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Stephen Sepaniak's avatar

Those too young to know Borgnine in any other role may remember him as the voice of Mermaid Man from SpongeBob SquarePants!

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Rebecca Morton's avatar

I was about to make the same comment! Tim Conway did the voice of Mermaid Man's helper, Barnacle Boy!

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Stephen Sepaniak's avatar

EEE-VILL!

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Gary Davis's avatar

Ernest Borgnine was great and quite the character!

No matter how small the role, he stood out for me.

I’ll always remember him from these things:

The Dirty Dozen (General Worden)

The Poseidon Adventure (Rogo)

Escape From New York (Cabbie)

Airwolf- TV movie & show (Dominic)

The Simpsons: Boy Scoutz ‘n the Hood (Himself)

Gattaca (Caesar the janitor)

Small Soldiers (voice of Kip Killagin)

(Note: This movie also has Phil Hartman’s final big screen role)

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William E.'s avatar

I grew up watching reruns and vhs tapes of McHale's Navy. This year, I saw Marty for the first time. Borgnine was a treasure.

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Retroist's avatar

The first time I saw Marty was also after a childhood of seeing him in McHale's Navy. I was blown away.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

That would have been an excellent series. Borgnine was always entertaining, no matter what he did.

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