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.
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Acting History
2025
Bad Haircut as Gus
2025A Cell Phone Movie as Larry
2024The Invisible Raptor as Murray
2023Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story as Concession Worker
2021Friends: The Reunion as Self
2021The Eden Theory as Farmer Joe
2020The Tree as Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist
2020Date Nite as Janitor
2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self
2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Old Joe
2018Salami on White as Larry
2018Barry as Stovka
2018Appland as Fred Grassi
2016Bad Internet as Mr. Heckles / The Rock
2016Baskets as Mortician
2015The Mourning as Dad
2014Elwood as Sammy the Sausage
2013Pain & Gain as Pastor Randy
2012Buzzkill as Granger
2008The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen as Emmett Deemus
2008Breaking Bad as Old Joe
2007Saving Grace as Crusty
2007Nobel Son as Dr. Polaczek
2007The Sarah Silverman Program. as Mister Johnson
2005My Name Is Earl as Tom Sparks
2005Wanted as Sex Shop Owner
2004Nobody Knows Anything! as Blind Man
2003Knee High P.I. as Fudgie
2003Joan of Arcadia as Homeless Man God
2003Hard Ground as Toothless
2002Monk as Bearded Man
2000The Independent as William Henry Ellis
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Zapata Childs
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Old Stoner Dude
2000Malcolm in the Middle
2000Malcolm in the Middle as Luther
1999Enemy Action as Yuri
1998Martial Law as Father Bosley
1998Kisses in the Dark as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)
1997The Tony Danza Show as Gary
1997Money Talks as Roland
1997Vegas Vacation as Preacher
1997Claude's Crib
1995The Naked Truth as Stan
1995Billy Madison as Carl Alphonse
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Gaunt Gary
1994Prehysteria! 2 as Ketchum
1994Friends as Mr. Heckles
1994ER as Bearded Homeless Guy
1994Party of Five as Corkery
1994It's Pat as Postal Supervisor
1994The Shadow as Taxi Driver
1994Ellen as Larry
1994Weird Science
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Dr. Martin Solsvig
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Doc
1992T Bone N Weasel as Rev. Gluck
1992Mad About You as Bob the Security Guard
1992Picket Fences as Bernie Thompson
1992Out on a Limb as Officer Darren
1992Deuce Coupe as Slick Lowry
1992Nickel & Dime as Wito-Wito-Wito
1991Step by Step as Abe Lincoln
1991Home Improvement as Larry
1991Black Magic Woman as Hank Warfield
1990Home Alone as Officer Balzak
1990Death Warrant as Mayerson
1990Shannon's Deal
1990Pretty Woman as Landlord
1990Dark Romances Vol. 1 as Drunk Bum
1989Seinfeld as Tom Pepper (Kramer)
1988Nightfall as Desert King
1988She's Having a Baby as Hank
1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Doobie
1987Fatal Beauty as Jerry Murphy
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987Jake and the Fatman as Holly
1987Amazon Women on the Moon as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
1987Married... with Children as Mary
1986Ratboy as Robert Jewell
1986ALF as Andrew Seminick, Burglar
1986L.A. Law as Lyle Kendrick
1986Armed and Dangerous as Kokolovitch
1986Amazing Stories as Jubal
1986Running Scared as Ace
1986Joe Bash
1986Matlock as Clayton Hood
1985Amazing Stories as Jubal
1985The Sure Thing as Trucker
1985Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall
1984Hunter as Jimmy Cracklin
1984Hunter as Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited)
1984Brothers
1984Young Lust: A Soap Opera as Binney
1983The Star Chamber as Detective Kenneth Wiggan
1983Goodnight, Beantown
1983At Ease
1983The Sting II as Handicap
1982Newhart
1982Family Ties as Walter
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Mr. Bert Man
1982Annie as Pound Man
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Gridlock as Sill
1980Solly’s Diner as Sometimes Jones
1980The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything as René
1980Die Laughing as Bock
1979The Jerk as Circus Hand (uncredited)
1979California Fever
1979Benson
1979Escape from Alcatraz as Charley Butts
1978Outside Chance as Deputy in Van
1978WKRP in Cincinnati as Mickey Broadhead
1978Loose Shoes as 2nd Veteran
1978Free Country
1978Doctor Dracula as Wainwright
1978Peeping Times as Nutritionist
1978Uncle Joe Shannon as Sound Technician
1977The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977Eight Is Enough
1976Laverne & Shirley
1975Barney Miller as Earl Kelso
1974Lucifer's Women as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'
1972Thumb Tripping as Simp
1972Evil Roy Slade as Snake
1970The Phynx as Philbaby
1969Viva Max! as Romero
1969The Music Scene
1968How Sweet It Is! as 1st Policeman
1968Yours, Mine and Ours as Supermarket Clerk
1967Funnyman as Roger
1966That Girl
1965Dylan Speaks as Self
—I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It! as Mario The Mouth
—Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
—The Farmhouse Murders as Sheriff Tom Riley