Ernest Borgnine#Filmography

Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino ({{IPA|it|borˈɲiːno|lang}}) on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut,{{cite encyclopedia| title=Ernest Borgnine| encyclopedia=International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 4th Ed.| volume=3: Actors and Actresses| publisher=St. James Press| year=2000| place=Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI| author=Thomson Gale|quote=Born: Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, January 24, 1917 (some sources say 1915 or 1918)}}{{cite book| title=The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen| first=Nick| last=Clooney| publisher=Simon and Schuster| year=2003| isbn=0-7434-1044-0| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1rkA5nHOOuQC&pg=PA114| page=114}} the son of Italian immigrants. His mother, Anna ({{nee|Boselli}}) hailed from Carpi, near Modena, while his father Camillo Borgnino was a native of Ottiglio near Alessandria.{{cite web| title=Ernest Borgnine Biography (1917– )| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/19/Ernest-Borgnine.html| publisher=filmreference.com| access-date=November 8, 2012}} Borgnine's parents separated when he was two years old, and he then lived with his mother in Italy for about four and a half years. By 1923, his parents had reconciled, the family name was changed from Borgnino to Borgnine, and his father changed his first name to Charles. Borgnine had a younger sister, Evelyn Borgnine Velardi (1925–2013).{{cite web|title=Evelyn Velardi Obituary: View Obituary for Evelyn Velardi by Mt. View Mortuary & Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Evelyn-Velardi&lc=4227&pid=164177752&mid=5494016|access-date=October 10, 2013}} The family settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where Borgnine graduated from James Hillhouse High School. He took to sports while growing up, but showed no interest in acting.{{cite book| last1=Fantle| first1=David| last2=Johnson| first2=Tom| title=Reel to Real: 25 Years of Celebrity Interviews from Vaudeville to Movies to TV| publisher=Badger Books| year=2004| isbn=978-1932542042| pages=106–113}}

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Borgnine joined the United States Navy in October 1935, after graduation from high school.{{cite news| title=Q & A: Ernest Borgnine| url=http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/October-2010/Q-amp-A-Ernest-Borgnine/| work=Connecticut magazine| date=October 2010| author=Pat Grandjean| access-date=November 8, 2012| archive-date=March 31, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331084200/http://www.connecticutmag.com/connecticut-magazine/october-2010/q-amp-a-ernest-borgnine| url-status=dead}} He served aboard the destroyer/minesweeper {{USS|Lamberton|DMS-2|6}}{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0902.htm|title=DMS-2 Lamberton|work=navsource.org}} and was honorably discharged from the Navy in October 1941.{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/borgnine_e.htm |title=Biography - Ernest Borgnine |access-date=March 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003182554/http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/borgnine_e.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2008 }} In January 1942, he reenlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, he patrolled the Atlantic Coast on an antisubmarine warfare ship, the patrol yacht {{USS|Sylph|PY-12|6}}.{{Cite web|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - Sylph|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s21/Sylph-iv.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314011849/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s21/Sylph-iv.htm|archive-date=2004-03-14|access-date=2021-07-08|publisher=United States Navy}} In September 1945, he was once again honorably discharged from the Navy. He served a total of almost 10 years in the Navy and obtained the grade of gunner's mate first class. His military awards include the Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal with "A" Device, American Campaign Medal with {{frac|3|16}}" bronze star, and the World War II Victory Medal.

In 1997, Borgnine received the United States Navy Memorial, Lone Sailor Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.navymemorial.org/lone-sailor-award-recipients|title=Lone Sailor Award Recipients|work=navymemorial.org|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016214216/http://www.navymemorial.org/lone-sailor-award-recipients|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}} On December 7, 2000, Borgnine was named the Veterans Foundation's Veteran of the Year.

In October 2004, Borgnine received the honorary title of chief petty officer from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry D. Scott. The ceremony for Borgnine's naval advancement was held at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, DC. He received the special honor for his naval service and support of naval personnel and their families worldwide.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/08/showbiz/obit-borgnine/index.html| title=Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95| publisher=CNN| date=July 8, 2012| access-date=July 9, 2012}}{{cite press release| url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ernest-borgnine-makes-chief-74378102.html| title=Ernest Borgnine Makes Chief| publisher=U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation| date=October 18, 2004| access-date=November 8, 2012}}

Borgnine returned to his parents' house in Connecticut after his Navy discharge without a job to go back to and no direction. In a British Film Institute interview about his life and career, he said:

