THE GRUFF AND OFTEN IRASCIBLE HINGLE, A FAVORITE OF CLINT EASTWOOD AND ELIA KAZAN, DIED ON JANUARY 3RD, 2009. HE WAS 84.
HINGLE PLAYED LEAD AND SUPPORTING ROLES ON FILM, TV AND THE BROADWAY STAGE FOR OVER 55 YEARS. HE WAS AN EXTREMELY VERSATILE EVERYMAN TYPE.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ACTORS STUDIO AND MADE HIS FILM DEBUT IN KAZAN'S 1954 MASTERPIECE ON THE WATERFRONT.
HINGLE AMASSED A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES, BOTH IN COMEDIES & DRAMAS. HINGLE COULD PLAY CANTANKEROUS OR CRUEL, CARING OR CRAZY, CONNIVING OR CURMUDGEONLY, ETC.
MY HINGLE FAVES INCLUDE:VERNON, SALLY FIELD'S DAD IN NORMA RAE, BRUTAL BOOKMAKER BOBO JUSTUS (WHO USES ORANGES TO TORTURE ANJELICA HUSTON) IN THE GRIFTERS, ACE STAMPER, WARREN BEATTY'S POP IN SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, THE NOSTALGICALLY OBSESSED TOY MAKER IN THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF HORACE FORD EPISODE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE, TOUGH TERRITORIAL JUDGE ADAM FENTON IN HANG 'EM HIGH, FATHER FIGURE KIDNAP VICTIM SAM ADAMS PENDLEBURY IN THE ROGER CORMAN WACKFEST BLOODY MAMA, BIG FOOT, A LOUISIANA CHAIN-GANG PRISON TRUSTEE IN NEVADA SMITH WITH STEVE MCQUEEN, DOCTOR CHAPMAN, A FILL-IN FOR THE BRIEFLY AILING MILBURN ''DOC'' STONE, ON GUNSMOKE, MR. BOYCE, TIMOTHY HUTTON'S ANGUISHED FATHER IN THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, CLINT EASTWOOD'S DOOMED COP PAL MAYNARD JOSEPHSEN IN THE GAUNTLET, FBI HEAD J. EDGAR HOOVER IN CITIZEN COHN WITH JAMES WOODS,COL. TOM PARKER IN JOHN CARPENTER'S ELVIS WITH KURT RUSSELL, JOHN ADAMS IN THE BICENTENNIAL SHORT FILM INDEPENDENCE, MR. DENNIT SR., WILL FERRELL'S FORMER CAR RACING TEAM OWNER IN TALLEDEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, CADET HARRY KOBLE IN THE STRANGE ONE, GEN. LUFT IN MUPPETS IN SPACE, BABY FOOD APPLESAUCE CLIENT HUGH LARRABEE IN BABY BOOM, CIGAR CHOMPING BUBBA HENDER, OWNER OF THE BESIEGED DIXIE BOY TRUCK STOP IN STEPHEN KING'S MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE FEATURING MY PAL R. PICKETT BUGG JR., POLICE CHIEF LESTER JANNINGS IN THE DIRTY HARRY FILM SUDDEN IMPACT, ROBERT PRESTON AND RICHARD KILEY'S BROTHER IN BOTH THE FILM & TV VERSIONS OF ALL THE WAY HOME, THE ENGINEER HOMER ATKINS IN THE UGLY AMERICAN,THE VOICE OF THE NARRATOR AND ROTTER IN THE LAND BEFORE TIME, AMBITIOUS D.A. WARREN SELVY IN THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS EPISODE NIGHT OF THE EXECUTION, HORACE THE BARTENDER IN THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, LAWYER EDWARD ROUNDFIELD IN THE RICHARD PRYOR VERSION OF BREWSTER'S MILLIONS, DR. LYMAN IN THE 1982 TV VERSION OF BUS STOP, SPIT AND POLISH GENERAL DANIEL WEBSTER TUCKER IN THE APRIL FOOLS EPISODE OF M*A*S*H AND OF COURSE HIS 4 TURNS AS GOTHAM CITY'S COMMISSIONER JAMES GORDON (2 FOR TIM BURTON--BATMAN AND BATMAN FOREVER & 2 FOR JOEL SCHUMACHER--BATMAN FOREVER AND BATMAN & ROBIN).
