Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle | |
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Miami, Florida, U.S. | |
Died | January 3, 2009 | (aged 84)
Alma mater | University of Texas[1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951–2008 |
Notable work | Batman, Hang 'Em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Shaft |
Spouses |
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Children | 5 |
Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American
Early life
Hingle was born in
Career
Hingle began acting in college, and after graduating, he moved to New York and studied at HB Studio[4] and the American Theatre Wing. In 1952, he became a member of the Actors Studio. This led to his first Broadway show, End as a Man.[5]
On Broadway, Hingle performed the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). He played the title role in Archibald MacLeish's award-winning Broadway play J.B. (1958), receiving rave reviews.[6]
In February 1959, while playing J.B. on Broadway, Hingle was seriously injured in an accident. He was trapped in the elevator of his
On the strength of his performance in J.B., Hingle had been offered the title role of the 1960 film Elmer Gantry, but he lost it to Burt Lancaster because of his injuries. His recovery took months, and at first he could not walk without a cane.[6]
Hingle appeared in the 1963 Actors Studio production of
Hingle's first film role was an uncredited part as bartender Jock in On the Waterfront (1954). Later in his career, he was known for playing judges, police officers and other authority figures. He was a guest star on the early NBC legal drama Justice, based on case histories of the Legal Aid Society of New York, which aired in the 1950s.[8]
Another notable role was as the father of Warren Beatty's character in Splendor in the Grass (1961). Hingle was widely known for portraying the father of Sally Field's title character Norma Rae (1979).[5] He also played manager Colonel Tom Parker in John Carpenter's TV movie Elvis (1979).[9]
Hingle had a long list of television and film credits to his name dating to 1948. Among them were two episodes of
Hingle played Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels. He is one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989 to 1997; the other is Michael Gough.[12]
In November 2007, he created the Pat Hingle Guest Artist Endowment to enable students to work with visiting professional actors at the University of North Carolina Wilmington .[5]
Personal life
Hingle married Alyce Faye Dorsey on June 3, 1947. They had three children. The couple later divorced. In 1979 Hingle married Julia Wright. He and his second wife had two children.[citation needed]
Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, of myelodysplasia on January 3, 2009; he had been diagnosed with the disease in November 2008. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.[5]
Selected TV credits and filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | On the Waterfront | Jocko | Uncredited |
1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Warren Selvy | Season 3 Episode 13: "Night of the Execution" |
The Strange One | Harold Koble | ||
No Down Payment | Herman Kreitzer | ||
1960 | Wild River | Narrator | Voice, Uncredited |
1961 | Splendor in the Grass | 'Ace' Stamper | |
1962 | The Untouchables | Mitchell A. Grandin | TV series Season 3 episode "The Case Against Eliot Ness" |
1963 | The Untouchables | Barney Howe / Barney Retsick | TV series Season 4 episode "Junk Man" |
The Twilight Zone | Horace Ford | TV series Episode "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" | |
The Ugly American | Homer Atkins | ||
All the Way Home | Ralph Follet | ||
1964 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Sam Brewster | |
Carol for Another Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Present | ||
1965 | Daniel Boone | Will Carey | TV series Episode "The Returning" |
The Fugitive | Sheriff Joe Bob Sims | TV series Episode "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet" | |
1966 | Nevada Smith | 'Big Foot' | |
The Andy Griffith Show | Fred Gibson | TV series Season 6 episode "Wyatt Earp Rides Again" | |
1967 | Mission: Impossible | R.J. McMillan | TV series Season 1 episode "The Confession" |
The Invaders | Brother Avery | TV series Season 2 episode "The Prophet" | |
1968 | Sol Madrid | Harry Mitchell | |
Jigsaw | Lew Haley | ||
Hang 'Em High | Judge Adam Fenton | ||
1970 | Bloody Mama | Sam Adams Pendlebury | |
WUSA | Bingamon | ||
Norwood | Grady Fring | ||
1971 | Gunsmoke | Dr. John Chapman | TV series 7 episodes after Milburn Stone ("Doc") had heart surgery |
1972 | The Carey Treatment | Captain Pearson | |
1973 | Kung Fu
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General Thoms | TV series Season 1, episode 6 "The Soul is the Warrior" |
One Little Indian | Captain Stewart | ||
Happy as the Grass Was Green | Eric Mills | ||
1974 | The New Land | Cadbury | TV series Episode "The Word is: Mortal" (never aired) |
The Six Million Dollar Man
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Senator Hill | TV series Episode "Pilot Error" | |
The Super Cops | Inspector Novick | ||
