Pat Hingle

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Biography

Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor.Hingle was traditionally 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.

Known For

Batman

Commissioner James Gordon

Batman Returns

Commissioner James Gordon

Batman Forever

Commissioner James Gordon

Batman & Robin

Commissioner James Gordon

The Land Before Time

Narrator / Rooter (voice)

The Quick and the Dead

Horace

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Mr. Dennit, Sr.

On the Waterfront

Jocko (uncredited)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2008	Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight MOVIE	Self
2007	The List MOVIE	Gus Eicholtz
2006	Waltzing Anna MOVIE	Mo Kegley
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby MOVIE	Mr. Dennit, Sr.
2006	Two Tickets to Paradise MOVIE	Mr. Hewson
2002	The Angel Doll MOVIE	Noah Roudabush
2002	The Court TV	Self
2001	Road to Redemption MOVIE	Grandpa Nathan Tucker
2000	The Runaway MOVIE	Avery
2000	Shaft MOVIE	Judge Dennis Bradford
1999	The Hunter's Moon MOVIE	Judge Tully
1999	Muppets from Space MOVIE	General Luft
1998	Dawson's Creek TV	Irv the Mechanic
1997	The Horror Story MOVIE	Self
1997	A Thousand Acres MOVIE	Harold Clark
1997	Batman & Robin MOVIE	Commissioner James Gordon
1997	The Shining TV	Pete Watson
1997	Horror Story MOVIE	Judge Caldwell
1997	The Member of the Wedding MOVIE	Wylie
1996	Bastard Out of Carolina MOVIE	Mr. Waddell
1996	Larger Than Life MOVIE	Vernon
1995	American Gothic TV	Self
1995	Truman MOVIE	Boss Tom Pendergast
1995	Batman Forever MOVIE	Commissioner James Gordon
1995	The Quick and the Dead MOVIE	Horace
1994	One Christmas MOVIE	Bus Driver
1994	Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story MOVIE	Arthur Kent
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Ben Mangione
1994	Lightning Jack MOVIE	U.S. Marshal Dan Kurtz
1993	Homicide: Life on the Street TV	Wally Flynn
1992	The Habitation of Dragons MOVIE	Virgil Tolliver
1992	Citizen Cohn MOVIE	J. Edgar Hoover
1992	Batman Returns MOVIE	Commissioner James Gordon
1992	Gunsmoke: To the Last Man MOVIE	Col. Tucker
1991	Not of This World MOVIE	Doc Avery
1990	Amazing Stories: The Movie II MOVIE	Sheriff (archive footage)
1990	The Grifters MOVIE	Bobo Justus
1990	Wings TV	Jack Hackett
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts TV	P.J. Kennedy
1989	Batman MOVIE	Commissioner James Gordon
1989	Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure MOVIE	Fire Chief James Roberts
1988	The Land Before Time MOVIE	Narrator / Rooter (voice)
1988	War and Remembrance TV	Self
1988	Blue Skies TV	Self
1988	The Town Bully MOVIE	Self
1988	Stranger on My Land MOVIE	Judge Munson
1987	Baby Boom MOVIE	Hughes Larrabee
1987	Kojak: The Price of Justice MOVIE	George
1987	LBJ: The Early Years MOVIE	Sam Rayburn
1986	Manhunt for Claude Dallas MOVIE	George Nielsen
1986	Maximum Overdrive MOVIE	Hendershot
1986	Casebusters MOVIE	Sam Donahue
1986	Matlock TV	Tom McCabe
1985	Amazing Stories TV	Sheriff Horace Smyvie
1985	The Equalizer TV	Waldo Jarrell
1985	The Rape of Richard Beck MOVIE	Chappy Beck
1985	Brewster's Millions MOVIE	Edward Roundfield
1985	The Lady from Yesterday MOVIE	Jim Bartlett
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman MOVIE	Mr. Charlie Boyce
1985	Noon Wine MOVIE	Homer T. Hatch
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Ret. Lt. Det. Barney Kale
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Lt. James Ignatius O'Malley
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Zach Franklin
1984	In 'N Out MOVIE	Oscar Milstone
1984	The Act MOVIE	Frank Boda
1983	Sudden Impact MOVIE	Chief Jannings
1983	Running Brave MOVIE	Coach Bill Easton
1983	Going Berserk MOVIE	Ed Reese
1983	The Fighter MOVIE	Henry Banks
1982	St. Elsewhere TV	Walter Schaeffer
1982	Cheers TV	Gus O'Malley
1982	Bus Stop MOVIE	Dr. Gerald Lyman
1982	Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady MOVIE	Self
1982	Washington Mistress MOVIE	Sen. Ross Clayton
1981	Of Mice and Men MOVIE	Jackson
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1981	Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo MOVIE	Doc Hodgins
