Bob Hastings
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
133
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-04-18
Day of death
2014-06-30 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn - New York - USA
Bob Hastings
Biography
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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Batman
The Love Boat
Ironside
Ironside
Ironside
Batman: The Animated Series
The Waltons
Falcon Crest
The Twilight Zone
Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12
Quincy, M.E.
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
Emergency!
I Dream of Jeannie
Hogan's Heroes
Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
Remington Steele
My Three Sons
Alice
Three's Company
The Incredible Hulk
Petticoat Junction
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
The Munsters
Superman: The Animated Series
Switch
Ben Casey
Barnaby Jones
Marcus Welby, M.D.
All in the Family
The Donna Reed Show
Static Shock
ABC Afterschool Special
Mister Ed
The Odd Couple
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
McHale's Navy
McHale's Navy
The New Batman Adventures
The New Batman Adventures
The Streets of San Francisco
The Real McCoys
Here's Lucy
Wonder Woman
Room 222
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Police Story
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
The Tall Man
The Greatest American Hero
The Phil Silvers Show
Trapped
Delta House
Shadow Force
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Major Dad
Challenge of the Super Friends
The Boatniks
The New Adventures of Superman
Swan Song
Thornwell
Pete and Gladys
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Toyland Casino
Gotham Girls
The Poseidon Adventure
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
No Time for Sergeants
Peter Loves Mary
Peter Loves Mary
Kitty Foyle
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Americans
Spider-Man
The Partners
Charley and the Angel
Airport 1975
The Great Impostor
Car 54, Where Are You?
Father Figure
The Tom Ewell Show
California Fever
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
The Bamboo Saucer
Flo
Keep in Step
McHale's Navy
Terror on the 40th Floor
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
Christmas Lilies of the Field
The Adventures of Superboy
No Deposit, No Return
The Love God?
Jeannie
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
A Very Missing Person
Devlin
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
The All-American Boy
Harper Valley P.T.A.
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
General Electric Theater
Any Second Now
Just a Little Inconvenience
Szysznyk
Clue Club
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Moon Pilot
Undercover Elephant
The Crash of Flight 401
The Munsters' Revenge
Atom Squad
How to Frame a Figg
The Billion Dollar Threat
Conspiracy of Terror
