Larry Hankin
New York-bred character actor Larry Hankin did not decide to become an entertainer until his early 30s, when he waltzed into a Greenwich Village coffee house and thought he'd take up stand-up comedy. He also performed his stand-up act opening for rock bands like the Lovin' Spoonful, as well as jazz pioneer Miles Davis. In the early 1970s, he auditioned for the Second City comedy troupe and began studying with them in Chicago before relocating to San Francisco, where he studied acting with The Committee, an improvisational theater group. Bit parts on television shows like "Laverne & Shirley" followed, and he landed the occasional film role in productions like "Steelyard Blues" and "American Hot Wax." A notable part playing Alcatraz convict Charley Butts in the 1979 Clint Eastwood prison drama, "Escape from Alcatraz," was a memorable role for the lanky, distinctive-looking actor. A year later, a short film he wrote, directed, and starred in, "Solly's Diner," was nominated for an Academy Award. His role in the Adam Sandler comedy "Billy Madison" as Carl, the character who inherits Billy's hotel, was memorable, as was his recurring guest spot on sitcom "Friends," playing Mr. Heckles, the downstairs neighbor of Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox's characters. His most recognized role, though, was on an episode of "Seinfeld," playing an actor hired to play Kramer on Jerry's sitcom pilot within the show.
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Larry Hankin
Filmography
Movies
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100% | No Score Yet | The Invisible Raptor | Murray (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Hear the Trees Whispering | Dale (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eden Theory | Farmer Joe (Character) | - | 2021 |
92% |
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Old Joe (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Wally Got Wasted | Karl (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mourning | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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BuzzKill | Granger (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Reach for Me | Elliot (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outlaw Emmett Deemus |
Emmett Deemus (Character), Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2008 |
17% |
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Gacy | Eddie Bloom (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Knee High P.I. | Fudgie (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wager | Type-Writer (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enemy Action | Yuri (Character) | - | 1999 |
15% |
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Money Talks | Roland (Character) | $41.1M | 1997 |
15% |
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Vegas Vacation | Preacher (Character) | $36.4M | 1997 |
40% |
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Billy Madison | Carl Alphonse (Character) | $25.6M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Prehysteria 2 | Ketchum (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% |
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It's Pat | Postal Supervisor (Character) | $50.3K | 1994 |
20% |
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Out on a Limb | Officer Darren (Character) | $1.6M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T Bone N Weasel | Rev. Gluck (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Black Magic Woman | Hank Watfield (Character) | - | 1990 |
25% |
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Ratboy | Robert Jewell (Character) | $1.9K | 1986 |
63% |
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Running Scared | Ace (Character) | $37.6M | 1986 |
9% |
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Armed and Dangerous | Kokolovitch (Character) | $15.4M | 1986 |
77% |
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The Star Chamber | Det. Kenneth Wiggan (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Die Laughing | Bock (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | René (Character) | - | 1980 |
97% |
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Escape From Alcatraz | Charley Butts (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Dracula | Wainwright (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Evil Roy Slade | Snake (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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The Phynx | Philbaby (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Funnyman | Roger (Character) | - | 1967 |
TV
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67% | 62% | Vegas | Victor Ferris (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 2012 |
96% | 97% | Breaking Bad | Old Joe (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 |
76% | 67% | Saving Grace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
82% | 88% | My Name Is Earl | Tom (Guest Star) | 2006 |
96% | 73% | Joan of Arcadia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 2005 |
89% | 88% | Monk | Bearded Man (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
25% | No Score Yet | MDs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Bearded Homeless Guy (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martial Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
22% | No Score Yet | Payne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Mr. Heckles (Guest Star) | 1994-1996 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Larry (Guest Star) | 1996 |
64% | No Score Yet | The Naked Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courthouse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager | Gaunt Gary (Guest Star) | 1995 |
86% | 87% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
88% | No Score Yet | The George Carlin Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 96% | Married ... With Children | Mary (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Bob, the Security Guard (Guest Star) | 1993 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Tom Pepper (TV Kramer) (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten | Jim Marsh (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicken Soup | Ernie Foran (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns of Paradise | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Belvedere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 79% | ALF | Andrew Seminick (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Jimmy Cracklin (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Josep (Guest Star) | 1985 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Earl Schuester (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodnight, Beantown | Arnold 'Tubby' Heller (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Earl Kelso (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Together | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |