Portrait of Larry Hankin

Larry Hankin

Acting

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.

Born: December 7, 1937

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2025
2025
2023
2021
The Eden Theory

as Farmer Joe

2020
The Tree

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

2020
Date Nite

as Janitor

2018
2018
Barry

as Stovka

2018
Appland

as Fred Grassi

2016
Bad Internet

as Mr. Heckles / The Rock

2016
Baskets

as Mortician

2015
2014
Elwood

as Sammy the Sausage

2013
Pain & Gain

as Pastor Randy

2012
Buzzkill

as Granger

2008
Breaking Bad

as Old Joe

2007
Nobel Son

as Dr. Polaczek

2007
2005
My Name Is Earl

as Tom Sparks

2005
Wanted

as Sex Shop Owner

2004
2003
2003
Joan of Arcadia

as Homeless Man God

2003
Hard Ground

as Toothless

2002
Monk

as Bearded Man

2000
The Independent

as William Henry Ellis

2000
2000
1999
1998
Martial Law

as Father Bosley

1998
Kisses in the Dark

as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)

1997
Money Talks

as Roland

1997
Vegas Vacation

as Preacher

1995
1995
Billy Madison

as Carl Alphonse

1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Gaunt Gary

1994
Prehysteria! 2

as Ketchum

1994
Friends

as Mr. Heckles

1994
ER

as Bearded Homeless Guy

1994
Party of Five

as Corkery

1994
It's Pat

as Postal Supervisor

1994
The Shadow

as Taxi Driver

1994
Ellen

as Larry

1992
T Bone N Weasel

as Rev. Gluck

1992
Mad About You

as Bob the Security Guard

1992
Out on a Limb

as Officer Darren

1992
Deuce Coupe

as Slick Lowry

1992
Nickel & Dime

as Wito-Wito-Wito

1991
1991
Black Magic Woman

as Hank Warfield

1990
Home Alone

as Officer Balzak

1990
Death Warrant

as Mayerson

1990
Pretty Woman

as Landlord

1990
1989
Seinfeld

as Tom Pepper (Kramer)

1988
Nightfall

as Desert King

1987
Fatal Beauty

as Jerry Murphy

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon

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

1986
Ratboy

as Robert Jewell

1986
ALF

as Andrew Seminick, Burglar

1986
L.A. Law

as Lyle Kendrick

1986
Armed and Dangerous

as Kokolovitch

1986
1986
1985
1985
The Sure Thing

as Trucker

1984
Hunter

as Jimmy Cracklin

1984
Hunter

as Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited)

1983
The Star Chamber

as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

1983
The Sting II

as Handicap

1982
Family Ties

as Walter

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Mr. Bert Man

1982
Annie

as Pound Man

1980
Gridlock

as Sill

1980
Solly’s Diner

as Sometimes Jones

1980
1979
The Jerk

as Circus Hand (uncredited)

1979
1979
Escape from Alcatraz

as Charley Butts

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mickey Broadhead

1978
Loose Shoes

as 2nd Veteran

1978
Doctor Dracula

as Wainwright

1978
Peeping Times

as Nutritionist

1978
Uncle Joe Shannon

as Sound Technician

1975
Barney Miller

as Earl Kelso

1974
Lucifer's Women

as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'

1972
1972
1970
The Phynx

as Philbaby

1969
Viva Max!

as Romero

1968
How Sweet It Is!

as 1st Policeman

1968
Yours, Mine and Ours

as Supermarket Clerk

1967
Funnyman

as Roger

1965