Bob Hastings

Biography: Character and voice actor Bob Hastings is best known for his television work on series such as McHale's Navy and All in the Family, but he also appeared in some feature films. Born in New York in 1921, he was busy on the radio in his twenties, specializing in male ingenue and comedy roles, including portraying Archie Andrews in an NBC radio adaptations of Archie Comics in 1944. His first credited television appearance was in 1955, in the U.S. Steel Hour production of No Time for Sergeants. Hastings made his feature film debut in 1962 in the Disney production Moon Pilot, starring Tom Tryon, and that same year got his first regular series role as Lt. Elroy Carpenter, the obsequious aide to Joe Flynn's Captain Binghamton on McHale's Navy. He was with the series for four seasons, and it led to his subsequent big-screen work in the features McHale's Navy (1964) and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965). He also played Bert Ramsey on the daytime drama General Hospital and managedCharacter and voice actor Bob Hastings is best known for his television work on series such as McHale's Navy and All in the Family, but he also appeared in some feature films. Born in New York in 1921, he was busy on the radio in his twenties, specializing in male ingenue and comedy roles, including portraying Archie Andrews in an NBC radio adaptations of Archie Comics in 1944. His first credited television appearance was in 1955, in the U.S. Steel Hour production of No Time for Sergeants. Hastings made his feature film debut in 1962 in the Disney production Moon Pilot, starring Tom Tryon, and that same year got his first regular series role as Lt. Elroy Carpenter, the obsequious aide to Joe Flynn's Captain Binghamton on McHale's Navy. He was with the series for four seasons, and it led to his subsequent big-screen work in the features McHale's Navy (1964) and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965). He also played Bert Ramsey on the daytime drama General Hospital and managed to work in occasional big-screen work, in pictures such as The Flim-Flam Man. In the 1970s, Hastings played the recurring character of Kelsey the tavern-keeper on All in the Family. Hastings' on-screen acting generally saw him cast as nervous, sycophantic mid-level bureaucrats, or, occasionally, as rough-hewn working-class types. But as a voice artist he has had a much wider range of portrayals, including heroes and authority figures, including the voice of Clark Kent in the 1960s Batman/Superman Hour and, in more recent decades, the voice of Commissioner Gordon on the animated Batman from Fox network. Bob Hastings is the older brother of actor Don Hastings, who is perhaps best remembered by viewers of one generation for his portrayal of the Video Ranger in Captain Video; Bob also appeared in the series, in a much less prominent role. He died in 2014, at age 89. Expand

Bob Hastings' Scores

Average career score: 43
Highest Metascore: 43 The Love Boat: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 43 The Love Boat: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 1
  2. Negative: 0 out of 1
1 tv review
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
43 The Love Boat: Season 1 Sep 24, 1977 Customer tbd
tbd Wonder Woman: Season 2 Sep 16, 1977 Gatekeeper tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 5 Sep 30, 1976 Harvey Boone tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 3 Sep 24, 1976 Hank Gidley tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 2 Sep 12, 1975 Paul Tanner tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 4 Sep 11, 1975 Pruitt tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 6 Sep 8, 1975 Tommy Kelsey / Kelsey tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 5 Sep 14, 1974 Tommy Kelsey / Kelsey / Tommy Kelsey tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 8 Sep 12, 1974 Bob Hastings / Paul Carlton tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 4 Sep 15, 1973 Tommy Kelsey / Kelsey tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 3 Sep 16, 1972 Tommy Kelsey / Kelsey tbd
tbd The Odd Couple: Season 3 Sep 15, 1972 Happy Greshler tbd
tbd Emergency!: Season 1 Jan 22, 1972 Drunk Driver / Man In Robe tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 2 Sep 18, 1971 Tommy Kelsey / Kelsey tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 5 Sep 14, 1971 Bob Hastings / Mort Green tbd
tbd My Three Sons: Season 12 Sep 13, 1971 Lorning tbd
tbd All in the Family: Season 1 Jan 12, 1971 Kelsey 8.0
tbd Ironside: Season 4 Sep 17, 1970 Bob Hastings / George Norene tbd
tbd Green Acres: Season 6 Sep 15, 1970 Sheriff tbd
tbd Green Acres: Season 4 Sep 25, 1968 Telephone Man tbd
tbd Ironside: Season 2 Sep 19, 1968 Bob Hastings / Ray tbd
tbd I Dream of Jeannie: Season 4 Sep 16, 1968 Homer tbd
tbd Hogan's Heroes: Season 3 Sep 9, 1967 Piotkin tbd
tbd The New Adventures of Superman: Season 1 Sep 10, 1966 Clark Kent/Superboy tbd
tbd Batman (1966): Season 2 Sep 7, 1966 Beasley tbd
tbd McHale's Navy: Season 4 Sep 14, 1965 Lt. Elroy Carpenter / Lt. Elroy Carpenter tbd
tbd McHale's Navy: Season 3 Sep 15, 1964 Lt. Elroy Carpenter / Lt. Elroy Carpenter tbd
tbd Petticoat Junction: Season 1 Sep 24, 1963 Bill Tuttle tbd
tbd McHale's Navy: Season 2 Sep 17, 1963 Lt. Elroy Carpenter / Lt. Elroy Carpenter tbd
tbd The Twilight Zone: Season 4 Jan 3, 1963 Sam 9.4