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Jan 4, 2009, 12:48 PM
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Actor Pat Hingle, 84, played Commissioner Gordon
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Veteran actor Pat Hingle, who played Commissioner Gordon in the Batman movies, died Saturday night at 84.
Hingle was the narrator of Don Bluth's 1988 animated feature film The Land Before Time, doubling as the voice of Rooter, an old Sauropelta who briefly met Littlefoot, the "Longneck" and main character of the movie.
He was one of only two actors to appear in all of the first four Batman films. The other was Michael Gough, who portrayed Alfred.
Hingle died at his Carolina Beach, North Carolina home shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, family spokeswoman Michelle Seidman said. Hingle's wife since 1979, the former Julia "Julie" Wright, was with him, she added.
According to Seidman, Hingle had fought multiple health problems over the last several years.
A Carolina Beach resident for over 15 years, Hingle decided to live in the coastal town after shooting the movie Maximum Overdrive in the area in 1986, Seidman said.
Hingle was in in movies and television for six decades.
He also was in over 20 Broadway plays. In 1958, he was nominated for the Tony Award as best supporting or featured actor (dramatic) for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.
Four plays in which he appeared, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, J.B., That Championship Season and Strange Interlude, won Pulitzer Prizes.
Born Martin Patterson Hingle on July 19, 1924 in Miami, Florida, he entered the University of Texas in 1941 on a tuba scholarship, but majored in advertising.
After serving in the United States Navy during the Second World War, he returned to the university and became got involved with the drama department. He later moved to New York, where he began to get jobs on the stage and television.
Hingle's first movie role was an uncredited appearance as Jocko in 1954's On the Waterfront. His final role was as the Judge in Undoing Time (2008).
Other films included Splendor in the Grass (1961), Hang 'Em High (1968), The Gauntlet (1978), Norma Rae (1979), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), The Grifters (1990) and The Quick and the Dead (1995). He was a cast member of the 1988 TV miniseries War and Remembrance.
His first of many TV appearances was a live 30-minute version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Hingle made command performances at the White House and the Library of Congress.
His first marriage, to Alyce Faye Dorsey in 1947, ended in divorce.
Pat Hingle had three children -- Jody, Billy and Molly -- with his first wife, as well as two with his second. Besides his children and second wife, he is survived by two sisters and 11 grandchildren.
A service to celebrate Hingle's life will be held at a later date.
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Jan 4, 2009, 5:06 PM)
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Jan 4, 2009, 2:11 PM
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Re: Actor Pat Hingle, 84, played Commissioner Gordon
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I remember Hingle's guest star role in "The Invaders" series. Hingle played a religious cult leader who glowed red to the amazement of his followers. Alien hunter David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) knew very well that the invading aliens would glow red when their energy level gets low.
He was also in the film "The Grifters" with Anjelica Huston and John Cusack.
(This post was edited by artytoons on Jan 4, 2009, 2:12 PM)
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Inbetweener
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Jan 5, 2009, 5:10 AM
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Re: Actor Pat Hingle, 84, played Commissioner Gord
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Dear Eminovitz,
Mr.Hingle also appeared in the original Broadway
production of"The Odd Couple."
He played"Oscar Madison" to Mr.Eddie Bracken's
"Felix Unger".
4CK.
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Inbetweener
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Jan 5, 2009, 5:12 AM
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Re: Actor Pat Hingle, 84, played Commissioner Gord
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Dear Eminovitz,
A recent internet news report states that Mr.Hingle
actually died from a rare form of blood cancer.
(The blood disease that killed him was not
Lukeimia)
4CK.
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