Larry Hankin

Larry Hankin

Known for
Acting
Born
December 7, 1937 (age 88)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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The Farmhouse Murders poster

The Farmhouse Murders

Movie · as Sheriff Tom Riley

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Echoes from the Midnight Mansion poster

Echoes from the Midnight Mansion

Movie

2026
I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It! poster

I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!

Movie · as Mario The Mouth

2026
The Best Pizza is in LA poster

The Best Pizza is in LA

Movie · as Self

2025
Bad Haircut poster

Bad Haircut

Movie · as Gus

2025
A Cell Phone Movie poster

A Cell Phone Movie

Movie · as Larry

2024
The Invisible Raptor poster

The Invisible Raptor

Movie · as Murray

2024
Liam and Michael Presents: Cohan and Danny

Liam and Michael Presents: Cohan and Danny

TV · as Bens Grandfather · 1 ep

2023
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story poster

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story

Movie · as Concession Worker

2023
Liam and Michael

Liam and Michael

TV · as Ben's Grandfather · 2 eps

2022
I Hear the Trees Whispering poster

I Hear the Trees Whispering

Movie · as Dale

2021
The Eden Theory poster

The Eden Theory

Movie · as Farmer Joe

2021
Friends: The Reunion poster

Friends: The Reunion

Movie · as Self

2020
The Tree poster

The Tree

Movie · as Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist

2020
Date Nite poster

Date Nite

Movie · as Janitor

2019
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie poster

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Movie · as Self

2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie poster

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Movie · as Old Joe

2018
Appland poster

Appland

Movie · as Fred Grassi

2018
Salami on White poster

Salami on White

Movie · as Larry

2018
Barry poster

Barry

TV · as Stovka · 1 ep

2016
Bad Internet poster

Bad Internet

TV · as Mr. Heckles / The Rock · 1 ep

2016
Baskets poster

Baskets

TV · as Mortician · 1 ep

2015
The Mourning poster

The Mourning

Movie · as Dad

2014
Elwood poster

Elwood

Movie · as Sammy the Sausage

2013
Pain & Gain poster

Pain & Gain

Movie · as Pastor Randy

2012
Buzzkill poster

Buzzkill

Movie · as Granger

2008
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen

The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen

Movie · as Emmett Deemus

2008
The Alphabet Killer poster

The Alphabet Killer

Movie · as Perry

2008
Breaking Bad poster

Breaking Bad

TV · as Old Joe · 2 eps

2007
Nobel Son poster

Nobel Son

Movie · as Dr. Polaczek

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program poster

The Sarah Silverman Program

TV · as Mister Johnson · 1 ep

2007
Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace

TV · as Crusty · 1 ep

2005
My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl

TV · as Tom Sparks · 1 ep

2005
Wanted poster

Wanted

TV · as Sex Shop Owner · 1 ep

2004
Nobody Knows Anything! poster

Nobody Knows Anything!

Movie · as Blind Man

2003
Hard Ground poster

Hard Ground

Movie · as Toothless

2003
Knee High P.I. poster

Knee High P.I.

Movie · as Fudgie

2003
Joan of Arcadia poster

Joan of Arcadia

TV · as Homeless Man God · 2 eps

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Bearded Man · 1 ep

2000
The Independent poster

The Independent

Movie · as William Henry Ellis

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Zapata Childs, Old Stoner Dude · 1 ep

2000
Malcolm in the Middle poster

Malcolm in the Middle

TV · as Luther

1999
Enemy Action poster

Enemy Action

Movie · as Yuri

1998
Kisses in the Dark poster

Kisses in the Dark

Movie · as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)

1998
Amazing Stories: The Movie III poster

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Movie · as Jubal

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Father Bosley · 1 ep

1997
Vegas Vacation poster

Vegas Vacation

Movie · as Preacher

1997
Money Talks poster

Money Talks

Movie · as Roland

1997
Claude's Crib

Claude's Crib

TV · 13 eps

1997
The Tony Danza Show poster

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Gary · 1 ep

1995
Billy Madison poster

Billy Madison

Movie · as Carl Alphonse

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Gaunt Gary · 3 eps

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Stan · 1 ep

1994
The Shadow poster

The Shadow

Movie · as Taxi Driver

1994
It's Pat poster

It's Pat

Movie · as Postal Supervisor

1994
Prehysteria! 2 poster

Prehysteria! 2

Movie · as Ketchum

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Mr. Heckles · 5 eps

1994
Weird Science poster

Weird Science

TV · 2 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Bearded Homeless Guy · 1 ep

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Larry · 1 ep

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Corkery · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Doc · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Dr. Martin Solsvig · 1 ep

1992
Out on a Limb poster

Out on a Limb

Movie · as Officer Darren

1992
Deuce Coupe poster

Deuce Coupe

Movie · as Slick Lowry

1992
T Bone N Weasel poster

T Bone N Weasel

Movie · as Rev. Gluck

1992
Nickel & Dime poster

Nickel & Dime

Movie · as Wito-Wito-Wito

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Bob the Security Guard · 1 ep