{{blockquote|After World War II, we wanted no more part in war. I didn't even want to be a Boy Scout. I went home and said that I was through with the Navy and so now, what do we do? So I went home to mother, and after a few weeks of patting me on the back and "You did good," and everything else, one day she said, "Well?" like mothers do. Which meant, "All right, you gonna get a job or what?"{{cite web| url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/12| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012063225/http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/12| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 12, 2010| title=Marty + Ernest Borgnine in Conversation| publisher=British Film Institute| date=10 October 2007| access-date=2012-11-08}}}}

He took a local factory job, but was unwilling to settle down to that kind of work. His mother encouraged him to pursue a more glamorous profession, and suggested to him that his personality would be well suited for the stage. He surprised his mother by taking the suggestion to heart, although his father was far from enthusiastic. In 2011, Borgnine remembered,

{{blockquote|She said, "You always like getting in front of people and making a fool of yourself, why don't you give it a try?" I was sitting at the kitchen table and I saw this light. No kidding. It sounds crazy. And 10 years later, I had Grace Kelly handing me an Academy Award.}}

He studied acting at the Randall School of Drama in Hartford, then moved to Virginia, where he became a member of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia.{{Cite news|first=Anita|last=Gates|title=Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 95|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html| work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102092441/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/movies/ernest-borgnine-tough-but-tender-actor-is-dead-at-95.html|archive-date=2 January 2023|access-date=27 July 2023|url-status=live}} It had been named for the director's allowing audiences to barter produce for admission during the cash-lean years of the Great Depression. In 1947, Borgnine landed his first stage role in State of the Union. Although it was a short role, he won over the audience. His next role was as the Gentleman Caller in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.{{cite web | url=https://patch.com/connecticut/clinton/north-havens-own-ernest-borgnine-dies-at-95-ad33b448 | title=Ernest Borgnine Grew up in North Haven | date=July 10, 2012 }}

In 1949, Borgnine went to New York, where he had his Broadway debut in the role of a nurse in the play Harvey. Borgnine made his TV debut as a character actor in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, beginning in 1951. These two episodes led to countless other television roles that Borgnine would gain in Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Frontier Justice, Laramie, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, and Run for Your Life. An appearance as the villain on TV's Captain Video led to Borgnine's casting in the motion picture The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) for Columbia Pictures.Kisseloff, Jeff; THE BOX: An Oral History of Television, 1929–1961; Viking Penguin, 1995 Later on, in 1957, he would appear in the first episode of the TV series Wagon Train.

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Borgnine moved to Los Angeles, California, where he eventually received his big break in Columbia film directed by Fred Zinnemann, the romantic war drama From Here to Eternity (1953), playing the sadistic Sergeant "Fatso" Judson, who beats a stockade prisoner in his charge, Angelo Maggio (played by Frank Sinatra). The film received critical acclaim including the Academy Award for Best Picture. The following year he acted in four films, three of them Western dramas, Johnny Guitar starring Joan Crawford, The Bounty Hunter with Randolph Scott, Vera Cruz starring Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper, he also starred in the Biblical drama Demetrius and the Gladiators. Borgnine built a reputation as a dependable character actor, and played villains in early films, including movies such as Johnny Guitar and Vera Cruz.

In 1955 he starred as a villain in the John Sturges neo-Western Bad Day at Black Rock starring Spencer Tracy, Lee Marvin, and Walter Brennan. He also starred as warmhearted butcher in Marty, the 1955 film version of the television play of the same title. The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival where it received acclaim and the Palme D'Or. Borgnine won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actor beating Frank Sinatra, James Dean (who had died by the time of the ceremony), and former Best Actor winners Spencer Tracy and James Cagney. He also received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor.

Borgnine travelled to Australia to play the lead in a role originally intended for Burt Lancaster, the cane cutter Roo, in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=27 February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/wrecking-australian-stories-summer-of-the-seventeenth-doll/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItNeFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdfjoDKKNPRwIUw_CpwHxvsx-Nwe0Ux0vs54ici1NORlcxM0tGnZAIlpIg_aem_B57Gkzk7qzqgKn0YaklBwA|title=Wrecking Australian stories: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll}}

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In 1962, Borgnine signed a contract with Universal Studios for the lead role as the gruff but lovable skipper, Quinton McHale, in what began as a serious one-hour 1962 episode called "Seven Against the Sea" for Alcoa Premiere, and later reworked to a comedy called McHale's Navy, a World War II sitcom, which also co-starred unfamiliar comedians Joe Flynn as Capt. Wally Binghamton and Tim Conway as Ens. Charles Parker. The insubordinate crew of PT-73 helped the show become an overnight success during its first season, landing in the top 30 in 1963.

