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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."

MarkBarrett wrote: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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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."

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.

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

ne1410s wrote: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.

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.......

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.

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)

WheresFanny wrote: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.

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...

macrae1234 wrote: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.