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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Cell Phone Movie
2025
as Larry
Shot entirely on a cell phone, the film follows a fictional version of writer/director/star Will Sterling, a similarly out of work, struggling actor t...

The Invisible Raptor
2024
as Murray
After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborho...

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
2023
as Concession Worker
Tells the story of the famed Build-a-Bear workshop, weaving together stories from when Maxine Clark first conceived the idea, the company’s struggles ...

Friends: The Reunion
2021
as Self
The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrolla...

The Eden Theory
2021
as Farmer Joe
After his best friend disappears, Tom Edwards world unravels when he’s investigated relentlessly by a dogged detective. All signs point to Tom as the ...

The Tree
2020
as Old Man ("The Tree") / The Projectionist
Constructed from the wood of the Tree of Knowledge, The House moves through time and space, manifesting evil. Step inside its walls in this anthology ...

Date Nite
2020
as Janitor
In a world where love can lead to grotesque physical transformation, a lonely man risks his life for a chance at human connection.

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Self
Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and other cast members, producers and crew share stories and footage from the making of "El Camino."

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Old Joe
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

Salami on White
2018
as Larry
A bored and lonely retiree and a teenage girl accidentally bond over a crime that may not have happened.

Appland
2018
as Fred Grassi
Young tech entrepreneur Olivia Grassi has hit rock bottom. She's been dumped by her boyfriend/business partner, ousted from the tech company she helpe...

The Mourning
2015
as Dad
20 years after going MIA in Desert Storm, Aaron returns home under mysterious conditions, not having aged since his disappearance, and must reestablis...

Elwood
2014
as Sammy the Sausage
Elwood is a parallel world in which animal genetics have evolved equally to humans.

Pain & Gain
2013
as Pastor Randy
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To ach...

Buzzkill
2012
as Granger
Failed writer Ray Wyatt is ready to take his own life when a notorious serial murderer steals his latest movie script and begins publicizing it. Reviv...
The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen
2008
as Emmett Deemus
Our hero, the Outlaw Emmett Deemus runs into some trouble when saving a Porno Queen.

Nobel Son
2007
as Dr. Polaczek
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who ...

Grilled
2006
Story
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his f...

Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
as Blind Man
Sarah thinks making a movie is easy. With the guidance of her screenwriter uncle, she goes on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she mee...

Knee High P.I.
2003
as Fudgie
Hank Dingo is the world's smallest private detective with the world's biggest ego. A rough, tough gumshoe full of attitude, he doesn't crack cases... ...

Hard Ground
2003
as Toothless
Billy Bucklin escapes while being transported to Yuma prison and plans to form an army of desperadoes to control the Mexican border...

The Independent
2000
as William Henry Ellis
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to ...

Enemy Action
1999
as Yuri
The military's newest weapon has just been stolen. Captain John Reed and the weapon's designer are assigned to retrieve it. Battling well-armed terror...

Kisses in the Dark
1998
as Sometimes Jones (Solly's Diner)
Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-n...

Kisses in the Dark
1998
Director, Writer
Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-n...

Money Talks
1997
as Roland
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

Vegas Vacation
1997
as Preacher
The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.

Billy Madison
1995
as Carl Alphonse
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his fath...

Prehysteria! 2
1994
as Ketchum
A rich boy desperate for attention makes friends with the dinosaurs of "Prehysteria!". Prehysteria! 2

It's Pat
1994
as Postal Supervisor
Pat Riley, an obnoxious busybody of indeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of indeterminable sex. The...

The Shadow
1994
as Taxi Driver
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom u...

T Bone N Weasel
1992
as Rev. Gluck
An ex-con and a crazy man are an unlikely duo on the road looking for a better life. All they have is an old gun and a stolen car to aid them in findi...

Out on a Limb
1992
as Officer Darren
While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...

Deuce Coupe
1992
as Slick Lowry
Two brothers are seperated by the love for the same woman - but they get united again by their fascination for speed and racing cars.

