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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 18, 1925
Deathday: June 30, 2014
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Known For
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003-10-21
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Overview: As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-21
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The Bamboo Saucer
1968-10-23
The Bamboo Saucer
Overview: A flying saucer hidden in a Red Chinese peasant village is sought by teams from the United States and U.S.S.R. On finding it, they band together to explore the saucer and take a trip into space.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-23
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The Crash of Flight 401
1978-10-29
The Crash of Flight 401
Overview: True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-29
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993-12-25
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Overview: Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.
Genres: Action Animation Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Airport 1975
1974-10-18
Airport 1975
Overview: When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-18
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998-02-11
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Overview: When Mr. Freeze kidnaps Barbara Gordon, as an involuntary organ donor to save his dying wife, Batman and Robin must find her before the operation can begin.
Genres: Animation Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-11
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The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997-10-04
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Overview: As the Joker visits Metropolis with a plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor, Batman pursues the clown to Superman's turf.
Genres: Action Animation TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-04
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Toyland Casino
1938-10-08
Toyland Casino
Overview: A score of amateur children sing and dance in costume in a multi-act musical revue.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-08
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Keep in Step
1959-01-23
Keep in Step
Overview: An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-23
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Shadow Force
1992-12-01
Shadow Force
Overview: Policemen by Day - Assassins at Night. A story all too familiar yet amazing to see. Follow the daily lives of corrupt policemen as they make a fortune as assassins.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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The Million Dollar Rip-Off
1976-09-22
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Overview: An electronics genius, who is an ex-con, and four of his lady friends devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who had been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
The Poseidon Adventure
Overview: When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
1965-07-09
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
Overview: The crew of PT-73 are in trouble again when Ensign Parker is mistaken for a pilot and gets shanghied into the Air Force.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-09
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Swan Song
1980-02-08
Swan Song
Overview: Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who helps him regain his self-respect.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Father Figure
1980-10-26
Father Figure
Overview: Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-26
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McHale's Navy
1964-06-25
McHale's Navy
Overview: The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-25
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The Billion Dollar Threat
1979-04-15
The Billion Dollar Threat
Overview: A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-15
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Charley and the Angel
1973-03-23
Charley and the Angel
Overview: Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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No Time for Sergeants
1955-03-15
No Time for Sergeants
Overview: Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy -- no one more than Sgt. King.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-15
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The Munsters' Revenge
1981-02-27
The Munsters' Revenge
Overview: The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-27
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Thornwell
1981-01-28
Thornwell
Overview: The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-28
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Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978-08-02
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Overview: Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a little too liberal so they're making things tough for her and her daughter. So she runs for the position of PTA President, which infuriates them. Stella decides to get revenge with the help of her friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979-12-16
Christmas Lilies of the Field
Overview: In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother Maria, and he reluctantly helps them out of a pinch once more.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-16
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Trapped
1974-06-13
Trapped
Overview: A man is accidentally locked in a department store overnight and finds himself held at bay by six vicious Doberman guard dogs.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-13
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How to Frame a Figg
1971-02-01
How to Frame a Figg
Overview: Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, knowing he'll never catch on. Their plan backfires when Figg becomes self-important and accidentally discovers their plot.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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The Love God?
1969-08-01
The Love God?
Overview: Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-01
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No Deposit, No Return
1976-02-05
No Deposit, No Return
Overview: Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan.
Genres: Comedy Family Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-05
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Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968-07-14
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
Overview: Agatha Knabenshu arrives in a small town in Missouri to sell player pianos to the locals. She's fired after her disastrous sales attempts nearly destroy the town. The stranded saleslady becomes friendly with an equally bumbling inventor and moves in with his family. The two then try to sell his automatic milking machine, but things turn sour when their demonstration causes a stampede.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-14
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Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
2002-04-23
Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
Overview: In the original five episodes of the Emmy-winning Batman: The Animated Series, Batman must battle The Joker, The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and more to protect Gotham City.
Genres: Animation Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-23
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The Boatniks
1970-07-01
The Boatniks
Overview: Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the way he expresses his deep sympathy for the lady leaves to be desired. And the situation does not improve when a trio of bumbling jewel thieves interferes.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-01
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The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971-10-30
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Overview: Three kids think they see a sea monster in the calm waters of Strawberry Cove, and set out to find what's behind the mystery.
Genres: Family Adventure Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-30
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Spider-Man
1977-09-14
Spider-Man
Overview: When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-14
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Conspiracy of Terror
1975-12-29
Conspiracy of Terror
Overview: A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven't forgiven him for marrying a Gentile woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-29
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Any Second Now
1969-02-11
Any Second Now
Overview: A photographer plans to murder his rich young wife after she catches him cheating on her and threatens to divorce him so he won't get any of her money. He arranges for her to have an auto accident. However, instead of killing her, the accident only causes her to lose her memory, and the doctors say that it could return at any moment.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-11
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A Very Missing Person
1972-03-04
A Very Missing Person
Overview: An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-04
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Terror on the 40th Floor
1974-09-17
Terror on the 40th Floor
Overview: A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-17
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971-08-19
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Overview: A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-19
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Just a Little Inconvenience
1977-10-02
Just a Little Inconvenience
Overview: Jolted out of his self-pity by a friend who teaches him to ski, a wounded Vietnam vet comes to look on his double amputation not as a "handicap" but rather "just a little inconvenience."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-02
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Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971-11-19
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
Overview: Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-19
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The All-American Boy
1973-10-24
The All-American Boy
Overview: Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But, even when opportunities present themselves, Bealer is too restless and indecisive to take advantage. Despite being on the cusp of making the Olympic boxing team, his life is in total disarray as he juggles relationships with an old flame, a girl who's way too young for him, and a foul-mouthed trainer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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