked in the World | Pete Stratton | 1961-03-10 |
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I briganti italiani | Sante Carbone | 1961-12-16 |
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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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Il giudizio universale | Pickpocket | 1961-10-26 |
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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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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Roo | 1959-12-01 |
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The Rabbit Trap | Eddie Colt | 1959-06-01 |
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The Vikings | Ragnar | 1958-06-11 |
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Torpedo Run | Lt. Archer 'Archie' Sloan | 1958-10-24 |
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The Badlanders | John McBain | 1958-09-03 |
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Three Brave Men | Bernard F. Goldsmith | 1956-12-01 |
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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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Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair | Self | 1956-01-01 |
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Jubal | Shep Horgan | 1956-02-25 |
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Bad Day at Black Rock | Coley Trimble | 1955-01-13 |
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The Last Command | Mike Radin | 1955-08-03 |
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Violent Saturday | Stadt, Amish Farmer | 1955-04-01 |
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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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Demetrius and the Gladiators | Strabo | 1954-06-16 |
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Vera Cruz | Donnegan | 1954-12-25 |
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Johnny Guitar | Bart Lonergan | 1954-05-26 |
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The Bounty Hunter | Bill Rachin | 1954-09-25 |
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The Stranger Wore a Gun | Bull Slager | 1953-07-30 |
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From Here to Eternity | Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson | 1953-08-28 |
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Bill Street | 1951-08-02 |
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The Mob | Joe Castro | 1951-09-07 |
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China Corsair | Hu Chang | 1951-06-12 |
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Future Cop: Cops and Robin | Officer Joe Cleaver |