Bob Hastings

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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.

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2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Movie Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2002
Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
Movie Commissioner Gordon (voice) (archive footage)
2000
Static Shock
TV show Commissioner Gordon (voice)
2000
Gotham Girls
TV show Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
1998
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Movie Commissioner Jim Gordon (voice)
1997
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Movie Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1997
The New Batman Adventures
TV show Commissioner James Gordon
1996
Superman: The Animated Series
TV show Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Movie Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1992
Shadow Force
Movie Mayor Talbert
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
TV show Commissioner Gordon (voice)
1989
Major Dad
TV show
1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Eddie Bender
1984
Snowballing
Movie Carol Tolson
1982
Remington Steele
TV show Morty
1981
Falcon Crest
TV show New Globe Editor