Bob Hastings
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.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
The Love Boat
1977
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Ironside
1967
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
Adam-12
1968
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Waltons
1972
The Twilight Zone
1959
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Emergency!
1972
Petticoat Junction
1963
My Three Sons
1960
Ben Casey
1961
The Incredible Hulk
1977
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The Odd Couple
1970
Alice
1976
Barnaby Jones
1973
Green Acres
1965
Remington Steele
1982
Three's Company
1977
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Donna Reed Show
1958
All in the Family
1971
Lou Grant
1977
Here's Lucy
1968
Gunsmoke
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Munsters
1964
Mister Ed
1961
Switch
1975
The Real McCoys
1957
Room 222
1969
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Dennis the Menace
1959
Static Shock
2000
The New Batman Adventures
1997
Wonder Woman
1975
Police Story
1973
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Major Dad
1989
The Tall Man
1960
McHale's Navy
1962
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
The New Adventures of Superman
1966
Gotham Girls
2000
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Americans
1961
Car 54, Where Are You?
1961
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
The Partners
1971
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Delta House
1979
Flo
1980
General Electric Theater
1953
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
1998
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
1967
Airport 1975
1974
California Fever
1979
Devlin
1974
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997
Clue Club
1976
Spider-Man
1977
Jeannie
1973
Szysznyk
1977
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
The Adventures of Superboy
1966
The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies - The Lost Episodes
1972
Moon Pilot
1962
Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You
1971
The Great Impostor
1960
The Love God?
1969
Kitty Foyle
1958
McHale's Navy
1964
Charley and the Angel
1973
Undercover Elephant
1977
Atom Squad
1953
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
How to Frame a Figg
1971
The Bamboo Saucer
1968
Terror on the 40th Floor
1974
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
1965
Thornwell
1981
No Deposit, No Return
1976
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978
Trapped
1974
Swan Song
1980
Snowballing
1984
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
1976
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?
1968
The Boatniks
1970
The Munsters' Revenge
1981
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
1971
Batman: The Animated Series - The Legend Begins
2002
Conspiracy of Terror
1975
The All-American Boy
1973
The Billion Dollar Threat
1979
Father Figure
1980
A Very Missing Person
1972
Any Second Now
1969
Keep in Step
1959
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977
No Time for Sergeants
1955
Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979
Shadow Force
1992
Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection
1972
Toyland Casino
1938