by age 13 Hingle had lived in a dozen cities. James Morrison, the actor who is best known now for his role as Bill Buchanan in the television series 24, was a friend of Hingles and worked with him in a 1983 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum. He was 84. Hingle was born Martin Patterson Hingle in Miami on July 19, 1924. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He broke his left leg in three places and lost the little finger on his left hand. Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films. Hingle's first film appearance was in Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) as the barman who tells Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) to ease up on the drinking. Stage: Appeard in "1776" on Broadway. He was the most authentic man Ive ever met.. Actor PAT HINGLE carved out a long career on stage and screen despite a missing left pinky. I know you from somewhere.` ''. Hed watch his old movies on television with fascination, he said, because he could never remember whether Im a good guy or a bad guy., Pat Hingle, Versatile Actor With Recurring Role in Batman Movies, Dies at 84, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/arts/05hingle.html. In Batman and Robin, Hingle is made to fall in love with Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), who wants to get the keys to police headquarters, and who almost kills him with her toxic kiss. In 1997, Mr. Hingle portrayed Benjamin Franklin in the Broadway revival of the musical 1776. Above, Mr. Hingle as Franklin with Brent Spiner, right, as John Adams. Hingle was born Martin Patterson Hingle in Miami on July 19, 1924. Boyce is a former FBI man who has to cope with an alienated son (Tim Hutton) who eventually betrays the United States by selling CIA secrets. His first film was On the Waterfront in 1954. He was present, right there, in his life and in his work. In 1960, he had been offered the title role in Elmer Gantry, but Burt Lancaster filled the part because Hingle had been in a near-fatal accident. He was married to Julie Wright from 1979 until his death in 2009. Accident [] In 1960, he had been offered the title role in Elmer Gantry, but Burt Lancaster filled the part because Hingle had been in a near-fatal accident. He was caught in his West End Avenue apartment building in an elevator that had stalled between the second and third floors. I went back to school and every time I saw a In the 1960s, he played both Hector in Troilus and Cressida and Macbeth at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Conn. The elevator stopped four feet above the landing, within reach, and Hingle tried to jump to the second floor. Actor Pat Hingle died Saturday night after a battle with blood cancer. It was there that he met Elia Kazan, co-founder of the Studio and the director most identified with "the method". Over the next three years, he did 35 plays and found himself more comfortable in the theater than anywhere else. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. Hingle is survived by his second wife, Julia, and three children of his first marriage. Hingle and Michael Gough are the only two actors to appear in all 4 Batman movies. He lay near death for two weeks, and his recovery required more than a year.[4][5]. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. It was severed in the fall as abruptly as Hingle`s. He was near death for two weeks (and lost the little finger of his left hand); his recovery took more than a year. He was trapped in the elevator of his West End Avenue apartment building in Manhattan, when it stalled between the second and third floors. Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. Hingle, who signed on when Hutton was already steeped in research into Christopher Boyce, doesn`t think such preparation is a great idea. [6], Hingle married Alyce Faye Dorsey on June 3, 1947. He was near death for two weeks (and lost the little finger of his left hand); his recovery took more than a year. Their three children, Bill Hingle, Jody Smith and Molly Mantione survive him, as do his wife, Julia; two stepchildren, Katherine Joy and Gregory Swanson; two sisters, Jamie Petty and Joyce France; and 11 grandchildren. Hingle worked from 1954 through 2006. Hingle was still recovering when Burt Lancaster won an Oscar for his performance in the role. Hingle played a none-too-bright cadet cajoled into Ben Gazzara's bullying schemes, and gradually becoming shocked by the excesses. He played the title role in Archibald MacLeish's award-winning Broadway play J.B. (1958), receiving rave reviews. I had exactly the kind of career I had hoped for.". He fractured his skull, wrist, hip and most of the ribs on his left side. He later appeared in Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997). Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, A French nun believed to be the worlds oldest person dies at 118, American Idol singer C.J. Pat Hingle, a versatile character actor of stage and screen who became accustomed to winning critical praise in a career that spanned five decades, died on Saturday at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C. On the big screen, his films include Hang Em High, Sudden Impact and The Gauntlet with Eastwood, as well as Muppets From Space. He and Michael Gough, who played Alfred Pennyworth, were the only two actors to appear in the first four Batman films. Hingle died Saturday night of myelodysplasia, a type of blood cancer, at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C., according to Lynn Heritage, a cousin who was acting as a spokesperson for the family. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. In 1959 while playing J.B. on Broadway, he was offered the title role for the 1960 film Elmer Gantry but lost it to Burt Lancaster because Hingle had a nearly fatal accident. Today, Hingle is everyone`s favorite character actor. I`m too much of an actor to be a director. The play, which was directed by Elia Kazan, was still running in 1959 when Mr. Hingle, trying to escape a stalled elevator in his apartment building on the West Side, fell more than 50 feet down the shaft. Only a chosen few had the body of work that he had, Morrison told The Times on Sunday. When Hingle fell in 1959 (''It was 53 feet, not 30 feet like it says here,'' he noted with the rueful smile of a man who has a painful acquaintance with the difference), he seemed destined for the heights of his profession. began to travel (with her son in tow) in search of more lucrative work; He earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance in Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957). Hingle attended high school in Texas and in 1941 entered the University of Texas, majoring in advertising. When the need is for a stern father figure and man of traditional values, it is almost a Hollywood reflex to call Hingle`s agent. His father, a building contractor, abandoned the family when Hingle was six, and for the next seven years he and his sister lived in more than a dozen cities, wherever their mother could find work. He was the most authentic man Ive ever met.. serving in the Navy during WW II, he went back to the university and ", he recalled). He said two actors were responsible for his deciding to become a professional actor. "But I'm sure I would not have done as many plays as I've done. Among them were two episodes of The Fugitive (1964), Carol for Another Christmas (1964), Nevada Smith (1966), Mission: Impossible (1967), The Invaders (1967), Hang 'Em High (1968), The Gauntlet (1977), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? He fractured his skull, wrist, hip, and most of the ribs on his left side. Returns to stage after '59 accident. He is one of only two actors to appear in the four Batman films from 1989 to 1997; the other is Michael Gough. Well, they were all headed He was caught in his West End Avenue apartment building in an elevator that had stalled between the second and third floors. ", he recalled). Burt Lancaster played it instead because six weeks after the play opened, Mr. Hingle had a nearly fatal accident. He earned rave reviews in J.B. and was offered the title role in the film Elmer Gantry, but then tragedy struck. I saw what was possible.. He entered the Navy and served as an enlisted man on a destroyer in the Pacific. intended me to be. Hingle, who starred last month in the PBS adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter`s ''Noon Wine,'' has a craggy face so familiar that he is accosted for autographs in restaurants as much as any movie star. He was trapped in the elevator of his West End Avenue apartment building when it stalled between the second and third floors. [3][4] Hingle enlisted in the United States Navy in December 1941, dropping out of the University of Texas. Obituaries Pat Hingle, Veteran Character Actor, Dies at 84 Pat Hingle, the character actor whose career stretched back to the 1940s and whose credits encompassed copious roles in theatre,. The director can pull his hair in the back of the house and the producer and the playwright can cry on each others shoulders. But Im sure I would not have done as many plays as Ive done, he later told the New York Times. He came to New York in 1952, joined the Actors Studio and began to get parts both onstage and in films. He and his second wife had two children. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. ''I would probably have had a much different career. The elevator stopped four feet above the landing, within reach, and Hingle tried to jump to the second floor. [7], Hingle appeared in the 1963 Actors Studio production of Strange Interlude, directed by Jose Quintero, and That Championship Season (1972). Later in his career, he was known for playing judges, police officers and other authority figures. He crawled out and sought to reach the second floor corridor but lost his balance and fell fifty-four feet down the shaft. ''Tim had already done it,'' recalled the veteran, who made his stage and film debuts in the theatrical and film versions of ''On the Waterfront'', (1954). You were the most important thing when you worked opposite him. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. His TV credits include Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, Route 66, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, Mission Impossible and Hallmark Hall of Fame. On television hes played J. Edgar Hoover, former House Speaker Sam Rayburn, Col. Tom Parker (Elvis Presleys manager) and, in the miniseries War and Remembrance, Adm. William F. Bull Halsey. Two years later, Kazan cast him in William Inges The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, which became a major Broadway hit and earned Hingle a Tony Award nomination. He was caught in his West End Avenue apartment building in an elevator that had stalled between the second and third floors. But in three weeks time, I saw Walter Huston (Anjelica Hustons grandfather) and Hume Cronyn in about 10 movies and I saw that it was possible to play a wide variety of roles where there was no connections between one or the other; they werent put in a slot . It was the most important meeting of Hingle's career. His early movies included On the Waterfront (1954) and No Down Payment (1957). Pat sustained near fatal injuries, lost the little finger on his left hand and the role to Burt Lancaster. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, dropping out of the University of Texas. He received a bachelors degree in 1949. He played Commissioner James Gordon in the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman films: Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. He earned rave reviews in J.B. and was offered the title role in the film Elmer Gantry, but then tragedy struck. The story comes through them. He crawled out and sought to reach the second floor corridor but lost his balance and fell fifty-four feet down the shaft. He returned to the University of Texas after the war ended and earned a degree in radio broadcasting. After serving in the Navy during WW II, he went back to the university and got involved with the drama department as a way to meet girls. Besides nearly killing him, the accident cost him the title role in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry. Hingle died Saturday night of myelodysplasia, a type of blood cancer, at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C., according to Lynn Heritage, a cousin who was acting as a spokesperson for the family. mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. He fractured his left hip and a finger had to be amputated. He played a sprightly Benjamin Franklin in the 1997 Broadway revival of 1776; a gay J. Edgar Hoover in the 1992 HBO movie Citizen Cohn; and Warren Beattys father in the 1961 film Splendor in the Grass.. got involved with the drama department as a way to meet girls. Hingle died Saturday night of myelodysplasia, a type of blood cancer, at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C., according to Lynn Heritage, a cousin who was acting as a spokesperson for the family. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, "Pat Hingle dies at 84; veteran actor was perhaps best known for 'Batman' role", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Hingle&oldid=8589963, Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata, Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. He was trapped in the elevator of his West End Avenue apartment building when it stalled between the second and third floors. Ive had exactly the kind of career I hoped for.. Pat Hingle holds the worn piece of paper in his left hand, but he really needs no reminder. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He also portrayed Jim Gordon in the Batman film franchise from 1989 to 1997. With his wife Alyce (whom he first met at the university), Hingle moved to New York and began to get jobs on the stage and on TV. After the war, he returned to college but switched majors after observing that every pretty girl he saw was headed toward the universitys theater department. Though not as egregious as the Daily Sport headline "Butler in Dudley Moore Film Dies", referring to the death of Sir John Gielgud, it was inevitable that headlines announcing the death of Pat Hingle, aged 84, would read "Batman's Commissioner Gordon Dies". I know that if I had done Elmer Gantry, I would have been more of a movie name. [13], In November 2007, he created the Pat Hingle Guest Artist Endowment to enable students to work with visiting professional actors at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The couple later divorced. but Burt Lancaster filled the part because Hingle had been in a near fatal accident. Pat Hingle, Star of 'J. B.,' Hurt In 30-Foot Fall From Elevator; Actor Is in Critical Condition After Plunge Down Shaft From Stalled Car Feb. 21, 1959 The New York Times Archives See the. Hingle died Saturday night of myelodysplasia, a type of blood cancer, at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C., according to Lynn Heritage, a cousin who was acting as a spokesperson for the family. He served on the destroyer USS Marshall during World War II. [12], Hingle played Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels. Pat Hingle, a versatile character actor of stage and screen who became accustomed to winning critical praise in a career that spanned five decades, died on Saturday at his home in Carolina Beach, N.C. He. In 1979 Hingle married Julia Wright. . pretty girl I'd say, "Who the hell is that?" Hingle was originally to play Burt Lancaster's role in the 1960 film Elmer Gentry (which would win Lancaster an Oscar), but shortly before filming began he suffered a horrible accident. Hingle suffered a fractured skull, wrist, hip and legs. He was Sally Fields father in Norma Rae and Warren Beattys