- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRobert Francis Hastings
- Height1.74 m
- Bob Hastings got his show business start in radio after WWII as the voice of "Archie Andrews" in the show of the same name (a spin-off of the Archie Comics series) on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The good-looking Hastings made the transition to television smoothly in 1949 in early galactic-action series like Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) and Atom Squad (1953). His first semi-recurring role was as either a sergeant or a lieutenant on The Phil Silvers Show (1955) (aka "Sgt. Bilko"). Overall, he appeared in eight episodes but interestingly always with a different character name though basically the same demeanor.
Most of his career has been spent in television, and he's notable for roles such as Captain Binghamton's yes-man "Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter" on Sur le pont la marine (1962), one of the two Tommy Kelsey's on All in the family (1971), and "Captain Ramsey" on Hôpital central (1963). Hastings has also done much voice work, including that of "The Raven" on Les monstres (1964), "Superboy" on the The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967) cartoons in the 1960s and, in recent years, the voice of "Commissioner Gordon" on the animated Batman (1992) cartoons.- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Barrister.
- SpouseJoan Marie Rice(January 25, 1948 - June 30, 2014) (his death, 4 children)
- The voice of Commissioner Gordon
- His son, Michael R. Hastings, was the Mayor of Burbank, CA.
- Best known to TV audiences as Lt. Elroy Carpenter, the obsequious toady to the scheming Capt. Binghampton, in Sur le pont la marine (1962) and Kelsey, the owner of Kelsey's Bar, in All in the family (1971).
- He played the same character (Commissioner James Gordon) on four different series: Batman (1992), Superman (1996), Batman (1997) and Static Shock (2000).
- Older brother of Don Hastings.
- Played Archie Andrews on radio.
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