Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (1917 - 2012)

Film Deaths[]

From Here to Eternity (1953) [Staff Sergeant James R. "Fatso" Judson]: Stabbed in the stomach with a switchblade knife at the end of a fight with Montgomery Clift.
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) ["Bull" Slager]: Shot to death in a shoot out with Randolph Scott.
Johnny Guitar (1954) [Bart Lonergan]: Shot in the chest at the end of a fight with Sterling Hayden, (as Ernest is about to pull the trigger on his gun).
Vera Cruz (1954) [Donnegan]: Shot in the back by a peasant soldier during the final battle.
The Last Command (1955) [Mike "The Bull" Radin]: Killed in battle with the Mexican forces at the Alamo.
Run for Cover (Colorado) (1955) [Morgan]: Shot to death by John Derek, when the wounded Ernest is about to shoot James Cagney.
Jubal (1956) ["Shep" Horgan]: Shot to death by Glenn Ford after Charles Bronson throws a gun to Glenn while Ernest was threatening Glenn with a rifle.
The Vikings (1958) [Ragnar]: Devoured by hungry dogs after being forced to jump into their pit by Frank Thring. (Historical note: Ragnar Lothbrok was more the stuff of legend rather than historical fact, but most surviving accounts say he was thrown into a pit of venomous snakes by King Aella of Northumbria)
Pay or Die (1960) [Lieutenant Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino]: Murdered (off-screen) by gangsters. The scene fades out as the killers surround him. (See also Adolfo Celi in Joe Petrosino and Lionel Stander in The Black Hand.)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) [Trucker Cobb]: Dies of heat exhaustion in the desert and swarmed by buzzards sometime later as James Stewart discovers Ernest's body.
Chuka (1967) [Sergeant Otto Hahnsbach]: Shot to death by Arapaho warriors while Ernest is firing on them from the ramparts of the fort.
Ice Station Zebra (1968) [Boris Vaslov]: Mortally beaten/injured by Patrick McGoohan during a struggle on the ice. He later dies of his injuries.
The Split (1968) [Bert Clinger]: Shot to death by Jim Brown and Gene Hackman in a shoot out on the boat.
A Bullet For Sandoval (Los desesperados) (1969) [Don Pedro Sandoval] Trampled and gorged by a bulls horns.
The Wild Bunch (1969) ["Dutch" Engstrom]: Shot to death, along with William Holden, Ben Johnson, and Warren Oates, in the final shoot-out with Mexican soldiers.
Hannie Caulder (1971) [Emmett Clemens]: Shot to death by Raquel Welch.
Willard (1971) [Al Martin]: Attacked by an army of rats under the control of Bruce Davison; a screaming Ernest proceeds to uncontrollably run over to a window, where he falls to his death. (See also R. Lee Ermey's death in the 2003 version)
The Devil's Rain (1975) [Jonathan Corbis]: Apparently destroyed after the Devil's Rain is unleashed and he assumes his true demonic appearance; however, the final scene reveals that his spirit has possessed Joan Prather's body.
Shoot (1976) [Lou] Machine gunned in the back in the films climatic shoot out.
Crossed Swords (The Prince and the Pauper) (1977) [John Canty]: Dies after being slammed into numerous stones, killing him instantly.
The Black Hole (1979) [Harry Booth]: Killed when he crashes his spaceship into another ship.
Ravagers (1979) [Rann] Shot in the stomach by one of the Ravagers. He's able to fire a flare into a oil tank causing the ship to blow up before he dies.
Poliziotto superpiù (1980) [Sergeant Willy Dunlop] Frozen to death in the cold room of a ship after being locked-in by the villains. He is later brought back to life by Terence Hill with his superpowers.
Escape from New York (1981) ["Cabbie"]: Killed in an explosion when Kurt Russell drives Ernest's cab over a land mine on the bridge; we see Ernest's body afterwards as Kurt climbs out of the wreckage and checks on him.
Any Man's Death (1990) [Herr Gantz]: Shot repeatedly by John Savage as Ernest is about to get on a plane and escape.
The Last Match (L'Ultima partita; Opponent) (1990) [Coach]: Shot in the back while in a plane by an attack helicopter.
BASEketball (1998) [Ted Denslow]: Chokes to death on a hot dog (played for comic effect); Ernest later appears in a prerecorded video will to an audience of mourners.
Small Soldiers (1998) [Kip Killigan]: Providing the voice of an action figure; the first copy is destroy when their vehicles crash in a canal, the other copies are destroy in different way and the various copies of his figure are destroyed when Gregory Smith destroys a power line, causing an electromagnetic wave shutting them down. The remains of his copies are seen being pick up and place in Garbage Bags.
Hoover (2000) [FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover]: Died (off-screen) of a heart attack.
Aces 'n' Eights (2008) [Thumond Prescott]: Shot to death by one of Jeff Kober's men as Enest enters the general store.

Television Deaths[]

Fire! (1977 TV) [Sam Brisbane]: Blown up in an explosion when his jeep catches on fire and flips over a hill. Ernest is later remembered by Vera Miles in a flashback sequence depicting many of his earlier scenes.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) TV Movie [Stanislaus Katczinsky]: Dies after being hit by shrapnel from an explosion. He dies while Richard Thomas carries him back to camp. (See Louis Wolheim's death in the 1930 version.)
Airwolf: Blackjack (1987) [Dominic Santini]: Killed in an explosion when his helicopter blows up. (Ernest didn't actually appear in this episode, but his character was said to be in the helicopter that's shown exploding.)
The Simpsons: Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood (1993; animated) [Himself]: Murdered by presumably Jason Voorhees when he attacks him at the campfire. (played for comic effect) We only hear Ernie scream as the attacker closes in on him as the credits roll.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Back to the Past (2010; animated) [Mermaid Man / Future Mermaid Man]: Presumably killed alongside Barnacle Boy (Tim Conway) by Man Ray (Bob Joles) as a result of SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) accidentally creating a timeline in which Man Ray managed defeat Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Future Mermaid Man survives.