He thrived on the adulation from fans for their favorite navy man, and in 1963 received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. At the end of the fourth season, in 1966, low ratings and repetitive storylines brought McHale's Navy to an end. At the time McHale's Navy began production, Borgnine was married to actress Katy Jurado. Her death in 2002 drew Borgnine and Conway much closer; about his acting mentor's long career, Conway said: "There were no limits to Ernie. When you look at his career—Fatso Judson to Marty, that's about as varied as you get in characters and he handled both of them with equal delicacy and got the most out of those characters."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryclairekendall/2012/10/11/remembering-ernest-borgnine-on-50th-anniversary-of-mchales-navy-premiere/|title=Remembering Ernest Borgnine on 50th Anniversary of McHale's Navy Premiere|magazine=Forbes|date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2016}}

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Borgnine's film career flourished for the next three decades, including roles in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967) with Lee Marvin, Ice Station Zebra (1968), Willard (1971) The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Emperor of the North (1973), Convoy (1978), The Black Hole (1979), Super Fuzz (1980) and Escape from New York (1981). One of his most famous roles was that of Dutch in the Western classic The Wild Bunch (1969) from director Sam Peckinpah. Of his role in The Wild Bunch, Borgnine later said, "I did [think it was a moral film]. Because to me, every picture should have some kind of a moral to it. I feel that when we used to watch old pictures, as we still do I'm sure, the bad guys always got it in the end and the good guys always won out. Today, it's a little different. Today, it seems that the bad guys are getting the good end of it. There was always a moral in our story".

During this time he also appeared on numerous television shows such as Little House on the Prairie (a two-part episode entitled "The Lord is My Shepherd"), The Love Boat, Magnum, P.I., Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, Walker, Texas Ranger, Home Improvement, Touched by an Angel, the final episodes of ER, and many others.

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Borgnine returned to Universal Studios in 1983, for a co-starring role opposite Jan-Michael Vincent, on Airwolf. After he was approached by producer Donald P. Bellisario, who had been impressed by Borgnine's guest role as a wrestler in a 1982 episode of Magnum, P.I., he immediately agreed to join the series. He played Dominic Santini, a helicopter pilot, which became an immediate hit. Borgnine's strong performances belied his exhaustion due to the grueling production schedule, and the challenges of working with his younger, series lead. The show was canceled by CBS in 1986.

In 1989, Borgnine went to Namibia to shoot the film Laser Mission, starring Brandon Lee.{{Cite news|date=January 29, 1989|title=Borgnine to play scientist|work=The Courier-Journal}} It was released in 1990.{{Cite news|last=Hartl|first=John|date=August 17, 1990|title=Chong's 'Far Out, Man!' is en route to rental stores|work=York Daily Record|volume=229}}

in 1995 he appeared with Jonathan Silverman in The Single Guy as doorman Manny Cordoba, which lasted two seasons. According to Silverman, Borgnine came to work with more energy and passion than all other stars combined. He was the first person to arrive on the set every day and the last to leave.

In 1996, Borgnine starred in the televised fantasy/thriller film Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (partially adapted from the 1984 horror film The Devil's Gift). As narrator and storyteller, Borgnine recounts a string of related supernatural tales, his modern-day fables notably centering on an enchanted and malicious cymbal-banging monkey toy stolen from the wizard Merlin. The film was later featured in the parodical television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, and has since gained a prominent cult following.{{cite web|url=http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=5768|title=Episode guide: 1003 – Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders|publisher=Satellite News|access-date=July 9, 2012}} Also in 1996, Borgnine toured the United States on a bus to meet his fans and see the country. The trip was the subject of a 1997 documentary, Ernest Borgnine on the Bus. He also served one year as the chairman of the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, visiting patients in many Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

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In 1997, Borgnine appeared in the big-screen adaptation comedy film McHale's Navy, where he played Rear Admiral Quinton McHale, who was also the father of Tom Arnold's character, Quinton McHale Jr. In 1998, Borgnine appeared in the Trey Parker and Matt Stone comedy BASEketball as entrepreneur Ted Denslow. Starting in 1999, Borgnine provided his voice talent to the animated sitcom SpongeBob SquarePants as the elderly superhero Mermaid Man (where he was paired up with McHale's Navy co-star Tim Conway as the voice of Mermaid Man's sidekick Barnacle Boy). He expressed affection for this role, in no small part for its popularity among children. After his death, Nickelodeon reaired all of the episodes in which Mermaid Man appeared, in memoriam. Borgnine also appeared as himself in The Simpsons episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood", in addition to a number of television commercials. In 2000, he was the executive producer of Hoover, in which he was the only credited actor.

