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Larry Hankin

Highest Rated: 100% The Invisible Raptor (2024)

Lowest Rated: 0% It's Pat (1994)

Birthday: Dec 7, 1937

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% The Invisible Raptor Watchlist 97% 85% Escape From Alcatraz Watchlist 92% 81% El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Watchlist
77% 42% The Star Chamber
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63% 58% Running Scared
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40% 79% Billy Madison
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25% 20% Ratboy
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20% 45% Out on a Limb
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17% 21% Gacy
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15% 71% Money Talks Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
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% 81% El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Old Joe (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 100% Wally Got Wasted Karl (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 15% The Mourning Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 25% BuzzKill Granger (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 81% Reach for Me Elliot (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outlaw Emmett Deemus Emmett Deemus (Character),
Screenwriter,
Executive Producer
- 2008
17% 21% 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% 71% Money Talks Roland (Character) $41.1M 1997
15% 51% Vegas Vacation Preacher (Character) $36.4M 1997
40% 79% Billy Madison Carl Alphonse (Character) $25.6M 1995
No Score Yet 30% Prehysteria 2 Ketchum (Character) - 1994
0% 29% It's Pat Postal Supervisor (Character) $50.3K 1994
20% 45% 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 62% Black Magic Woman Hank Watfield (Character) - 1990
25% 20% Ratboy Robert Jewell (Character) $1.9K 1986
63% 58% Running Scared Ace (Character) $37.6M 1986
9% 39% Armed and Dangerous Kokolovitch (Character) $15.4M 1986
77% 42% 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% 85% Escape From Alcatraz Charley Butts (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Dracula Wainwright (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 77% Evil Roy Slade Snake (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 23% 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