RIP Pat Hingle

[MarkBarrett]

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The veteran actor was 84. One of the first roles that came to me when I saw the news was his role in "Maximum Overdrive."

[o-man]

The veteran actor was 84. One of the first roles that came to me when I saw the news was his role in "Maximum Overdrive."

For me, it was his turn as the ornery Dr. Ormsbee on the great "Hawaii Five-O" television program.

[Bob Juch]

The first thing I thought of was Bobo in The Grifters. He was also in the all of the Batman movies before the recent reinvention.

[SportsFan68]

Hingle has done an amazing job in everything I've seen him in. Always a solid performance.

[silvercamaro]

I know nothing about what Hingle might have been like in person, but I thought he was wonderful in every role in which I've seen him perform.

I hope he was truly among the good guys of the world, because I always think of him that way, and I don't want ever to be disillusioned.

[silverscreenselect]

I'll always think of him as the hardnosed judge who persuades Clint Eastwood to become a US Marshal in Hang 'em High. Seeing Hingle onscreen, it's amazing he made it to age 84. He didn't appear to be the sort who lived an exceedingly healthy lifestyle.

[NellyLunatic1980]

I saw "Talladega Nights" a couple of weeks ago on TBS. Pat Hingle had a role in that film as the original owner of Ricky Bobby's first racing team. Though a recent film, I saw him and still asked, "I wonder if he's still alive."

[earendel]

OK, I'm not too proud to say that my first thought was his turn as Commissioner Gordon in the pre-Christian Bale Batman movies.

[ne1410s]

For me, it was his turn as Colonel Potter's buddy in an April Fools episode. They fooled everyone including the viewers.

[earendel]

For me, it was his turn as Colonel Potter's buddy in an April Fools episode. They fooled everyone including the viewers.

Ah, yes - Colonel Daniel Webster Tucker.

[minimetoo26]

And being Just A Mom for the last few eons, the first thing I thought was "that's the name listed for The Land Before Time movies." He was the narrator. I can't think of anything else because that's just who I am.......

[WheresFanny]

Funny how everybody has different thoughts. From the name I thought it was somebody else (whose name I can't recall), but when I looked at his picture it was an immediate "Oh, it's Ace Stamper from Splendour in the Grass!".

I was just a kid the first time I saw this movie (on late night tv, I wasn't born yet when it was first in the theaters, thank you very much) and I was fascinated by Ace because he was missing a finger.

[ne1410s]

Fanny:

and I was fascinated by Ace because he was missing a finger.

Wow. Some story: he fell 54 feet down an elevator shaft and got totally screwed up. Skull fracture, broken ribs, leg, arm, and lost a finger. This accident cost him the lead in the movie "Elmer Gantry". Took him a year to learn to walk again.

(all this from the LA Times)

[silverscreenselect]

Funny how everybody has different thoughts. From the name I thought it was somebody else (whose name I can't recall), but when I looked at his picture it was an immediate "Oh, it's Ace Stamper from Splendour in the Grass!".

I was just a kid the first time I saw this movie (on late night tv, I wasn't born yet when it was first in the theaters, thank you very much) and I was fascinated by Ace because he was missing a finger.

Not that this has anything to do with Pat HIngle, but Splendor is being released on DVD next month in a box set with several other Natalie Wood titles including Sex and the SIngle Girl and Inside Daisy Clover. Mrs. SSS insists I get the set when I can find it at a decent price (last night we watched This Property is Condemned which led me to mention about the other Wood titles coming out soon on DVD).

I guess that qualifies as about two degrees of separation.

[macrae1234]

name wise I mistake him for Halifax NS born Art Hindle 24 years his junior.
As wek as the judge in Hang em High I remember when he repalced Milburn Stone on Ginsmoke whan Stone was recovering from a heart attack. To see vintage Hingle from a 1957 Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi579076889/
Where he plays D.A. Warren Selvey who learns that he's on bad political ground because of his low conviction rate. He decides to vigorously prosecute a man named Rodman. He wins the murder case and Rodman is sentenced to die. But in Hitch fashion nothing is what it seems...

[DevilKitty100]

name wise I mistake him for Halifax NS born Art Hindle 24 years his junior.
As wek as the judge in Hang em High I remember when he repalced Milburn Stone on Ginsmoke whan Stone was recovering from a heart attack. To see vintage Hingle from a 1957 Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi579076889/
Where he plays D.A. Warren Selvey who learns that he's on bad political ground because of his low conviction rate. He decides to vigorously prosecute a man named Rodman. He wins the murder case and Rodman is sentenced to die. But in Hitch fashion nothing is what it seems...

I was going to say that I first remember him from Gunsmoke although Ginsmoke has a certain ring I like. He was a good guy in that series, but I always enjoyed his bad guy characters, too.