in Splendor in the Grass. He played the bartender who needles Marlon Brando about his former prize-fight style in On the Waterfront, and he was the sadistic crime boss who terrorizes Anjelica Huston with a bag of oranges in The Grifters., Hingle had an illustrious Broadway career and was in the original casts of some of the great plays in American theater, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and J.B.. He served on the destroyer USS Marshall during World War II. Even your own mother couldn`t see your name,'' he recalled with a booming laugh. [6], On Broadway, Hingle originated the role of Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). He was 84. "I know that if I had played Elmer Gantry, I would have been more of a movie name," Hingle declared. Mr. Hingle first attracted the attention of critics in 1953 when he appeared on Broadway in End as a Man as a genial but loutish football player caught up in murky doings at a military academy in the South. Florida, the son of a building contractor. Several weeks into the plays run, Hingle became caught in a stalled elevator in his apartment building. In the meantime, he was carrying on a parallel career with bigger and better roles in the theatre. Two years later, Kazan cast him in William Inges The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, which became a major Broadway hit and earned Hingle a Tony Award nomination. A freak accident‐a 5-story fall down an elevator shaft‐sidelined his shot at Gantry. As a Navy Reservist, he was recalled to the service during the Korean War and served on the escort destroyer USS Damato. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, . Martin Patterson Hingle was born on July 19, 1924, in Miami. In 1979 Hingle married Julia Wright. a living! Burt Lancaster replaced him in Elmer Gantry and went on to win the best actor Oscar. There were the Gary Coopers and the Clark Gables, but they didnt really appeal to me, he told the Washington Post some years ago. Several weeks into the plays run, Hingle became caught in a stalled elevator in his apartment building. In 1959 Hingle fell down a Manhattan elevator shaft, cracking his skull, leg, hip and wrist and severing the finger. Hingle was married two times; first to Alyce Faye Dorsey in 1947 until they divorced in 1972. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. His break came in 1955 when Elia Kazan, one of the co-founders of the Actors Studio, cast him as the scheming son Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. Hingle went on to appear in scores of television series, from Rawhide in 1965 to Dawson's Creek in 2001, while continuing to make an impact in films. Hingle was born in Miami. But there go those galloping actors., Hingles friend Morrison recalled him Sunday as a great listener., The great actors have this and he taught me this. &dquo;I know that if I had played Elmer Gantry, I would have been more of a movie name,&dquo; he once told the New York Times. He crawled out and sought to reach the second floor corridor but lost his balance and fell fifty-four feet down the shaft. He fractured his skull, wrist, hip, and most of the ribs on his left side. He said two actors were responsible for his deciding to become a professional actor. He later was accepted into the prestigious Actors Studio. . Hingle had a near death experience, as he was in an elevator that was trapped between the second and third floor in his apartment building. She then The entire cast, directed by Kazan's protege Jack Garfein, was made up of Studio alumni. [11] He guest-starred in the TV series Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, and Murder, She Wrote. You were the most important thing when you worked opposite him. It was severed in the fall as abruptly as Hingle`s career was halted by agonizing months of rehabilitation and second guesses about the direction his life as an actor might have taken. He lost his balance while trying to crawl out and fell 54 feet down the shaft. [2] He attended Weslaco High School, where he played tuba in the band. Among the memorable parts were his shady mayor in Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); his "hanging" judge in Hang 'em High (1968), starring Clint Eastwood; a kidnapped wealthy businessman in Roger Corman's Bloody Mama (1970); the power-mad owner of a neo-fascist radio station in WUSA (1970); and Sally Field's factory-worker father whose death spurs his daughter on to union activity in Norma Rae (1979). [6] He also played manager Colonel Tom Parker in John Carpenter's TV movie Elvis (1979). Hingle was also in Arthur Millers The Price in 1968. The stage is an actors medium, he told The Times some years ago. To the end, Hingle preferred being in the theater. He was present, right there, in his life and in his work. He was in the starry Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude (1963), with Gazzara again, Jane Fonda, Geraldine Page and Franchot Tone; in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie (1964), and he created the role of Victor Franz in Arthur Miller's The Price (1968-69), and was Benjamin Franklin in the American centenary musical 1776 (1997). He was the star of ''JB,'' a successful Archibald MacLeish verse play, and director Richard Brooks was eager to cast him in