Larry Hankin

ActorWriterDirectorEditorProducer Dec 7 (age 88) New York City, New York, USA 1965–2025 (60 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Home Alone

Officer Balzak

Film

Pretty Woman

Landlord

Film

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Old Joe

Film

Escape from Alcatraz

Charley Butts

Film

Friends: The Reunion

Self

Film

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Doobie

Film

Pain & Gain

Pastor Randy

Film

The Jerk

Circus Hand (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (133)

Movies (78)

Bad Haircut

2025

as Gus

10.0

A Cell Phone Movie

2025

as Larry

The Invisible Raptor

2024

as Murray

6.2

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story

as Concession Worker

Friends: The Reunion

as Self

The Eden Theory

as Farmer Joe

Date Nite

as Janitor

The Tree

as Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist

9.0

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Old Joe

7.0

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Self

7.0

Appland

2018

as Fred Grassi

Salami on White

2018

as Larry

The Mourning

as Dad

Elwood

as Sammy the Sausage

Pain & Gain

as Pastor Randy

Buzzkill

as Granger

The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen

as Emmett Deemus

Nobel Son

as Dr. Polaczek

Nobody Knows Anything!

as Blind Man

Hard Ground

as Toothless

Knee High P.I.

as Fudgie

The Independent

as William Henry Ellis

Enemy Action

as Yuri

Kisses in the Dark

as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)

Money Talks

as Roland

Vegas Vacation

as Preacher

Billy Madison

as Carl Alphonse

The Shadow

as Taxi Driver

It's Pat

as Postal Supervisor

Prehysteria! 2

as Ketchum

Deuce Coupe

as Slick Lowry

Nickel & Dime

as Wito-Wito-Wito

T Bone N Weasel

as Rev. Gluck

Out on a Limb

as Officer Darren

Black Magic Woman

as Hank Warfield

Pretty Woman

as Landlord

Death Warrant

as Mayerson

Home Alone

as Officer Balzak

Dark Romances Vol. 1

as Drunk Bum

Nightfall

as Desert King

She's Having a Baby

as Hank

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987

as Doobie

7.3

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

Fatal Beauty

as Jerry Murphy

Ratboy

as Robert Jewell

Running Scared

as Ace

Armed and Dangerous

as Kokolovitch

Amazing Stories

as Jubal

The Sure Thing

as Trucker

Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall

1985

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

1984

as Binney

1.0

The Star Chamber

1983

as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

The Sting II

as Handicap

Annie

as Pound Man

Die Laughing

as Bock

Gridlock

as Sill

Solly’s Diner

as Sometimes Jones

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

as René

Escape from Alcatraz

as Charley Butts

The Jerk

as Circus Hand (uncredited)

Doctor Dracula

as Wainwright

Outside Chance

as Deputy in Van

Loose Shoes

as 2nd Veteran

Uncle Joe Shannon

as Sound Technician

Peeping Times

as Nutritionist

Lucifer's Women

as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'

3.9

Steelyard Blues

1973

as Bill the Garbage Truck Driver

Thumb Tripping

as Simp

Evil Roy Slade

as Snake

The Phynx

as Philbaby

Viva Max!

as Romero

Yours, Mine and Ours

as Supermarket Clerk

How Sweet It Is!

as 1st Policeman

Funnyman

as Roger

Dylan Speaks

as Self

The Farmhouse Murders

as Sheriff Tom Riley

Echoes from the Midnight Mansion

I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!

as Mario The Mouth

Television (55)

Barry

as Stovka

Baskets

as Mortician

Bad Internet

as Mr. Heckles / The Rock

Breaking Bad

as Old Joe

Saving Grace

as Crusty

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Mister Johnson

My Name Is Earl

as Tom Sparks

Wanted

as Sex Shop Owner

Joan of Arcadia

as Homeless Man God

Monk

as Bearded Man

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Zapata Childs

7.6

Malcolm in the Middle

as Luther

Martial Law

as Father Bosley

The Tony Danza Show

as Gary

Claude's Crib

Star Trek: Voyager

as Gaunt Gary

The Naked Truth

as Stan

Friends

as Mr. Heckles

as Bearded Homeless Guy

Party of Five

as Corkery

Weird Science

Ellen

as Larry

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

as Dr. Martin Solsvig

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Doc

Mad About You

as Bob the Security Guard

Picket Fences

as Bernie Thompson

Home Improvement

as Larry

Step by Step

as Abe Lincoln

Shannon's Deal

Seinfeld

as Tom Pepper (Kramer)

8.3

Married... with Children

as Mary

Jake and the Fatman

L.A. Law

as Lyle Kendrick

Matlock

as Clayton Hood

ALF

as Andrew Seminick, Burglar

Joe Bash

Amazing Stories

as Jubal

Hunter

as Jimmy Cracklin (uncredited)

Brothers

At Ease

Goodnight, Beantown

Family Ties

as Walter

Newhart

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Mr. Bert Man

Hill Street Blues

Benson

California Fever

WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mickey Broadhead

Free Country

Eight Is Enough

The San Pedro Beach Bums

Laverne & Shirley

Barney Miller

as Earl Kelso

The Music Scene

That Girl

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Grilled

Story

Kisses in the Dark

Director

Kisses in the Dark

Writer

Solly’s Diner

Director

Solly’s Diner

Editor

Solly’s Diner

Producer

Solly’s Diner

Writer