Actor
· Acting
Bob Hastings
Born 1925-04-18
Died 2014-06-30
📍 Brooklyn - New York - USA
Robert "Bob" Francis Hastings (April 18, 1925 – June 30, 2014) was an American radio, film, and television character actor. He also provided voices for animated cartoons. He was best known for his portrayal of annoying suck-up Lt. Elroy Carpenter, on McHale's Navy.
Hastings was born in Brooklyn, New York, a son of Charles and Hazel Hastings, Sr. His father was a salesman. Hastings started in radio on "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus" (NBC). Hastings served during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. After serving in World War II as a navigator on B-29s, he played the role of Archie Andrews in a series based on the Archie comic book series on the NBC Red Network, later just the NBC Radio Network, after NBC divested itself of its Blue Network in 1942. Archie Andrews was sponsored by Swift & Company food products. Hastings moved to television in 1949, performing in early science-fiction series, including Atom Squad. His first recurring role was as a lieutenant onPhil Silvers' Sergeant Bilko series in the late 1950s. At that time he guest-starred on Walter Brennan's ABC sitcom The Real McCoys.
Filmography 128
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2003
Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
as Commissioner Gordon (voice) (archive footage)
2002
Static Shock
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2000
Gotham Girls
as Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
2000
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
as Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
1998
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1997
The New Batman Adventures
as Commissioner James Gordon
1997
The New Batman Adventures
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1997
Superman: The Animated Series
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1996
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1993
Shadow Force
as Mayor Talbert
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1992
Major Dad
1989
Murder, She Wrote
as Eddie Bender
1984
Snowballing
as Carol Tolson
1984
Remington Steele
as Morty
1982
Falcon Crest
as New Globe Editor
1981
The Greatest American Hero
as Sportscaster
1981
The Munsters' Revenge
as Cousin Phantom of the Opera
1981
Thornwell
as Sanborn
1981
Father Figure
as Doctor
1980
Flo
1980
Swan Song
as Mitch
1980
Christmas Lilies of the Field
as Harold Pruitt
1979
California Fever
1979
The Billion Dollar Threat
as Desk Clerk
1979
Delta House
1979
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Skeeter
1978
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Love Boat
as Customer
1977
Lou Grant
as Theo Monaghan
1977
Spider-Man
as Monahan
1977
Undercover Elephant
as Loudmouse
1977
Three's Company
as John Callan
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
as Sgt. Frank Jarrett
1976
Alice
1976
Clue Club
as D.D.
1976
No Deposit, No Return
as Peter
1976
Wonder Woman
as George
1975
Switch
as Jack Gaines
1975
Conspiracy of Terror
as Mr. Kojova
1975
Airport 1975
as Freeman's Friend at Airport (uncredited)
1974
Terror on the 40th Floor
as Sam Lewis
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Hallem
1974
The Rockford Files
as Hank Gidley
1974
The Rockford Files
as Paul Tanner
1974
Devlin
1974
Trapped
as The Bartender
1974
The All-American Boy
as Ariel Van Daumee
1973
Jeannie
1973
Charley and the Angel
as News Reporter
1973
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
as Bartender Al
1973
The Poseidon Adventure
as M. C.
1972
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies - The Lost Episodes
as Henry Glopp
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
as Harry Harrington
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Waltons
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Henry Glopp (voice)
1972
A Very Missing Person
as Malloy
1972
Emergency!
as Man (In Robe)
1972
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
as Hal Hunter
1971
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Deputy Tom Martin
1971
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as 2nd Baseball Fan
1971
How to Frame a Figg
as Chris Groat
1971
All in the Family
as Tommy Kelsey
1971
The Odd Couple
as Happy Greshler
1970
The Boatniks
as Chief Walsh
1970
Love, American Style
as Larry
1969
Love, American Style
as Mark
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Pardan
1969
Room 222
1969
The Love God?
as Shrader
1969
Any Second Now
as Gary
1969
The Bamboo Saucer
as Jack Garson
1968
Here's Lucy
as Martin Phillips
1968
Adam-12
as Charles Beuhler
1968
Adam-12
as Bartender
1968
Adam-12
as Beuhler
1968
Adam-12
as Ed Mason
1968
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
as Lyle Chatterton
1968
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
as (voice)
1967
Ironside
1967
Ironside
as George Norene
1967
Ironside
as Paul Carlton
1967
The New Adventures of Superman
1966
The Adventures of Superboy
1966
Batman
as Major Beasley
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
as Homer
1965
Hogan's Heroes
as Igor Piotkin
1965
Green Acres
as State Trooper Jack Webster
1965
Green Acres
as Lieutenant Bennett
1965
Green Acres
as Telephone Man
1965
Green Acres
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1965
Green Acres
as Sheriff
1965
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
as Lt. Elroy Carpenter
1965
The Munsters
as The Raven (voice) (uncredited)
1964
McHale's Navy
as Lt. Elroy Carpenter
1964
Petticoat Junction
as Bill Tuttle
1963
McHale's Navy
1962
McHale's Navy
as Lt. Elroy Carpenter
1962
Moon Pilot
as Motorist (uncredited)
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Sanders
1961
The Americans
1961
Mister Ed
1961
The Great Impostor
as State Department Official (uncredited)
1960
My Three Sons
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Tall Man
as J.S. Chase
1960
Dennis the Menace
1959
Dennis the Menace
as Motorcycle Officer
1959
Dennis the Menace
as Coach Gilmore
1959
Dennis the Menace
as Policeman #2 (uncredited)
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Keep in Step
as Hotel Doorman
1959
The Donna Reed Show
as Dr. Hank Landers
1958
The Real McCoys
1957
The Phil Silvers Show
as USAF M /Sgt Mack
1955
Gunsmoke
as Bill Craig
1955
Gunsmoke
as Whip
1955
No Time for Sergeants
as Colonel
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Deputy Tom Martin
1954
General Electric Theater
as Feeney
1953
Toyland Casino
as Himself
1938