1981	The Private History of a Campaign That Failed MOVIE	Col. Ralls
1981	America Lost and Found MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1980	Magnum, P.I. TV	Garwood Huddle
1980	Running Scared MOVIE	McClain
1980	Wild Times TV	Bob Halburton
1980	Stone TV	Self
1979	Disaster on the Coastliner MOVIE	John Marsh
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1979	Stone MOVIE	Deputy Chief Gene Paulton
1979	Norma Rae MOVIE	Vernon
1979	Elvis MOVIE	Colonel Tom Parker
1979	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? MOVIE	Lyle Striker
1978	Vega$ TV	Caleb Tucker
1977	The Gauntlet MOVIE	Josephson
1977	Sunshine Christmas MOVIE	Joe Hayden
1977	Escape from Bogen County MOVIE	Judge Henry Martin
1976	The Secret Life of John Chapman MOVIE	Gus Reed
1976	Independence MOVIE	John Adams
1975	Barbary Coast TV	Emory Van Cleve
1975	Twigs MOVIE	Lou
1974	Nightmare Honeymoon MOVIE	Mr. Binghamton
1974	The Last Angry Man MOVIE	Dr. Sam Abelman
1974	The Super Cops MOVIE	Insp. Novick
1974	The Six Million Dollar Man TV	Senator Hill
1973	Running Wild MOVIE	Quentin Hogue
1973	One Little Indian MOVIE	Capt. Stewart
1973	Hazel's People MOVIE	Eli
1973	Trouble Comes to Town MOVIE	Cecil Tabor
1972	Kung Fu TV	General Thoms
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Self
1972	MAS*H TV	Self
1972	The Carey Treatment MOVIE	Capt. Pearson
1971	If Tomorrow Comes MOVIE	Sheriff
1971	All the Way Home MOVIE	Ralph Follet
1971	Sweet, Sweet Rachel MOVIE	Arthur Piper
1971	The City MOVIE	Ira Groom
1970	Norwood MOVIE	Grady Fring
1970	WUSA MOVIE	Bingamon
1970	Bloody Mama MOVIE	Sam Adams Pendlebury
1970	A Clear and Present Danger MOVIE	Salem Chase
1970	McCloud TV	Self
1969	The Ballad of Andy Crocker MOVIE	Earl Crocker
1969	Medical Center TV	Self
1969	Medical Center TV	Dr. Scott Farring
1968	Lancer TV	Self
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Grant Ormsbee
1968	Certain Honorable Men MOVIE	Counsel for the Defense
1968	Jigsaw MOVIE	Lew Haley
1968	Hang 'em High MOVIE	Judge Adam Fenton
1968	Sol Madrid MOVIE	Harry Mitchell
1967	The High Chaparral TV	Finley Carr
1967	Judd for the Defense TV	Self
1967	Cimarron Strip TV	Self
1967	Ironside TV	Self
1967	The Invaders TV	Brother Avery
1966	The Glass Menagerie MOVIE	The Gentleman Caller
1966	CBS Playhouse TV	Self
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	R.J. McMillan
1966	Felony Squad TV	Self
1966	Nevada Smith MOVIE	Big Foot
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Gustav Allen Benderson
1965	The Loner TV	Self
1965	Run for Your Life TV	Frederick Huffschmidt
1964	Carol for Another Christmas MOVIE	Ghost of Christmas Present
1964	Invitation to a Gunfighter MOVIE	Sam Brewster
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Will Carey
1964	A Texas Romance, 1909 MOVIE	Narrator
1963	All the Way Home MOVIE	Ralph Follet
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Ed Caldwell
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Self
1963	The Fugitive TV	Sheriff Joe Bob Sims
1963	The Fugitive TV	Mike Decker
1963	The Ugly American MOVIE	Homer Atkins
1961	Splendor in the Grass MOVIE	Ace Stamper
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Lloyd Jason
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Dr. Edward Swader
1961	Cain's Hundred TV	Sam Cortner
1961	The Defenders TV	Franklin Williams
1961	The Defenders TV	Peter Dowling
1960	Route 66 TV	Self
1960	The Andy Griffith Show TV	Fred Gibson
1959	The Twilight Zone TV	Horace Maxwell Ford
1959	Bonanza TV	Sheriff Austin
1959	Rawhide TV	Pop Starke
1957	No Down Payment MOVIE	Herman Kreitzer
1957	Suspicion TV	Calman
1957	The Strange One MOVIE	Harold Koble
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Warren Selvy
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Dr. John Chapman
1954	On the Waterfront MOVIE	Jocko (uncredited)
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Ralph Follet
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Avery
1949	Suspense TV	Self
1948	Studio One TV	Hank
1948	Studio One TV	Maj. Bergman
1948	Studio One TV	Dr. Clark
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse TV	Self

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