Jan 3, 2009 by The MovieWeb Team

Batman's Commissioner Gordon, Pat Hingle, Dies at Age 84

Pat Hingle, known to many for his appearance in the 1990s Batman series of films as Commissioner Gordon, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2008 following a long battle with blood cancer. The Press Association reports that Hingle, 84, passed away in his home in Carolina Beach.

A family spokesperson says that Hingle had been diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006. Hingle had lived in Carolina Beach since 1986. He settled in the town in North Carolina after completing filming of Maximum Overdrive.

Hingle's career in film and television spanned six decades, and in that time he received a Tony Award nomination in 1958. Hingle's last film appearance was in 2006's Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.


Sources: The Press Association

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Comments (18)

  1. Diaigma

    May you rest in peace, Commissioner.

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  2. -comrade-

    Bummer.

    3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  3. Mr. Fixit

    R.I.P. Pat.

    3 years agoby @mrfixitFlag

  4. deeman138

    yah, Eartha Kitt played catwomen in the old 60's Version of Batman. RIP Eartha.

    3 years agoby @deeman138Flag

  5. Vamp

    RIP.

    2008 really WAS a terrible year for actors. I'm mad, though, that they haven't posted anything on here about Eartha Kitt's passing.

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  6. The Dark Knight

    awh that sucks

    3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  7. Structure (ONSTRA)

    RIP he did do a great job.
    I am pretty shocked.
    all I got to say is ... rest in peace
    :(

    3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag

  8. MOVIE MAGE

    2008 was an extremely bad year for celebrity deaths. Even more shocking was that many of those deaths belonged to celebrities who were still in their prime and I would never think their time was up. However, as the actors we have come to love get older, we should be prepared for some shockers in 2009.

    One person I would like to hear from is Michael Gough, who played Alfred in the Burton-Schumacher series, and he's still kicking at 95, God bless him.

    3 years agoby @moviemageFlag

  9. movieman6

    it says January 3 and not 2009 wtf? ps, r.i.p he did a great job

    3 years agoby @movieman6Flag

  10. The Narrator: The Better Man

    I was just sayin Vis, nothing wrong with that.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  11. deeman138

    RIP, this is weird, last night i watched batman forever, and today when i came on movieweb i saw the article and i freaked out, also i watched the same movie when i heard that ledger died. RIP.

    3 years agoby @deeman138Flag

  12. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    Yeah i heard the same thing apparently he had a seizsure in the bathroom and preferably smashed his head on the sink or bath, well so i've heard on the news and papers.
    I never actually knew Travolta was a scientoligist until yesterday, i knew Cruise was one.

    But has anyone else notice the pattern that bang at the beginning of the year a celebrity dies.
    This year, Jett & Pat, Last year was Ledger

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  13. T.Clark

    That's right J.A., I don't think MW has wrote an article about Jett Travolta...they should. It's gotta be gut wrenching knowing their religion pushed away medication that could have helped their son...Scientology's a bitch. But, maybe the medication only would have prolonged the inevitable, idk the specifics. Supposedly he had a seizure? R.I.P Jett, also

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  14. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    OMG this is so weird, nah this is awkward. I watched Talladega Nights on Saturday as well.
    That's just weird, watching the last performance of a man the same day he dies.

    R.I.P
    Both Pat Hingle & Jett Travolta

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  15. GK

    R.I.P.

    3 years agoby @indianajonesFlag

  16. KirkEpsilon

    RIP

    3 years agoby @kirkepsilonFlag

  17. T.Clark

    The Batman films were all I really knew him for, but still, rest in peace

    And duh, Oldman was better lol Not the point

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  18. The Narrator: The Better Man

    R.I.P. man. and sorry, but Oldman was a way better Gordan, but still, R.I.P.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

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