Bob Hastings profile
Actor profile

Bob Hastings

18th April 1925 Brooklyn - New York - USA Acting

Robert "Bob" Francis Hastings (April 18, 1925 – June 30, 2014) was an American radio, film, and television character actor. He also provided voices for animated cartoons. He was best known for his portrayal of annoying suck-up Lt. Elroy Carpenter, on McHale's Navy. Hastings was born in Brooklyn, New York, a son of Charles and Hazel Hastings, Sr. His father was a salesman. Hastings started in radio on "Coast-to-Coast on a Bus" (NBC). Hastings served during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps. After serving in World War II as a navigator on B-29s, he played the role of Archie Andrews in a series based on the Archie comic book series on the NBC Red Network, later just the NBC Radio Network, after NBC divested itself of its Blue Network in 1942. Archie Andrews was sponsored by Swift & Company food products. Hastings moved to television in 1949, performing in early science-fiction series, including Atom Squad. His first recurring role was as a lieutenant onPhil Silvers' Sergeant Bilko series in the late 1950s. At that time he guest-starred on Walter Brennan's ABC sitcom The Real McCoys.

43 Movies 89 TV Shows 139 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Airport 1975 poster
Airport 1975 18th October 1974 as Freeman's Friend at Airport (uncredited)
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Trapped 13th June 1974 as The Bartender
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Maurie 1st August 1973 as Second Announcer
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Static Shock 23rd September 2000 as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
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Flo 21st March 1980
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Switch 9th September 1975 as Jack Gaines
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Charles Beuhler
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Bartender
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Beuhler
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Adam-12 21st September 1968 as Ed Mason
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Batman 12th January 1966 as Major Beasley
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Green Acres 15th September 1965 as State Trooper Jack Webster
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The Munsters 24th September 1964 as The Raven (voice) (uncredited)