AS COMMISSIONER GORDON
WITH SALLY FIELD AND BARBARA BAXLEY IN NORMA RAE
WITH ANJELICA HUSTON IN THE GRIFTERS
WITH NAN MARTIN ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
WITH GEORGE PEPPARD IN THE STRANGE ONE
A PUBLICITY STILL FOR HANG 'EM HIGH--INGER STEVENS, CLINT EASTWOOD, HINGLE, ED BEGLEY SR. AND ARLENE GOLONKA
WITH CLINT IN SUDDEN IMPACT
WITH SONDRA LOCKE AND EASTWOOD IN THE GAUNTLET
THE LAND BEFORE TIME
HINGLE CHEWED SCENERY AND CIGARS IN MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
HINGLE WITH MARLON BRANDOGUESS WHICH ONE IS THE UGLY AMERICAN
HINGLE, JEAN SIMMONS AND ROBERT PRESTON ARE GOINGALL THE WAY HOME
M*A*S*H
WITH ROBERT DE NIRO AND DON STROUD IN BLOODY MAMA
WITH RICHARD PRYOR IN BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
HINGLE'S OTHER FILM AND TV ROLES OF NOTE INCLUDE:U.S. MARSHALL DAN KURTZ IN LIGHTNING JACK, GRANDPA TUCKER IN ROAD TO REDEMPTION, HAROLD CLARK IN A THOUSAND ACRES, THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN ROD SERLING'S A CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS, PETE WATSON IN THE TV VERSION OF THE SHINING, MR. WADDELL IN BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, VERNON IN LARGER THAN LIFE, P.J. KENNEDY IN THE KENNEDYS OF MASSACHUSETTS, ADMIRAL BULL HALSEY IN WAR AND REMEMBRANCE, SAM RAYBURN IN LBJ: THE EARLY YEARS, RICHARD CRENNA'S FATHER IN THE RAPE OF RICHARD BECK, COACH EASTON IN RUNNING BRAVE, BOB HALBURTON IN WILD TIMES, THE RECURRING ROLE OF CRANKY SCIENTIST GRANT ORMSBEE ON THE ORIGINAL HAWAII FIVE-O, THE TITLE ROLE IN THE TV VERSION OF THE LAST ANGRY MAN, INSPECTOR NOVICK IN THE SUPER COPS, CAPT. PEARSON IN THE CAREY TREATMENT, BARBARA RUSH'S HUBBY IN NO DOWN PAYMENT, A REGULAR ROLE ON THE SHORT-LIVED 1980 COP SHOW STONE WITH DENNIS WEAVER AND THE NARRATOR OF ELIA KAZAN'S FORGOTTEN 1960 GEM WILD RIVER.
LIGHTNING JACK
WITH JULIE CONDRA IN ROAD TO REDEMPTION
BARBARA RUSH, HINGLE, PATRICIA OWENS AND JEFFREY HUNTER INNO DOWN PAYMENT
WITH JAMES COBURN IN THE CAREY TREATMENT
A SAMPLING OF HIS OTHER TV AND FILM CREDITS INCLUDE:SUSPENSE, THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW, STUDIO ONE IN HOLLYWOOD, GOODYEAR PLAYHOUSE, THE UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR, THE UNTOUCHABLES, ROUTE 66, THE BALLAD OF ANDY CROCKER, INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER, RAWHIDE, DANIEL BOONE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, THE INVADERS, JIGSAW, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, SOL MADRID, WUSA, NORWOOD, CAIN'S HUNDRED, CERTAIN HONORABLE MEN, THE CITY, SWEET SWEET RACHEL, KUNG FU, ONE LITTLE INDIAN, RUNNING WILD, NIGHTMARE HONEYMOON, TWIGS, MCCLOUD, MEDICAL CENTER, ESCAPE FROM BOGEN COUNTY, WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK RED RYDER?, BARNABY JONES, OF MICE AND MEN, GOING BERSERK, THE YELLOW ROSE, A RECURRING ROLE ON THE SHORT-LIVED SITCOM HAIL TO THE CHIEF WITH PATTY DUKE, NOON WINE, MATLOCK, MANHUNT FOR CLAUDE DALLAS, THE HABITATION OF DRAGONS, CHEERS, TRUMAN, THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, HORROR STORY, SHAFT, THE ANGEL DOLL, WALTZING ANNA, UNDOING TIME AND TONS MORE.
