Pat Hingle
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| Pat Hingle | |
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![]() Judge Adam Fenton (Hingle) in Hang 'Em High (1968). |
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| Born | Martin Patterson Hingle July 19, 1924 Miami, Florida, United States |
| Died | January 3, 2009 (aged 84) Carolina Beach, North Carolina, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Alyce Faye Dorsey (1947-?) Julie Wright (1979-2009) |
Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American actor.
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[edit] Early life
Hingle was born Martin Patterson Hingle in Miami, Florida, the son of Marvin Louise (née Patterson), a schoolteacher and musician, and Clarence Martin Hingle, a building contractor.[1] Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, dropping out of the University of Texas. He served on the destroyer USS Marshall during World War II. He returned to the University of Texas after the war and earned a degree in radio broadcasting.
[edit] Near fatal 1960 accident
In 1960, he had been offered the title role in Elmer Gantry, but could not do it due to a near fatal accident; caught in an elevator in his West End Avenue apartment building that had stalled between the second and third floors, he crawled out, trying to reach the second floor corridor, lost his balance and fell 54 feet down the shaft, fracturing his skull, wrist, hip and most of the ribs on his left side, breaking his left leg in three places and losing the little finger on his left hand. He lay near death for two weeks and his recovery took more than a year.
[edit] Acting career
[edit] Traditional roles
Hingle was traditionally known for playing judges, police officers, and other authority figures. One of his notable roles was the father of the character played by Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961). While he was probably best known in recent times for playing Commissioner Gordon[2] in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels, Hingle had a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. Among them are Hang 'Em High (1968), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Brewster's Millions (1985), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), The Land Before Time (1988), Wings (1996), and Shaft (2000).
[edit] Batman film series
Along with Michael Gough, who played Alfred Pennyworth, he was one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989-1997. In Hingle's appearance as Commissioner Gordon in Batman & Robin, he worked with Uma Thurman (who portrayed Poison Ivy), whose first husband, Gary Oldman, succeeded him in the role in Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). Hingle also worked with Christian Bale in Shaft, who would go on to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
[edit] Other roles
Hingle originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also starred as Victor Franz in the premiere production of The Price by Arthur Miller. In the 1997 revival of the musical 1776, Hingle played Benjamin Franklin, with Brent Spiner as John Adams. In 2002, he was a regular cast member of ABC's series The Court. He also played Horace in 1995's The Quick and the Dead. He also had a role on an episode of the 60's TV show "The Fugitive". He also played the head cop in San Palo in the fourth Dirty Harry installment, Sudden Impact.
In 2006, he appeared in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, as the original owner of Dennit Racing.
[edit] Marriages
Married Alyce Faye Dorsey, June 3, 1947 (divorced);
- children: (first marriage) Jody, Billy, Molly;
Married Julia Wright, October 25, 1979 - January 3, 2009;
- children:(second marriage) two children[3]
[edit] Death
Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, of cancer on January 3, 2009, having been diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006. He was cremated. His ashes were scattered into the Atlantic Ocean.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Pat Hingle Biography (1924?-)
- ^ James Gordon (Pat Hingle)
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Pat-Hingle.html
- ^ "Veteran actor Pat Hingle dies at 84". January 4, 2009. http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/4241480/.
- ^ "Actor Pat Hingle dies at age 84". January 4, 2009. http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120.
[edit] External links
- Pat Hingle at Find a Grave
- Pat Hingle at the Internet Movie Database
- AP Obituary in The Charlotte Observer
- Pat Hingle Obit in The Star News
- Pat Hingle at the CinéArtistes (French)