Nightmare Honeymoon | Mr. Binghamton | ||
1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Ormsbee | TV series Episode "The Defector" |
1976 | Independence | John Adams | |
1977 | The Gauntlet | Detective Maynard Josephson | |
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | 'Doc' Hodgins | TV movie | |
1979 | Elvis | Colonel Tom Parker | TV movie |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Lyle Stricker | ||
Norma Rae | Vernon | ||
Disaster on the Coastliner | John Marsh | TV movie | |
1980 | Running Scared | Sergeant McClain | |
M*A*S*H | Colonel Daniel Webster Tucker | TV series Season 8 episode "April Fools" | |
Stone | Chief Gene Paulton | TV series | |
1983 | Going Berserk | Ed Reese | |
Running Brave | Coach Bill Easton | ||
Sudden Impact | Chief Lester Jannings | ||
1984 | Magnum, P.I. | Garwood Huddle | TV series Season 5 episode "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle" |
In 'n Out | Oscar Milstone | ||
The Act | Frank Boda | ||
1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Charles Boyce | |
Amazing Stories | The Sheriff | TV series Episode "Santa '85" | |
The Lady from Yesterday | Jim Bartlett | TV movie | |
Brewster's Millions | Edward Roundfield | ||
The Rape of Richard Beck | 'Chappy' Beck | TV movie | |
1986 | Maximum Overdrive | Bubba Hendershot | |
Murder, She Wrote | Retired Lieutenant Barney Kale | TV series Episode "Unfinished Business" | |
1987 | Baby Boom | Hughes Larabee | |
1988 | The Land Before Time | Narrator / Rooter | Voice
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War and Remembrance | Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
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TV miniseries | |
1989 | Batman | Commissioner Jim Gordon | |
1990 | The Grifters | 'Bobo' Justus | |
The Kennedys of Massachusetts | PJ Kennedy
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TV miniseries | |
Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant James Ignatius O'Malley | TV series Episode: "O'Malley's Luck" | |
1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Captain Zach Franklin | TV series Episode: "Thicker Than Water" |
1992 | Gunsmoke: To the Last Man | Colonel Tucker | TV movie |
Batman Returns | Commissioner Jim Gordon | ||
Citizen Cohn | J. Edgar Hoover | ||
1993 | Cheers | Gus O'Malley | TV series Episode "The Last Picture Show" |
In the Heat of the Night | Daddy Roy Eversole | TV series Episode "A Step Removed" | |
1994 | Lightning Jack | U.S. Marshal Dan Kurtz | |
In the Heat of the Night | Daddy Roy Eversole | TV series Episode "Poor Relations" | |
1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Horace the Bartender | |
Batman Forever | Commissioner Jim Gordon | ||
1996 | Wings
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Jack Hackett | TV series 1 episode |
Larger than Life | Vernon | ||
Bastard out of Carolina
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Mr. Waddell | ||
1997 | The Shining | Pete Watson | TV miniseries |
Batman & Robin | Commissioner Jim Gordon | ||
A Thousand Acres | Harold Clark | ||
Horror Story | Judge Caldwell | ||
1999 | Muppets from Space | General Luft | |
2000 | Shaft | Judge Dennis Bradford | |
2000-2002 | Batman OnStar commercials | Commissioner Jim Gordon | Voice |
2001 | Road to Redemption | Grandpa Nathan Tucker | |
2001 | Morning | Major Sonny | |
2002 | The Angel Doll | Noah Roudabush | |
2005 | The Greatest Adventure of My Life | General J.T. Boone | |
2006 | Two Tickets to Paradise | Mark's Dad | |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Mr. Dennit Sr. | ||
Waltzing Anna | 'Mo' Kegley | ||
2007 | The List | Gus Eicholtz | |
2008 | Undoing Time | Judge | Final film role |
2019 | Shaft | Judge Dennis Bradford | Posthumous / Archive footage cameo |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55750-937-6.
- ^ Severo, Richard (January 5, 2009). "Pat Hingle, Versatile Actor With Recurring Role in Batman Movies, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "Weslaco grad, veteran actor Pat Hingle dies". Valley Morning Star. Harlingen, Texas. Associated Press. January 9, 2009. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "HB Studio - Notable Alumni | One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC". HB Studio. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Hotz, Amy (January 4, 2009). "Actor Pat Hingle dies at age 84". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
- ^ a b c Witchel, Alex (August 10, 1997). "A Broadway Elder With the Spirit of '76". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Justice". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ Thurber, Jon (January 5, 2009). "Pat Hingle dies at 84; veteran actor was perhaps best known for 'Batman' role". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3886-0.
- Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "Pat Hingle: Commissioner Gordon in four of the Batman films". The Times. January 6, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
External links
- Pat Hingle at IMDb
- Pat Hingle at the TCM Movie Database
- Pat Hingle at the Internet Broadway Database
- Pat Hingle at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- AP Obituary in The Charlotte Observer