Ernest Borgnine: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Hey! Who stole my collection of used bandages? And they also got away with my nude pictures of Ernest Borgnine!"''|[[George Carlin]]}}

Around here, though, he's perhaps best known for being the [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]] in ''[[Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]],'' and in one of the all-time great triumphs of celebrity licensing, his daughter produces a tie-in coffee soda named "Borgnine's". The younger generation knows him best as the voice of Mermaid Man on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' (and appeared as himself in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', if that interests you.)

* ''[[RED (film)|RED]]''

* [[The Cameo]]: Makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance (in a still photo) as one of the dozen or so actors who contribute something to the computer -generated actress Simone in ''[[S1m0ne]]''. (The rest are all beautiful women.)

* [[Large Ham]]: (Not always, but often enough to qualify).

* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: Borgnine sometimes sayssaid he owesowed his career to one of these. Burt Lancaster and his business partner decided to produce ''Marty'' thinking the movie (which was based off of a popular Telefilmtelefilm) would lose money at the box office and they could use the expenses as a tax write-off, and they figured casting a fat, unattractive actor best known for playing heavies would ensure its demise. It ended up winning Borgnine the Best Actor Oscar (not to mention the movie itself winning Best Picture) and becoming one of the most profitable films of all time.