Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 7, 1937
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Larry Hankin
Biography
Larry Michael Hankin (born December 7, 1937) is an American character actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Ace in Running Scared (1986), and Carl Alphonse in Billy Madison (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Sergeant Balzak in Home Alone, Mr. Heckles in Friends, and Joe in Breaking Bad.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bad Haircut | Gus |
| 2025 | A Cell Phone Movie | Larry |
| 2024 | The Invisible Raptor | Murray |
| 2023 | Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story | Concession Worker |
| 2021 | The Eden Theory | Farmer Joe |
| 2021 | Friends: The Reunion | Self |
| 2020 | The Tree | Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist |
| 2020 | Date Nite | Janitor |
| 2019 | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Old Joe |
| 2018 | Appland | Fred Grassi |
| 2018 | Salami on White | Larry |
| 2015 | The Mourning | Dad |
| 2014 | Elwood | Sammy the Sausage |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Pastor Randy |
| 2012 | Buzzkill | Granger |
| 2008 | The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen | Emmett Deemus |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Dr. Polaczek |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Blind Man |
| 2003 | Hard Ground | Toothless |
| 2003 | Knee High P.I. | Fudgie |
| 2000 | The Independent | William Henry Ellis |
| 1999 | Enemy Action | Yuri |
| 1998 | Kisses in the Dark | Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner) |
| 1997 | Vegas Vacation | Preacher |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Roland |
| 1995 | Billy Madison | Carl Alphonse |
| 1994 | The Shadow | Taxi Driver |
| 1994 | It's Pat | Postal Supervisor |
| 1994 | Prehysteria! 2 | Ketchum |
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | Officer Darren |
| 1992 | Deuce Coupe | Slick Lowry |
| 1992 | T Bone N Weasel | Rev. Gluck |
| 1992 | Nickel & Dime | Wito-Wito-Wito |
| 1991 | Black Magic Woman | Hank Warfield |
| 1990 | Home Alone | Officer Balzak |
| 1990 | Dark Romances Vol. 1 | Drunk Bum |
| 1990 | Death Warrant | Mayerson |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Landlord |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Hank |
| 1988 | Nightfall | Desert King |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Doobie |
| 1987 | Fatal Beauty | Jerry Murphy |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man") |
| 1986 | Armed and Dangerous | Kokolovitch |
| 1986 | Running Scared | Ace |
| 1986 | Ratboy | Robert Jewell |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Jubal |
| 1985 | Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall | |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Trucker |
| 1984 | Young Lust: A Soap Opera | Binney |
| 1983 | The Star Chamber | Detective Kenneth Wiggan |
| 1983 | The Sting II | Handicap |
| 1982 | Annie | Pound Man |
| 1980 | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | René |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Bock |
| 1980 | Gridlock | Sill |
| 1980 | Solly’s Diner | Sometimes Jones |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Charley Butts |
| 1979 | The Jerk | Circus Hand (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Outside Chance | Deputy in Van |
| 1978 | Uncle Joe Shannon | Sound Technician |
| 1978 | Peeping Times | Nutritionist |
| 1978 | Doctor Dracula | Wainwright |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | 2nd Veteran |
| 1974 | Lucifer's Women | John Wainwright, 'Svengali' |
| 1972 | Thumb Tripping | Simp |
| 1972 | Evil Roy Slade | Snake |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Philbaby |
| 1969 | Viva Max! | Romero |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Supermarket Clerk |
| 1968 | How Sweet It Is! | 1st Policeman |
| 1967 | Funnyman | Roger |
| 1965 | Dylan Speaks | Self |
| I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It! | Mario The Mouth | |
| The Farmhouse Murders | Sheriff Tom Riley | |
| Echoes from the Midnight Mansion |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Barry | Stovka |
| 2016 | Bad Internet | Mr. Heckles / The Rock |
| 2016 | Baskets | Mortician |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Old Joe |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Mister Johnson |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | Crusty |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Tom Sparks |
| 2005 | Wanted | Sex Shop Owner |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Homeless Man God |
| 2002 | Monk | Bearded Man |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Zapata Childs |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Old Stoner Dude |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Luther |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Father Bosley |
| 1997 | Claude's Crib | |
| 1997 | The Tony Danza Show | Gary |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Gaunt Gary |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth | Stan |
| 1994 | Friends | Mr. Heckles |
| 1994 | Weird Science | |
| 1994 | ER | Bearded Homeless Guy |
| 1994 | Ellen | Larry |
| 1994 | Party of Five | Corkery |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Doc |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Martin Solsvig |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Bob the Security Guard |
| 1992 | Picket Fences | Bernie Thompson |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Larry |
| 1991 | Step by Step | Abe Lincoln |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal | |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Tom Pepper (Kramer) |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Mary |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | Holly |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Lyle Kendrick |
| 1986 | ALF | Andrew Seminick, Burglar |
| 1986 | Joe Bash | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Clayton Hood |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Jubal |
| 1984 | Hunter | Jimmy Cracklin |
| 1984 | Brothers | |
| 1984 | Hunter | Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited) |
| 1983 | At Ease | |
| 1983 | Goodnight, Beantown | |
| 1982 | Family Ties | Walter |
| 1982 | Newhart | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mr. Bert Man |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1979 | Benson | |
| 1979 | California Fever | |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Mickey Broadhead |
| 1978 | Free Country | |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | |
| 1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Earl Kelso |
| 1969 | The Music Scene | |
| 1966 | That Girl |