the lead as the evangelist in ''Elmer Gantry'' (1960). Who knows?'' In 1963, Hingle guest-starred in an episode of The Twilight Zone,"The Incredible World of Horace Ford", as the title character. He played Dr. Chapman in seven episodes of the TV series Gunsmoke (1971), and Col. Tucker in the movie Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992). He sustained massive injuries, including a fractured skull, wrist, hip and leg, and several broken ribs. . This page was last changed on 16 December 2022, at 22:23. In February 1959, while playing J.B. on Broadway, Hingle was seriously injured in an accident. that I felt more comfortable than I did anywhere and I was where God He and his second wife had two children. He was caught in a lift in his apartment building that was stalled between the second and third floors. The stage is an actors medium, he told The Times some years ago. Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle was an American actor. He did meet one in particular, Alyce Dorsey, the stage manager of his first show, whom he married while at college. Ive had exactly the kind of career I hoped for.. It was during the run of "J.B." that Hingle took an accidental plunge down the elevator shaft of his New York apartment building, sustaining near-fatal injuries in the 54-foot fall. They had children Jody, Billy and Molly. [9], Another notable role was as the father of Warren Beatty's character in Splendor in the Grass (1961). Hingle is superb as he pummels his son psychologically. Pat Hingle, Star of 'J. . I always feel that way. His break came in 1955 when Elia Kazan, one of the co-founders of the Actors Studio, cast him as the scheming son Gooper in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Hingle had 3 children with Dorsey; Jody, Billy, and Molly. He found himself auditioning friends, and it was excruciating. [6] Hingle was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Atlantic Ocean. When the curtain goes up, there are those crazy actors. After the war, he married Alyce F. Dorsey; the marriage ended in divorce. ''I`m very content with the way things have gone. He later was accepted into the prestigious Actors Studio. On film, he worked with stars ranging from Clint Eastwood to the Muppets. He learned to act at the Actors Studio. Hingle graduated from Weslaco High School in Weslaco, Texas in 1942. The apex of his stage career was "J.B." by poet Archibald Macleish, with Hingle in the title role as a 20th-century Job. Pat Hingle, who plays the title role in the Broadway hit "J. One of the more interesting developments during the making of ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' was the insistence by Hutton and costar Sean Penn on getting to know the two young men they play. After high school, he entered the University of Texas to study advertising but when America entered the second world war he joined the navy. The newspaper has long since ceased publication, and the clipping is cracked and yellow with age. York and began to get jobs on the stage and on TV. Hingle spent much of the next year relearning how to walk, and the Gantry role went to Burt Lancaster. On film, he worked with stars ranging from Clint Eastwood to the Muppets. Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his Only a chosen few had the body of work that he had, Morrison told The Times on Sunday. In 1953, Hingle got his first break on Broadway in End As a Man, Calder Willingham's play depicting the dehumanisation of young men at a southern military school. Pat Hingle, the veteran actor with more than half a century of impressive work in theater, film and television who was perhaps best known to a generation of movie fans as Commissioner James Gordon in the first four Batman films, has died. Incredibly, he was back at work almost immediately, albeit with a limp, which he had for the rest of his life. With Wright, he had two children. wife Alyce (whom he first met at the university), Hingle moved to New But Im sure I would not have done as many plays as Ive done, he later told the New York Times. I spent time in a textile mill for ''Norma Rae'' and it helped me enormously.''. Its a blessing and Im aware of it.. After the war, he returned to college but switched majors after observing that every pretty girl he saw was headed toward the universitys theater department. The reason he stands out is that he had the humility and ease that made acting look easy.. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. Hingle enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December 1941, dropping out of the University of Texas. Hingle attended high school in Texas and in He was 84. . To the end, Hingle preferred being in the theater. . Hed had one semester at the University of Texas when World War II broke out. Anyone can read what you share. When the war in Korea began he was recalled by the Navy, serving as a boilerman technician. 1941 entered the University of Texas, majoring in advertising. After studying with Uta Hagen, Hingle joined the famed Actors Studio, run by Lee Strasberg, in 1952. However, in 1971, he was forced to temporarily leave the show for just a handful of episodes because he had to undergo heart surgery after suffering a heart attack. 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