Ernest Borgnine is a Actor and Thanks American born on 24 january 1917 at Hamden (USA)
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine participated to
119 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
10 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor

, 1h57
Directed by Irwin Allen,
Ronald NeameOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes La fin du monde,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about seafaring accidents or incidentsActors Gene Hackman,
Ernest Borgnine,
Adam Baldwin,
Red Buttons,
Carol Lynley,
Roddy McDowallRoles Mike Rogo
Rating70%




The SS Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement and scrapping, makes her way across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from New York City to Athens. Despite protests from Captain Harrison, who fears for the ship's safety, the representative of her new owners, Mr. Linarcos, insists that she make full speed towards her destination to save money, preventing her from taking on additional ballast.
, 1h39
Directed by John CarpenterOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Social science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Post-apocalyptic films,
Prison films,
Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Kurt Russell,
Lee Van Cleef,
Ernest Borgnine,
Donald Pleasence,
Isaac Hayes,
Harry Dean StantonRoles Cabbie
Rating70%




In 1988, following a 400% increase in crime, the United States Government has evacuated Manhattan and turned the island into a giant maximum-security prison in which all inmates serve a life sentence. A 50-foot (15 m) containment wall surrounds the island and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined. Armed helicopters patrol the rivers and harbor.
, 2h23
Directed by Robert AldrichOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
AdventureThemes Political filmsActors Lee Marvin,
Ernest Borgnine,
Charles Bronson,
John Cassavetes,
Richard Jaeckel,
George KennedyRoles Maj. Gen. Worden
Rating76%




In Britain, in the spring of 1944, Allied forces are preparing for the D-Day invasion. Among them are Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin), an OSS officer; his commander, Regular Army Major General Sam Worden (Ernest Borgnine); and his former commander Colonel Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan). Early in the film, the personalities of the three men are shown to clash and the characters of the individualistic Reisman and the domineering Breed are established. Reisman is aided by his friend, the mild-mannered Major Max Armbruster (George Kennedy).
, 1h50
Directed by Sam PeckinpahOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
AdventureThemes Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Films about automobiles,
Trucker films,
Musical films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Kris Kristofferson,
Ali MacGraw,
Ernest Borgnine,
Burt Young,
Seymour Cassel,
Madge SinclairRoles Lyle Wallace
Rating62%




In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar E-Type, which leads to an encounter with a sheriff's deputy. Proceeding on his way, Rubber Duck runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike, when another "trucker" informs them over the C.B. that they are okay to increase their speed. The "trucker" turns out to be cold county Sheriff "Dirty Lyle" Wallace, a long-time nemesis of the Duck, who extorts them for $70 each. 
, 1h38
Directed by Gary NelsonOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Action,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Psychologie,
Dans l'espace,
Films set in the future,
Space opera,
Children's films,
Robot films,
LobotomieActors Maximilian Schell,
Anthony Perkins,
Robert Forster,
Joseph Bottoms,
Yvette Mimieux,
Ernest BorgnineRoles Harry Booth
Rating58%




Nearing the end of a long mission exploring deep space, the spacecraft USS Palomino is returning to Earth. The crew consists of Captain Dan Holland, First Officer Lieutenant Charlie Pizer, journalist Harry Booth, ESP-sensitive scientist Dr. Kate McCrae, the expedition's civilian leader Dr. Alex Durant and the robot V.I.N.CENT ("Vital Information Necessary CENTralized").
, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann,
Earl BellamyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Burt Lancaster,
Montgomery Clift,
Deborah Kerr,
Donna Reed,
Frank Sinatra,
Ernest BorgnineRoles Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
Rating75%




In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes (Philip Ober) has heard he is a talented middleweight boxer and wants him to join his regimental team in order to secure a promotion. Prewitt refuses, having stopped fighting because he blinded his sparring partner and close friend over a year before. Holmes is adamant, but so is Prewitt.
, 1h34
Directed by Robert AldrichOrigin USAGenres Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Political films,
Buddy filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Burt Lancaster,
Ernest Borgnine,
Denise Darcel,
Cesar Romero,
Charles BronsonRoles Donnegan
Rating69%




During the Franco-Mexican War, ex-Confederate soldier Ben Trane (Cooper) travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. He falls in with Joe Erin (Lancaster), a lethal gunslinger who heads a gang of cutthroats (including Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, and Archie Savage). They are recruited by Marquis Henri de Labordere (Cesar Romero) for service with the Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (George Macready) After an almost miraculous display of shooting with a lever action model 1873 Winchester rifle, the Emperor offers them $25,000 to escort the Countess Duvarre (Denise Darcel) to the seaport city of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. Trane uses a compliment to the countess to get the Emperor to double it, impressing Erin with his boldness.
, 1h31
Directed by Delbert MannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Ernest Borgnine,
Betsy Blair,
Joe Mantell,
Esther Minciotti,
Frank Sutton,
Karen SteeleRoles Marty Piletti
Rating76%




Marty Piletti (Borgnine) is an Italian American butcher who lives in The Bronx with his mother (Esther Minciotti). Unmarried at 34, the good-natured but socially awkward Marty faces constant badgering from family and friends to settle down, pointing out that all his brothers and sisters are already married with children. Not averse to marriage but disheartened by his lack of prospects, Marty has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood.
, 1h56
Directed by Richard FleischerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Films set in the Viking AgeActors Kirk Douglas,
Tony Curtis,
Janet Leigh,
Ernest Borgnine,
James Donald,
Alexander KnoxRoles Ragnar
Rating69%




The King of Northumbria is killed during a Viking raid led by the fearsome Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine). Because the king had died childless, his cousin Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne. The king's widow, however, is pregnant with what she knows is Ragnar's child because he had raped her during that fateful raid, and to protect the infant from her cousin-in-law's ambitions, she sends him off to Italy. By a twist of fate, the ship is intercepted by the Vikings, who are unaware of the child's kinship, and enslave him.
, 1h37
Directed by Sergio CorbucciOrigin ItalieGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Comedy thriller,
Fantasy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Comedy science fiction films,
Superhero films,
Buddy films,
Arme nucléaireActors Terence Hill,
Ernest Borgnine,
Marc Lawrence,
Joanne Dru,
Marc Lawrence,
Salvatore BorgeseRoles Willy Dunlop
Rating63%




The story starts as a retrospective, as police officer Dave Speed (Terence Hill) faces his fourth execution attempt (this time by the electric chair) for the alleged murder of his superior and friend, Sergeant Willy Dunlop (Ernest Borgnine). While taking his last walk once more, Dave reminisces about how this all got started.