Pat Hingle, Star of Stage and Screen Dies at 84
By: Eddie Varley Jan. 05, 2009
Newsday is reporting that Veteran actor Pat Hingle, whose career included a recurring role as Commissioner Gordon in the Batman movies of the 1990s, died after battling blood cancer. He was 84.
Family friend Michele Seidman told Newsday that Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday. Seidman says he decided to settle in the coastal town after shooting the movie "Maximum Overdrive" in the area in 1986. He lived there for more than 15 years.
Family spokeswoman Lynn Heritage says Hingle was diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006.
His career in movies and television spanned six decades, and he was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1958 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Hingle's last movie was "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," which was released in 2006.
He is survived by his wife, Julie, two sisters, five children and 11 grandchildren.
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