
Larry Hankin
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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
Credits

Pretty Woman (1990)
as Landlord

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
as Old Joe

Billy Madison (1995)
as Carl Alphonse

Pain & Gain (2013)
as Pastor Randy

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
as Charley Butts

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
as Doobie

Vegas Vacation (1997)
as Preacher

The Shadow (1994)
as Taxi Driver

Running Scared (1986)
as Ace

Annie (1982)
as Pound Man

Friends: The Reunion (2021)
as Self

The Jerk (1979)
as Circus Hand (uncredited)

Money Talks (1997)
as Roland

Death Warrant (1990)
as Mayerson

The Sure Thing (1985)
as Trucker

She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Hank

Armed and Dangerous (1986)
as Kokolovitch

Fatal Beauty (1987)
as Jerry Murphy

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
as Supermarket Clerk

The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

Nobel Son (2007)
as Dr. Polaczek

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

The Sting II (1983)
as Handicap

It's Pat: The Movie (1994)
as Postal Supervisor

Evil Roy Slade (1972)
as Snake

Loose Shoes (1978)
as 2nd Veteran

The Independent (2000)
as William Henry Ellis

The Mourning (2015)
as Dad

The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Perry

The Phynx (1970)
as Philbaby

Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)
as Blind Man

Out on a Limb (1992)
as Officer Darren

Date Nite (2020)
as Janitor

Home Alone (1990)
as Officer Balzak

Amazing Stories (1986)
as Jubal

Viva Max! (1969)
as Romero

Lucifer's Women (1974)
as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
as Self

Thumb Tripping (1972)
as Simp

Nightfall (1988)
as Desert King

How Sweet It Is! (1968)
as 1st Policeman

Hard Ground (2003)
as Toothless

Young Lust: A Soap Opera (1984)
as Binney

Nickel & Dime (1992)
as Wito-Wito-Wito

Bad Haircut (2025)
as Gus

Steelyard Blues (1973)
as Bill the Garbage Truck Driver

Ratboy (1986)
as Robert Jewell

Die Laughing (1980)
as Bock

The Invisible Raptor (2024)
as Murray

Black Magic Woman (1991)
as Hank Warfield

Dylan Speaks (1965)
as Self

Prehysteria! 2 (1994)
as Ketchum

Gridlock (1980)
as Sill

The Eden Theory (2021)
as Farmer Joe

Peeping Times (1978)
as Nutritionist

The Tree (2020)
as Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist

Enemy Action (1999)
as Yuri

Doctor Dracula (1978)
as Wainwright

T Bone N Weasel (1992)
as Rev. Gluck
Outside Chance (1978)
as Deputy in Van

Buzzkill (2012)
as Granger

Knee High P.I. (2003)
as Fudgie

Deuce Coupe (1992)
as Slick Lowry

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
as René

Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990)
as Drunk Bum

Uncle Joe Shannon (1978)
as Sound Technician

A Cell Phone Movie (2025)
as Larry

Kisses in the Dark (1998)
as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)

Elwood (2014)
as Sammy the Sausage

Echoes from the Midnight Mansion (—)
Actor

Funnyman (1967)
as Roger

Solly’s Diner (1980)
as Sometimes Jones

Appland (2018)
as Fred Grassi

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story (2023)
as Concession Worker

I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It! (2026)
as Mario The Mouth

Salami on White (2018)
as Larry

The Farmhouse Murders (—)
as Sheriff Tom Riley
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall (1985)
Actor
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen (2008)
as Emmett Deemus