In 2007, Borgnine starred in the Hallmark original film A Grandpa for Christmas. He played a man who, after his estranged daughter ends up in the hospital because of a car accident, discovers that he has a granddaughter he never knew about. She is taken into his care, and they soon become great friends. Borgnine received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture made for Television for his performance. At 90, he was the oldest Golden Globe nominee ever. In 2010 he costarred in The Wishing Well. Borgnine's autobiography Ernie was published by Citadel Press in July 2008. Ernie is a loose, conversational recollection of highlights from his acting career and notable events from his personal life. On April 2, 2009, he appeared in several episodes of the final season of the long-running medical series ER. His role was that of a husband dealing with the decline of his wife, who would die in the final episode of the series. In his final scene, his character is in a hospital bed lying beside his just-deceased wife. His performance garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, his third nomination and his first in 29 years (since being nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special in 1980 for All Quiet on the Western Front).

In 2009, at age 92, he starred as Frank, the main character of Another Harvest Moon, directed by Greg Swartz and also starring Piper Laurie and Anne Meara. On October 2, 2010, Borgnine appeared as himself in a sketch with Morgan Freeman on Saturday Night Live. On October 15, 2010, he appeared in Red, which was filmed earlier that year. In late 2011, Borgnine completed what was his last film, playing Rex Page in The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez.

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Borgnine married five times. His first marriage, from 1949 to 1958, was to Rhoda Kemins, whom he met while serving in the Navy.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/marty-ar.html| title=Ernest Borgnine: Fiendish 'Fatso' to Meek 'Marty'|author=M. A. Schmidt| date=April 10, 1955|access-date=November 8, 2012| work=The New York Times}} They had one daughter, Nancee (born May 28, 1952). He was then married to actress Katy Jurado from 1959 to 1963. Borgnine's rancorous marriage to actress and singer Ethel Merman in 1964 lasted only 42 days. Merman's description of the marriage in her autobiography was a solitary blank page. Borgnine's friend Tim Conway later said: "Ernie is volatile. I mean, there's no question about that, and Ethel was a very strong lady. So you put two bombs in a room, something is going to explode, and I guess it probably did."{{Cite web |date=26 October 2004 |title=Question: As I remember, ... |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/question-remember-66699/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727215002/https://www.tvguide.com/amp/news/question-remember-66699/ |archive-date=27 July 2023 |access-date=27 July 2023 |website=TV Guide}}

From 1965 to 1972, Borgnine was married to Donna Rancourt, with whom he had a son, Cristopher (born August 9, 1969), and two daughters, Sharon (born August 5, 1965) and Diana (born December 29, 1970). His fifth and final marriage was to Tova Traesnaes; they remained married from February 24, 1973 until his death.

In 2000, Borgnine received his 50-year pin as a Freemason at Abingdon Lodge No. 48 in Abingdon, Virginia. He joined the Scottish Rite Valley of Los Angeles in 1964, received the Knights Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) in 1979, was crowned a 33° Inspector General Honorary in 1983 and received the Grand Cross of the Court of Honour in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://scottishrite.org/2011/04/dedication-of-long-beach-scottish-rite-theatre-to-actor-brother-ernest-borgnine|title=Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., U.S.A.: Dedication of Long Beach Scottish Rite Theatre to Actor & Brother Ernest Borgnine|publisher=Scottishrite.org|date=May 7, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510063626/http://scottishrite.org/2011/04/dedication-of-long-beach-scottish-rite-theatre-to-actor-brother-ernest-borgnine/|archive-date=May 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Borgnine was a heavy smoker until 1962.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/duneland/chesterton/chesterton-town-manager-remembers-borgnine/article_8fb1e74d-8ee5-55f9-8da0-90a0e884d879.html |title=Chesterton town manager remembers Borgnine |author=Heather Augustyn |work=The Times of Northwest Indiana |date=July 15, 2012 |location=Munster, Indiana}}

