Bob Hastings
Acting
Born 1925-04-18
Died 2014-06-30
Brooklyn - New York - USA
121 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
44 credits
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Hogan's Heroes
Batman: The Animated Series
Ironside
Batman
Falcon Crest
The Donna Reed Show
Love, American Style
Adam-12
Emergency!
The Rockford Files
Petticoat Junction
I Dream of Jeannie
Green Acres
Superman: The Animated Series
All in the Family
Three's Company
Remington Steele
Barnaby Jones
Gunsmoke
ABC Afterschool Special
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lou Grant
The Odd Couple
The Munsters
Here's Lucy
Static Shock
The New Batman Adventures
Dennis the Menace
The Phil Silvers Show
Switch
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
McHale's Navy
Wonder Woman
The Greatest American Hero
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Baa Baa Black Sheep
The Tall Man
Gotham Girls
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
The Poseidon Adventure
The Manhunter
The Wonderful World of Disney
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16 credits
The Waltons
Alice
The Twilight Zone
Quincy, M.E.
My Three Sons
The Incredible Hulk
Ben Casey
Room 222
The Real McCoys
Mister Ed
The Streets of San Francisco
Police Story
Major Dad
Pete and Gladys
The New Adventures of Superman
Challenge of the Super Friends
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