
Larry Hankin
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
as Charley Butts

Money Talks (1997)
as Roland

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
as Doobie

Pain & Gain (2013)
as Pastor Randy

No Friends (2025)
as Mr. Heckles

Death Warrant (1990)
as Mayerson

Billy Madison (1995)
as Carl Alphonse

Friends: The Reunion (2021)
as Self

The Shadow (1994)
as Taxi Driver

Vegas Vacation (1997)
as Preacher

Annie (1982)
as Pound Man

The Jerk (1979)
as Circus Hand (uncredited)

The Sure Thing (1985)
as Trucker

Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
as Supermarket Clerk

Nightfall (1988)
as Desert King

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

The Invisible Raptor (2024)
as Murray

Running Scared (1986)
as Ace

It's Pat (1994)
as Postal Supervisor

Armed and Dangerous (1986)
as Kokolovitch

Uncle Joe Shannon (1978)
as Sound Technician

Fatal Beauty (1987)
as Jerry Murphy

Deuce Coupe (1992)
as Slick Lowry

The Mourning (2015)
as Dad

Bad Haircut (2025)
as Gus

She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Hank

The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Kenneth Wiggan

Date Nite (2020)
as Janitor

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

The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Perry

Out on a Limb (1992)
as Officer Darren

The Best Pizza is in LA (2026)
as Self

Echoes from the Midnight Mansion (—)
Actor

The Sting II (1983)
as Handicap

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

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

Thumb Tripping (1972)
as Simp

T Bone N Weasel (1992)
as Rev. Gluck

Nobel Son (2007)
as Dr. Polaczek

Amazing Stories (1986)
as Jubal

Evil Roy Slade (1972)
as Snake

Black Magic Woman (1991)
as Hank Warfield

The Independent (2000)
as William Henry Ellis

Hard Ground (2003)
as Toothless

Young Lust: A Soap Opera (1984)
as Binney

Home Alone (1990)
as Officer Balzak

Ratboy (1986)
as Robert Jewell

Prehysteria! 2 (1994)
as Ketchum

Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)
as Blind Man

The Eden Theory (2021)
as Farmer Joe

A Cell Phone Movie (2025)
as Larry

Solly’s Diner (1980)
as Sometimes Jones

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

Steelyard Blues (1973)
as Bill the Garbage Truck Driver

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

I Hear the Trees Whispering (2022)
as Dale
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen (2008)
as Emmett Deemus

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

Doctor Dracula (1978)
as Wainwright

Viva Max! (1969)
as Romero

Amazing Stories: The Movie III (1998)
as Jubal

The Phynx (1970)
as Philbaby

Knee High P.I. (2003)
as Fudgie

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

Loose Shoes (1978)
as 2nd Veteran

Elwood (2014)
as Sammy the Sausage

Buzzkill (2012)
as Granger
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall (1985)
Actor

Enemy Action (1999)
as Yuri

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

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

Dark Romances Vol. 1 (1990)
as Drunk Bum

Die Laughing (1980)
as Bock

The Farmhouse Murders (—)
as Sheriff Tom Riley
Outside Chance (1978)
as Deputy in Van

Funnyman (1967)
as Roger

Dylan Speaks (1965)
as Self

Peeping Times (1978)
as Nutritionist

Gridlock (1980)
as Sill

Appland (2018)
as Fred Grassi

Salami on White (2018)
as Larry





