RIP Pat Hingle

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:38am

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124842.html

[Usnavi]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 10:40am

Great character actor. I remember him as Warren Beatty's over bearing father in SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961).

[sparrman]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 11:33am

This would be a bad time to mention how terrible he was in 1776, so I won't.

Seriously, that's all I know him from, but you don't get to have a career like that without turning in some terrific performances along the line, so kudos to him. He must have been past his prime in 1776.
Updated On: 1/5/09 at 11:33 AM

[Hiram]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 12:16pm

I saw Mr. Hingle play the coach in THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. He was terrific. Great character actor.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 12:27pm

I saw Pat Hingle in one of my first Broadway shows -- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and saw him many times thereafter. He certainly made a fine contribution to the NY stage and will be missed.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 1:17pm

RIP Pat.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 1:50pm

Growing up, I knew him from BATMAN and BATMAN RETURNS as Commissioner Gordon.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 2:15pm

The thought of BoBo and his bag of oranges still creeps me out.

[broadwayrob]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 2:27pm

I, on the other hand, throughly enjoyed him in 1776. He will be missed. RIP, sir.

[wexy]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 11:14pm

I enjoyed him in "1776" as well. There was a moment when I saw it, as Ben Franklin, he was in a scene with Mrs. Jefferson. He was apparently standing on her costume because she said "You're standing on my dress,' and he took a step back in the middle of a number.

Rest In Peace.

[sparrman]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 11:29pm

To each his own! I thought he mumbled his way through the role, and thus blew countless of Franklin's laugh lines. Glad it was working for you guys, though.