
Larry Hankin
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.
Filmography

The Music Scene
1969 · 9.0

Breaking Bad
2008 · 9.0

Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · 8.5

Friends
1994 · 8.4

Bad Haircut
2025 · 8.4

Seinfeld
1989 · 8.2

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1
Liam and Michael Presents: Cohan and Danny
2024 · 8.0

Joe Bash
1986 · 8.0

Monk
2002 · 7.9

Barry
2018 · 7.9

Step by Step
1991 · 7.8

ER
1994 · 7.8

Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · 7.8

Married... with Children
1987 · 7.7

Shannon's Deal
1990 · 7.7

California Fever
1979 · 7.7

My Name Is Earl
2005 · 7.6

ALF
1986 · 7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · 7.6

Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · 7.5

Amazing Stories
1985 · 7.5
Free Country
1978 · 7.5

Home Alone
1990 · 7.5

Pretty Woman
1990 · 7.4

Picket Fences
1992 · 7.4

Saving Grace
2007 · 7.4

Joan of Arcadia
2003 · 7.4

Wanted
2005 · 7.4

Barney Miller
1975 · 7.4

Home Improvement
1991 · 7.4

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · 7.3

Family Ties
1982 · 7.2

Newhart
1982 · 7.2

Laverne & Shirley
1976 · 7.1

Hunter
1984 · 7.1

Martial Law
1998 · 7.1

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · 7.1

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · 7.0

Party of Five
1994 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

Matlock
1986 · 7.0

Benson
1979 · 7.0

Goodnight, Beantown
1983 · 7.0
Liam and Michael
2023 · 7.0

Baskets
2016 · 6.9

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · 6.9

How Sweet It Is!
1968 · 6.9

The Jerk
1979 · 6.9

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · 6.9

Mad About You
1992 · 6.8

Brothers
1984 · 6.7

Bad Internet
2016 · 6.7

Weird Science
1994 · 6.6

Annie
1982 · 6.5

The Sure Thing
1985 · 6.5

The Naked Truth
1995 · 6.5

Date Nite
2020 · 6.4

The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · 6.3

Uncle Joe Shannon
1978 · 6.3

Evil Roy Slade
1972 · 6.3

Solly’s Diner
1980 · 6.3

The Tree
2020 · 6.3

Pain & Gain
2013 · 6.3

Death Warrant
1990 · 6.3

Ellen
1994 · 6.2

Jake and the Fatman
1987 · 6.2

Eight Is Enough
1977 · 6.2

That Girl
1966 · 6.2

Billy Madison
1995 · 6.2

Amazing Stories
1986 · 6.1

Running Scared
1986 · 6.1

The Shadow
1994 · 6.1

Money Talks
1997 · 6.0

The Star Chamber
1983 · 6.0

Nickel & Dime
1992 · 6.0

Nobel Son
2007 · 6.0

Vegas Vacation
1997 · 6.0

She's Having a Baby
1988 · 5.9

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · 5.9

Armed and Dangerous
1986 · 5.7

The Invisible Raptor
2024 · 5.7

Gridlock
1980 · 5.7

Fatal Beauty
1987 · 5.6

The Tony Danza Show
1997 · 5.5

The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977 · 5.5

The Independent
2000 · 5.5

Viva Max!
1969 · 5.4

Out on a Limb
1992 · 5.2

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980 · 5.2

The Alphabet Killer
2008 · 5.1
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen
2008 · 5.0

Steelyard Blues
1973 · 5.0

The Sting II
1983 · 4.8

Enemy Action
1999 · 4.7

Thumb Tripping
1972 · 4.6

The Eden Theory
2021 · 4.6

Die Laughing
1980 · 4.6

Deuce Coupe
1992 · 4.5

Hard Ground
2003 · 4.5

Kisses in the Dark
1998 · 4.5

Funnyman
1967 · 4.4

Prehysteria! 2
1994 · 4.3

Doctor Dracula
1978 · 4.2

Nightfall
1988 · 4.1

Ratboy
1986 · 4.0

Dark Romances Vol. 1
1990 · 4.0
Outside Chance
1978 · 4.0

Black Magic Woman
1991 · 3.9

Loose Shoes
1978 · 3.9

T Bone N Weasel
1992 · 3.8

Lucifer's Women
1974 · 3.7

The Phynx
1970 · 3.6

The Mourning
2015 · 3.5

Nobody Knows Anything!
2004 · 3.5

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984 · 3.5

Knee High P.I.
2003 · 3.5

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
2023 · 3.5

It's Pat
1994 · 3.1

Peeping Times
1978 · 3.0

I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!
2026 · 3.0

Salami on White
2018 · 3.0

Buzzkill
2012 · 2.9

I Hear the Trees Whispering
2022 · 2.8

Elwood
2014 · 2.3

Amazing Stories: The Movie III
1998 · 2.0
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall
1985 · 2.0

Appland
2018 · 2.0

At Ease
1983 · 0.0
Claude's Crib
1997 · 0.0

No Friends
2025 · 0.0

Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
— · 0.0

A Cell Phone Movie
2025 · 0.0

The Farmhouse Murders
— · 0.0