Larry Hankin
Department: 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.
Known For
Home Alone
1990
Appland
2018
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
Billy Madison
1995
The Eden Theory
2021
The Shadow
1994
The Star Chamber
1983
It's Pat
1994
Hard Ground
2003
Outside Chance
1978
The Phynx
1970
Running Scared
1986
Funnyman
1967
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
How Sweet It Is!
1968
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Thumb Tripping
1972
Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
Buzzkill
2012
Out on a Limb
1992
Pain & Gain
2013
Prehysteria! 2
1994
Bad Haircut
2025
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
2023
Deuce Coupe
1992
Salami on White
2018
The Tree
2020
Kisses in the Dark
1998
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall
1985
I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!
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Evil Roy Slade
1972
Die Laughing
1980
Vegas Vacation
1997
The Mourning
2015
Gridlock
1980
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
Peeping Times
1978
The Independent
2000
Dark Romances Vol. 1
1990
The Sting II
1983
The Farmhouse Murders
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She's Having a Baby
1988
Enemy Action
1999
Ratboy
1986
Doctor Dracula
1978
Black Magic Woman
1991
Dylan Speaks
1965
Lucifer's Women
1974
Death Warrant
1990
Fatal Beauty
1987
Nobel Son
2007
Pretty Woman
1990
Amazing Stories
1986
Loose Shoes
1978
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Knee High P.I.
2003
Annie
1982
T Bone N Weasel
1992
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen
2008
Date Nite
2020
The Jerk
1979
Nightfall
1988
Viva Max!
1969
Solly’s Diner
1980
Money Talks
1997
Friends: The Reunion
2021
The Sure Thing
1985
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
The Invisible Raptor
2024
Nickel & Dime
1992
Elwood
2014
A Cell Phone Movie
2025
Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
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Steelyard Blues
1973
Family Ties
1982
Mad About You
1992
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
L.A. Law
1986
Home Improvement
1991
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Friends
1994
Benson
1979
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Monk
2002
My Name Is Earl
2005
That Girl
1966
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Hill Street Blues
1981
Newhart
1982
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Weird Science
1994
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Eight Is Enough
1977
California Fever
1979
ALF
1986
Martial Law
1998
Hunter
1984
Free Country
1978
Saving Grace
2007
Wanted
2005
Brothers
1984
Joe Bash
1986
The Music Scene
1969
Shannon's Deal
1990
Claude's Crib
1997
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
At Ease
1983
Breaking Bad
2008
Hunter
1984
Amazing Stories
1985
Bad Internet
2016
Seinfeld
1989
ER
1994
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Goodnight, Beantown
1983
Married... with Children
1987
Jake and the Fatman
1987
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Naked Truth
1995
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
The Tony Danza Show
1997
Barney Miller
1975
Barry
2018
Ellen
1994
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Baskets
2016
Party of Five
1994
Picket Fences
1992
Step by Step
1991
Matlock
1986