WITH HOPE LANGE AND BRADFORD DILLMAN IN JIGSAW
THE INVADERS
WITH LEE MAJORS IN THE BALLAD OF ANDY CROCKER
SHAFT
WITH LAURENCE HARVEY AND BRUCE CABOT IN WUSA
HINGLE WAS ALSO A GIFTED STAGE ACTOR. HE MADE 20 APPEARANCES ON BROADWAY.HE PLAYED THE TITLE ROLE IN J.B., BEN FRANKLIN IN THE 1997 REVIVAL OF 1776, GOOPER IN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION OF CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF AND WAS NOMINATED FOR A 1958 TONY AWARD AS BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY FOR HIS ROLE IN THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.HINGLE'S OTHER GREAT WHITE WAY CREDITS INCLUDE: THE PRICE, STRANGE INTERLUDE, THE DEADLY GAME, END AS A MAN, BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE, THE GENTLEMAN CALLER IN THE 1965 REVIVAL OF THE GLASS MENAGERIE WITH MAUREEN STAPLETON & PIPER LAURIE, CHILD'S PLAY, A REPLACEMENT COACH IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON AND OSCAR MADISON IN THE ODD COUPLE OPPOSITE EDDIE BRACKEN AS FU...I MEAN, FELIX UNGER.
WITH LAUREN WARD AND BRENT SPINER IN 1776
HINGLE ALSO PLAYED BIG DADDY IN A 1983 L.A. PRODUCTION OF CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF OPPOSITE KIRSTIE ALLEY AS MAGGIE THE CAT, JAMES MORRISON AS BRICK AND ALICE GHOSTLEY AS BIG MAMA.
WITH MORRISON IN CAT
HINGLE AT WORK:
THE ORANGES SCENE IN THE GRIFTERS
SPOILER ALERT! THE END OF BATMAN
SCENE FROM HANG 'EM HIGH
THE TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE THE INCREDIBILE WORLD OF HORACE FORD
TRAILER FOR BLOODY MAMA
15 MINS. OF MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE RATED R!
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS TRAILER NARRATED BY ANDREW LANCER DUGGAN
NO DOWN PAYMENT
SCENE FROM CAIN'S HUNDRED
10 MINS. OF ELVIS
HINGLE AND KURT RUSSELL IN ELVIS
DID YOU KNOW...?
IN THE THIRD GRADE HINGLE PLAYED A CARROT IN A SCHOOL PLAY.
HINGLE SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY, ON THE DESTROYER USS MARSHALL DURING WWII AND AS A BOILERMAN TECHNICIAN DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
HINGLE WAS CAST IN THE TITLE ROLE OF ELMER GANTRY, BUT BEFORE SHOOTING BEGAN HE GOT STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR IN HIS NY APARTMENT BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS AND ATTEMPTED TO CRAWL OUT BUT FELL 54 FEET DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. HE FRACTURED HIS SKULL, HIP, WRIST AND SEVERAL RIBS. HE ALSO BROKE HIS LEFT LEG IN 3 PLACES AND LOST THE PINKIE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HINGLE WAS NEAR DEATH FOR 2 WEEKS AND HIS RECOVERY LASTED OVER A YEAR.BURT LANCASTER REPLACED HINGLE AND WON THE OSCAR FOR ELMER GANTRY.
HINGLE QUOTES:
''I KNOW THAT IF I HAD DONE ELMER GANTRY I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A MOVIE NAME. BUT I'M SURE I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE AS MANY PLAYS AS I'VE DONE. I'VE HAD EXACTLY THE KIND OF CAREER I HOPED FOR.''
''I CAN BE A TRUCK DRIVER, A DOCTOR, A LAWYER, A HANGING JUDGE, WHATEVER. AND LOOKING LIKE I DO HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING IN ALL KINDS OF MEDIA. IT'S A BLESSING AND I'M AWARE OF IT.''
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