1992
Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences

TV · as Bernie Thompson · 1 ep

1991
Black Magic Woman poster

Black Magic Woman

Movie · as Hank Warfield

1991
Home Improvement poster

Home Improvement

TV · as Larry · 1 ep

1991
Step by Step poster

Step by Step

TV · as Abe Lincoln · 1 ep

1990
Home Alone poster

Home Alone

Movie · as Officer Balzak

1990
Dark Romances Vol. 1 poster

Dark Romances Vol. 1

Movie · as Drunk Bum

1990
Death Warrant poster

Death Warrant

Movie · as Mayerson

1990
Pretty Woman poster

Pretty Woman

Movie · as Landlord

1990
Shannon's Deal poster

Shannon's Deal

TV · 1 ep

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Tom Pepper (Kramer) · 2 eps

1988
She's Having a Baby poster

She's Having a Baby

Movie · as Hank

1988
Nightfall poster

Nightfall

Movie · as Desert King

1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles poster

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Movie · as Doobie

1987
Fatal Beauty poster

Fatal Beauty

Movie · as Jerry Murphy

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon poster

Amazon Women on the Moon

Movie · as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · as Holly · 2 eps

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Mary · 1 ep

1986
Armed and Dangerous poster

Armed and Dangerous

Movie · as Kokolovitch

1986
Running Scared poster

Running Scared

Movie · as Ace

1986
Ratboy poster

Ratboy

Movie · as Robert Jewell

1986
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

Movie · as Jubal

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Lyle Kendrick · 1 ep

1986
ALF poster

ALF

TV · as Andrew Seminick · 1 ep

1986
Joe Bash poster

Joe Bash

TV · 1 ep

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Clayton Hood · 1 ep

1985
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall

Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall

Movie

1985
The Sure Thing poster

The Sure Thing

Movie · as Trucker

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Jubal · 1 ep

1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera poster

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Movie · as Binney

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Jimmy Cracklin, Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited) · 1 ep

1984
Brothers poster

Brothers

TV · 1 ep

1983
The Star Chamber poster

The Star Chamber

Movie · as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

1983
The Sting II poster

The Sting II

Movie · as Handicap

1983
At Ease poster

At Ease

TV · 1 ep

1983
Goodnight, Beantown poster

Goodnight, Beantown

TV · 1 ep

1982
Annie poster

Annie

Movie · as Pound Man

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Walter · 1 ep

1982
Newhart poster

Newhart

TV · as Wild Mel

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Mr. Bert Man · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 1 ep

1980
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything poster

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

Movie · as René

1980
Die Laughing poster

Die Laughing

Movie · as Bock

1980
Gridlock poster

Gridlock

Movie · as Sill

1980
Solly’s Diner poster

Solly’s Diner

Movie · as Sometimes Jones

1979
Escape from Alcatraz poster

Escape from Alcatraz

Movie · as Charley Butts

1979
The Jerk poster

The Jerk

Movie · as Circus Hand (uncredited)

1979
Benson poster

Benson

TV · 1 ep

1979
California Fever poster

California Fever

TV · 1 ep

1978
Outside Chance

Outside Chance

Movie · as Deputy in Van

1978
Uncle Joe Shannon poster

Uncle Joe Shannon

Movie · as Sound Technician

1978
Peeping Times poster

Peeping Times

Movie · as Nutritionist

1978
Doctor Dracula poster

Doctor Dracula

Movie · as Wainwright

1978
Loose Shoes poster

Loose Shoes

Movie · as 2nd Veteran

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati poster

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV · as Mickey Broadhead · 1 ep

1978
Free Country

Free Country

TV · 5 eps

1977
China de Sade poster

China de Sade

Movie · as Agent

1977
Eight Is Enough poster

Eight Is Enough

TV · 1 ep

1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums poster

The San Pedro Beach Bums

TV · 1 ep

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · as Tall Dancer, Biff

1975
Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller

TV · as Earl Kelso · 1 ep

1974
Lucifer's Women poster

Lucifer's Women

Movie · as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'

1973
Steelyard Blues poster

Steelyard Blues

Movie · as Bill the Garbage Truck Driver

1972
Thumb Tripping poster

Thumb Tripping

Movie · as Simp

1972
Evil Roy Slade poster

Evil Roy Slade

Movie · as Snake

1970
The Phynx poster

The Phynx

Movie · as Philbaby

1969
Viva Max! poster

Viva Max!

Movie · as Romero

1969
The Music Scene poster

The Music Scene

TV · 17 eps

1968
Yours, Mine and Ours poster

Yours, Mine and Ours

Movie · as Supermarket Clerk

1968
How Sweet It Is! poster

How Sweet It Is!

Movie · as Policeman #1

1967
Funnyman poster

Funnyman

Movie · as Roger

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1965
Dylan Speaks poster

Dylan Speaks

Movie · as Self