At the age of 95, Borgnine died of renal failure on July 8, 2012 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He had undergone surgery a month prior to his death and had been to the hospital days before it for a medical checkup.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ernest-borgnine-was-in-excellent-health-until-recent-illness/ | title=Ernest Borgnine was "in excellent health" until recent illness - CBS News | website=CBS News | date=July 9, 2012 }} He was cremated and given a military funeral.{{cite web | url=https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/quarterdeck/u-s-navy-renders-honors-at-funeral-of-ernest-borgnine/article_f9c4491a-975d-5358-8f12-35cfef80981e.html | title=U.S. Navy renders honors at funeral of Ernest Borgnine | date=July 19, 2012 }}

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Borgnine won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Marty Piletti in the film Marty. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living recipient of the Best Actor Oscar.{{cite news| title=Ernest Borgnine's death makes Sidney Poitier the oldest living best actor Oscar winner| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ernest-borgnines-death-makes-sidney-poitier-the-oldest-living-best-actor-oscar-winner/| publisher=CBS News| access-date=November 8, 2012| author=Lauren Moraski|date=July 10, 2012}} For his contributions to the film industry, Borgnine received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The star is located at 6324 Hollywood Boulevard.{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/ernest-borgnine |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – Ernest Borgnine |website=walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 29, 2017}} In 1998, the Palm Springs Walk of Stars dedicated a Golden Palm Star to Borgnine.{{cite web |title=List by Date Dedicated |url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2012 |publisher=Palm Springs Walk of Stars}} He was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, held January 30, 2011.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11021875| title=Actor Ernest Borgnine to receive lifetime award| date=August 19, 2010|work=BBC News Online| access-date=November 8, 2012}}

Borgnine's hometown of Hamden, Connecticut, where he enjoyed a large and vocal following, named a park and a small road in his honor.{{cite news |last1=Erwin |first1=Rebecca Baker |title=Hamden to honor hometown star, Borgnine |url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Hamden-to-honor-hometown-star-Borgnine-11687806.php |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=New Haven Register |date=October 15, 2003}} From 1972 to 2002, Borgnine marched in Milwaukee's annual Great Circus Parade as the "Grand Clown".{{cite news| title=Circus Parade secures funding, will return July 12| url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41376997.html| author=Jackie Loohauis-Bennett| work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| publisher=JSonline.com| date=March 17, 2009| access-date=November 8, 2012}} In 1994, Borgnine received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.{{cite web|url=http://www.neco.org/|title=NECO|access-date=July 1, 2014|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041149/http://www.neco.org/|url-status=dead}} In 1996, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.{{cite web

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In 2000, Borgnine received his 50-year pin as a Freemason in Abingdon Lodge No. 48, Abingdon, Virginia. He joined the Scottish Rite Valley of Los Angeles (in the Southern Jurisdiction of the U.S.A) in 1964, received the KCCH in 1979, was crowned a 33° Inspector General Honorary in 1983, and received the Grand Cross of the Court of Honour in 1991.{{cite web| url=http://scottishrite.org/2011/04/dedication-of-long-beach-scottish-rite-theatre-to-actor-brother-ernest-borgnine| title=Dedication of Long Beach Scottish Rite Theatre to Actor & Brother Ernest Borgnine| publisher=Scottishrite.org| date=May 7, 2011| access-date=November 8, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510063626/http://scottishrite.org/2011/04/dedication-of-long-beach-scottish-rite-theatre-to-actor-brother-ernest-borgnine/| archive-date=May 10, 2012| url-status=dead}} He was also a member of the Loyal Order of Moose at that organization's Lodge in Junction City, Oregon. He volunteered to be Stories of Service National spokesman, urging his fellow World War II vets to come forward and share their stories.

In 2007, Borgnine was presented with California's highest civilian honor, the Commendation Medal.{{Cite web|first=Kate|last=Maher|title=Ernest Borgnine's family 'shocked' by actor's 'sudden passing'|date=9 July 2012|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/ernest-borgnine-dies-family-shocked-sudden-passing.html|website=Los Angeles Times – L.A. NOW|access-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523120104/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/ernest-borgnine-dies-family-shocked-sudden-passing.html|archive-date=23 May 2022|url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/07/ernest-borgnine-dies-oscar-winner-trivia|title=Remembering Ernest Borgnine with His 1955 Oscar-Winning Performance (and His Best Trivia)|last=Miller|first=Julie|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July 9, 2012|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2020}}

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