Larry Hankin
Acting • Born 1937-12-07
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.
Filmography
137 credits
Home Alone
Movie • 1990
Officer Balzak
Appland
Movie • 2018
Fred Grassi
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Movie • 1987
Doobie
Armed and Dangerous
Movie • 1986
Kokolovitch
Escape from Alcatraz
Movie • 1979
Charley Butts
Billy Madison
Movie • 1995
Carl Alphonse
The Eden Theory
Movie • 2021
Farmer Joe
The Shadow
Movie • 1994
Taxi Driver
The Star Chamber
Movie • 1983
Detective Kenneth Wiggan
It's Pat
Movie • 1994
Postal Supervisor
Hard Ground
Movie • 2003
Toothless
Outside Chance
Movie • 1978
Deputy in Van
The Phynx
Movie • 1970
Philbaby
Running Scared
Movie • 1986
Ace
Funnyman
Movie • 1967
Roger
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie • 1968
Supermarket Clerk
How Sweet It Is!
Movie • 1968
1st Policeman
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Self
Thumb Tripping
Movie • 1972
Simp
Uncle Joe Shannon
Movie • 1978
Sound Technician
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
Movie • 1980
René
Buzzkill
Movie • 2012
Granger
Out on a Limb
Movie • 1992
Officer Darren
Pain & Gain
Movie • 2013
Pastor Randy
Prehysteria! 2
Movie • 1994
Ketchum
Bad Haircut
Movie • 2025
Gus
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
Movie • 2023
Concession Worker
Deuce Coupe
Movie • 1992
Slick Lowry
Salami on White
Movie • 2018
Larry
The Tree
Movie • 2020
Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist
Kisses in the Dark
Movie • 1998
Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall
Movie • 1985
I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!
Movie
Mario The Mouth
Evil Roy Slade
Movie • 1972
Snake
Die Laughing
Movie • 1980
Bock
Vegas Vacation
Movie • 1997
Preacher
The Mourning
Movie • 2015
Dad
Gridlock
Movie • 1980
Sill
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Movie • 1984
Binney
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Blind Man
Peeping Times
Movie • 1978
Nutritionist
The Independent
Movie • 2000
William Henry Ellis
Dark Romances Vol. 1
Movie • 1990
Drunk Bum
The Sting II
Movie • 1983
Handicap
The Farmhouse Murders
Movie
Sheriff Tom Riley
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Hank
Enemy Action
Movie • 1999
Yuri
Ratboy
Movie • 1986
Robert Jewell
Doctor Dracula
Movie • 1978
Wainwright
Black Magic Woman
Movie • 1991
Hank Warfield
Dylan Speaks
Movie • 1965
Self
Lucifer's Women
Movie • 1974
John Wainwright, 'Svengali'
Death Warrant
Movie • 1990
Mayerson
Fatal Beauty
Movie • 1987
Jerry Murphy
Nobel Son
Movie • 2007
Dr. Polaczek
Pretty Woman
Movie • 1990
Landlord
Amazing Stories
Movie • 1986
Jubal
Loose Shoes
Movie • 1978
2nd Veteran
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Old Joe
Knee High P.I.
Movie • 2003
Fudgie
Annie
Movie • 1982
Pound Man
T Bone N Weasel
Movie • 1992
Rev. Gluck
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen
Movie • 2008
Emmett Deemus
Date Nite
Movie • 2020
Janitor
The Jerk
Movie • 1979
Circus Hand (uncredited)
Nightfall
Movie • 1988
Desert King
Viva Max!
Movie • 1969
Romero
Solly’s Diner
Movie • 1980
Sometimes Jones
Money Talks
Movie • 1997
Roland
Friends: The Reunion
Movie • 2021
Self
The Sure Thing
Movie • 1985
Trucker
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie • 1987
Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
The Invisible Raptor
Movie • 2024
Murray
Nickel & Dime
Movie • 1992
Wito-Wito-Wito
Elwood
Movie • 2014
Sammy the Sausage
A Cell Phone Movie
Movie • 2025
Larry
Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
Movie
Steelyard Blues
Movie • 1973
Bill the Garbage Truck Driver
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Walter
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Bob the Security Guard
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TV • 2007
Mister Johnson
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Mickey Broadhead
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Zapata Childs
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Lyle Kendrick
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Larry
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Homeless Man God
Friends
TV • 1994
Mr. Heckles
Benson
TV • 1979
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Gaunt Gary
Monk
TV • 2002
Bearded Man
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Tom Sparks
That Girl
TV • 1966
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Doc
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Newhart
TV • 1982
Laverne & Shirley
TV • 1976
Weird Science
TV • 1994
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Eight Is Enough
TV • 1977
California Fever
TV • 1979
ALF
TV • 1986
Andrew Seminick, Burglar
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Father Bosley
Hunter
TV • 1984
Jimmy Cracklin
Free Country
TV • 1978
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Crusty
Wanted
TV • 2005
Sex Shop Owner
Brothers
TV • 1984
The Music Scene
TV • 1969
Joe Bash
TV • 1986
Shannon's Deal
TV • 1990
Claude's Crib
TV • 1997
The San Pedro Beach Bums
TV • 1977
At Ease
TV • 1983
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Old Joe
Hunter
TV • 1984
Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited)
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Jubal
Bad Internet
TV • 2016
Mr. Heckles / The Rock
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Tom Pepper (Kramer)
ER
TV • 1994
Bearded Homeless Guy
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Mr. Bert Man
Goodnight, Beantown
TV • 1983
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Mary
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Holly
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Old Stoner Dude
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Stan
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Dr. Martin Solsvig
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 1997
Gary
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Earl Kelso
Barry
TV • 2018
Stovka
Ellen
TV • 1994
Larry
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Luther
Baskets
TV • 2016
Mortician
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Corkery
Picket Fences
TV • 1992
Bernie Thompson
Step by Step
TV • 1991
Abe Lincoln
Matlock
TV • 1986
Clayton Hood