Batman’s “Commissioner Gordon” Pat Hingle Dies (Photos)

Posted on January 5, 2009

Actor Pat Hingle, an actor with a long career which included his role as Commissioner Gordon in several Batman movies in the 1990s, has died at 84 after a long battle with blood cancer. Read more on Pat Hingle’s death below.

Family friend Michele Seidman says Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.

Seidman says he decided to settle in the coastal town after shooting the movie “Maximum Overdrive” in the area in 1986. He lived there for more than 15 years.

Family spokeswoman Lynn Heritage says Hingle was diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006.

His career in movies and television spanned six decades, and he was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1958. Hingle’s last movie was “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which was released in 2006.

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