Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle | |
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.jpg) Hingle as Thomas Edison in a General Electric ad, in 1977 | |
| Born | Martin Patterson Hingle July 19, 1924 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 |
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| Children | 5 |
Martin Patterson Hingle[2] (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films. His first film was On the Waterfront in 1954. He often played tough authority figures. Hingle was a close friend of Clint Eastwood and appeared in the Eastwood films Hang 'Em High, The Gauntlet, and Sudden Impact. He also portrayed Commissioner Gordon in the Batman film franchise from 1989 to 1997.
Early life
[edit]Born in Miami, Florida[2] (some sources say Denver, Colorado[citation needed] ), Hingle was the son of a building contractor father and a mother who "worked at menial jobs".[2] He attended high school in Weslaco, Texas, and played tuba in the WHS band.[3] During World War II, Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, dropping out of the University of Texas, and served on the destroyer USS Marshall. He returned to UT after the war and earned a degree in radio broadcasting in 1949. As a Navy reservist, he was recalled to the service during the Korean War and served on the escort destroyer USS Damato.[1]
Career
[edit]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 West End Avenue apartment building when it stalled between the second and third floors. The elevator stopped four feet above the landing, within reach, and Hingle tried to jump to the second floor. He missed and fell back down the elevator shaft, plunging 30 feet to the bottom. He fractured his skull, wrist, hip and most of the ribs on his left side. He broke his left leg in three places and lost the little finger on his left hand.[7]
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 Strange Interlude, directed by Jose Quintero, and That Championship Season (1972). He earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance in Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957).[5] In 1997, he played Benjamin Franklin in the Roundabout Theatre revival of the musical 1776, with Brent Spiner and Gregg Edelman.[6]
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 The Fugitive (1964), Carol for Another Christmas (1964), Nevada Smith (1966), Mission: Impossible (1967), The Invaders (1967), Hang 'Em High (1968), The Gauntlet (1977), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Brewster's Millions (1985), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), Baby Boom (1987), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), Cheers (1993), The Land Before Time (1988), Wings (1996), and Shaft (2000). He played Dr. Chapman in seven episodes of the TV series Gunsmoke (1971), and Col. Tucker in the movie Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992). In 1963, Hingle guest-starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Incredible World of Horace Ford", as the title character.[10] He guest-starred in the TV series Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, and Murder, She Wrote. In 1980, he appeared in the short-lived police series Stone with Dennis Weaver.[11]
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
[edit]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]
Death
[edit]Hingle died from myelodysplastic cancer (which he had been diagnosed with in November 2008) at the age of 84 at his house in Carolina Beach in North Carolina on 3 January 2009. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Jocko | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Harold Koble | |
| No Down Payment | Herman Kreitzer | ||
| 1960 | Wild River | Narrator (voice) | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Splendor in the Grass | Ace Stamper | |
| 1963 | 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 | ||
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | 'Big Foot' | |
| 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 | ||
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | Captain Pearson | |
| 1973 | One Little Indian | Captain Stewart | |
| Happy as the Grass Was Green | Eric Mills | ||
| 1974 | The Super Cops | Inspector Novick | |
| Nightmare Honeymoon | Mr. Binghamton | ||
| 1976 | Independence | John Adams | |
| 1977 | The Gauntlet | Detective Maynard Josephson | |
| 1979 | When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Lyle Stricker | |
| Norma Rae | Vernon | ||
| 1980 | Running Scared | Sergeant McClain | |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Ed Reese | |
| Running Brave | Coach Bill Easton | ||
| Sudden Impact | Chief Lester Jannings | ||
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Charles Boyce | |
| Brewster's Millions | Edward Roundfield | ||
| 1986 | Maximum Overdrive | Bubba Hendershot | |
| 1987 | Baby Boom | Hughes Larabee | |
| 1988 | The Land Before Time | Narrator / Rooter (voice) | |
| 1989 | Batman | Commissioner Jim Gordon | |
| 1990 | The Grifters | 'Bobo' Justus | |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | Commissioner Jim Gordon | |
| Citizen Cohn | J. Edgar Hoover | ||
| 1994 | Lightning Jack | U.S. Marshal Dan Kurtz | |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Horace Pinnick | |
| Batman Forever | Commissioner Jim Gordon | ||
| 1996 | Larger than Life | Vernon | |
| Bastard out of Carolina | Mr. Waddell | ||
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Commissioner Jim Gordon | |
| A Thousand Acres | Harold Clark | ||
| 1999 | Muppets from Space | General Luft | |
| 2000 | Shaft | Judge Dennis Bradford | |
| 2001 | Road to Redemption | Grandpa Nathan Tucker | |
| 2006 | Two Tickets to Paradise | Mark's Dad | |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Mr. Dennit Sr. |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Warren Selvy | 1 episode |
| 1962; 1963 | The Untouchables | Mitchell A. Grandin/Barney | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Horace Ford | Episode: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" |
| 1965 | Daniel Boone | Will Carey | 1 episode |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Sheriff Joe Bob Sims | 1 episode |
| 1966 | The Andy Griffith Show | Fred Gibson | 1 episode |
| 1967 | Mission: Impossible | R.J. McMillan | 1 episode |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Brother Avery | 1 episode |
| 1971 | Gunsmoke | Dr. John Chapman | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 1973 | Kung Fu | General Thoms | 1 episode |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Senator Hill | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Ormsbee | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | 'Doc' Hodgins | Television film |
| 1979 | Elvis | Colonel Tom Parker | Television film |
| 1980 | M*A*S*H | Colonel Daniel Webster Tucker | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Stone | Chief Gene Paulton | Main role, 10 episodes |
| 1984 | Magnum, P.I. | Garwood Huddle | 1 episode |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | The Sheriff | 1 episode |
| 1985 | The Lady from Yesterday | Jim Bartlett | Television film |
| 1985 | The Rape of Richard Beck | 'Chappy' Beck | Television film |
| 1986; 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Retired Lieutenant Barney Kale / Lieutenant James Ignatius O'Malley / Captain Zach Franklin | 3 episodes |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Admiral William "Bull" Halsey | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | PJ Kennedy | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1992 | Gunsmoke: To the Last Man | Colonel Tucker | Television film |
| 1993 | Cheers | Gus O'Malley | 1 episode |
| 1993-1994 | In the Heat of the Night | Daddy Roy Eversole | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Wings | Jack Hackett | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Shining | Pete Watson | Miniseries, 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wise, Jr., James E.; Rehill, Anne Collier (1997). Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 173–176. ISBN 978-1-55750-937-6.
- ^ a b c Severo, Richard (January 5, 2009). "Pat Hingle, Versatile Actor With Recurring Role in Batman Movies, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Quirk, David (February 21, 1959). "Star of 'Job' Badly Hurt in Fall". Daily News. p. 3. Retrieved August 22, 2022 – via 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.
- ^ Presnell, Don; McGee, Marty (2008). A Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-0-7864-3886-0.
- ^ Kelley, Bill (July 5, 1988). "HINGLE NO STRANGER TO PATRIARCHAL ROLES". 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.
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