Nickel & Dime
1992
as Wito-Wito-Wito
A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heire...

Black Magic Woman
1991
as Hank Warfield
The owner of a suburban art gallery searches for someone to perform an exorcism after a witch casts a spell on him.

Home Alone
1990
as Officer Balzak
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. Wh...

Death Warrant
1990
as Mayerson
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding ma...

Pretty Woman
1990
as Landlord
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...

Dark Romances Vol. 1
1990
as Drunk Bum
A horror movie duology: "The Black Veil" is set in 1888, as the widow of a psychiatrist visits a college friend who is performing in a theatre that e...

Nightfall
1988
as Desert King
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient...

She's Having a Baby
1988
as Hank
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Doobie
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meani...

Fatal Beauty
1987
as Jerry Murphy
Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and mor...

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Man in Pub (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird ...

Ratboy
1986
as Robert Jewell
A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.

Armed and Dangerous
1986
as Kokolovitch
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defen...

Amazing Stories
1986
as Jubal
A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy and Go to the Head of the Class.

Running Scared
1986
as Ace
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in t...

The Sure Thing
1985
as Trucker
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At f...
Howie Mandel: Live from Carnegie Mall
1985
A Howie Mandel comedy special where all the skits take place in a mall.

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984
as Binney
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities.

The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Kenneth Wiggan
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle wi...

The Sting II
1983
as Handicap
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that...

Annie
1982
as Pound Man
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy"...

Gridlock
1980
as Sill
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system ...

Solly’s Diner
1980
as Sometimes Jones
A homeless street character (Larry Hankin) tries to get free food from the night waitress (Ruth Silvera) in Solly's Diner. His plea is interrupted by ...

Solly’s Diner
1980
Director, Writer, Producer
A homeless street character (Larry Hankin) tries to get free food from the night waitress (Ruth Silvera) in Solly's Diner. His plea is interrupted by ...

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
as René
After inheriting a magical gold watch from his multimillionaire uncle's estate, Robert Hays and his girlfriend, Pam Dawber, soon discover not only tha...

Die Laughing
1980
as Bock
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds ...

The Jerk
1979
as Circus Hand (uncredited)
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him ...

Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Charley Butts
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one...
Outside Chance
1978
as Deputy in Van
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who stea...

Loose Shoes
1978
as 2nd Veteran
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from ...

Doctor Dracula
1978
as Wainwright
An evil hypnotist puts a beautiful woman under his spell.

Peeping Times
1978
as Nutritionist
Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the spe...

Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
as Sound Technician
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ...

Lucifer's Women
1974
as John Wainwright, 'Svengali'
An acclaimed author has developed an interest in satanism and black magic. Hoping to manipulate him to suit his own perverse desire, his publisher con...

Thumb Tripping
1972
as Simp
Gary and Shay are two happy-go-lucky flower children who hitchhike in the beautiful Big Sur-Monterey area of California.

Evil Roy Slade
1972
as Snake
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious...

The Phynx
1970
as Philbaby
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

Viva Max!
1969
as Romero
In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - i...

How Sweet It Is!
1968
as 1st Policeman
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, a...

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as Supermarket Clerk
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?

Funnyman
1967
as Roger
An improvisational comedian, working with The Committee improv group in San Francisco, struggles to be taken seriously.

Dylan Speaks
1965
as Self
The legendary press conference in San Fransisco at KQED studios on Dec. 3rd 1965. This was a pivotal year in Bob Dylan's career. In the early part of...

Bad Haircut
N/A
as Gus
When a college student goes to a new place to get a haircut, he discovers that his barber is a psychopath.

I Got A Bullet with Your Name on It!
N/A
as Mario The Mouth
The very first mafia movie by James Balsamo
The Farmhouse Murders
N/A
as Sheriff Tom Riley
After two college students vanish, a detective uncovers a decades old mystery involving a strange farmhouse in a forgotten town.