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His best-known role on TV is Dominic Santini in ''[[Airwolf]]''. He also played the title character in the sitcom ''[[McHales Navy|McHale's Navy]]''.
Around here, though, he's perhaps best known for being the [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]] in ''[[
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=== Works starring Ernest Borgnine include: ===
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* ''[[The Black Hole]]''
* ''[[Super Fuzz]]''
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* ''[[The Single Guy]]''
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Large Ham]] (Not always... but enough to qualify)
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* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: Borgnine sometimes says he owes 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 Telefilm) 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.
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