Larry Hankin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-12-07 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Larry Hankin

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.

Acting

1990

Home Alone

as Officer Balzak

2018

Appland

as Fred Grassi

1986

Armed and Dangerous

as Kokolovitch

1979

Escape from Alcatraz

as Charley Butts

1995

Billy Madison

as Carl Alphonse

2021

The Eden Theory

as Farmer Joe

1994

The Shadow

as Taxi Driver

1983

The Star Chamber

as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

1994

It's Pat

as Postal Supervisor

2003

Hard Ground

as Toothless

1978

Outside Chance

as Deputy in Van

1970

The Phynx

as Philbaby

1986

1967

Funnyman

as Roger

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Supermarket Clerk

1968

How Sweet It Is!

as 1st Policeman

1972

1978

Uncle Joe Shannon

as Sound Technician

2012

Buzzkill

as Granger

1992

Out on a Limb

as Officer Darren

2013

Pain & Gain

as Pastor Randy

1994

Prehysteria! 2

as Ketchum

2023

1992

Deuce Coupe

as Slick Lowry

2018

2020

The Tree

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

1998

Kisses in the Dark

as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)

1972

1980

1997

Vegas Vacation

as Preacher

2015

1980

Gridlock

as Sill

2004

1978

Peeping Times

as Nutritionist

2000

The Independent

as William Henry Ellis

1990

1983

The Sting II

as Handicap

-

The Farmhouse Murders

as Sheriff Tom Riley

1999

1986

Ratboy

as Robert Jewell

1978

Doctor Dracula

as Wainwright

1991

Black Magic Woman

as Hank Warfield

1965

1974

Lucifer's Women

as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'

1990

Death Warrant

as Mayerson

1987

Fatal Beauty

as Jerry Murphy

2007

Nobel Son

as Dr. Polaczek

1990

Pretty Woman

as Landlord

1986

1978

Loose Shoes

as 2nd Veteran

2003

1982

Annie

as Pound Man

1992

T Bone N Weasel

as Rev. Gluck

2020

Date Nite

as Janitor

1979

The Jerk

as Circus Hand (uncredited)

1988

Nightfall

as Desert King

1969

Viva Max!

as Romero

1980

Solly’s Diner

as Sometimes Jones

1997

Money Talks

as Roland

1985

The Sure Thing

as Trucker

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

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

1992

Nickel & Dime

as Wito-Wito-Wito

2014

Elwood

as Sammy the Sausage

2025

Production

1998

1998

1980

Solly’s Diner

as Director

1980

1980

Solly’s Diner

as Producer

1980

2006

Grilled

as Story

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