Biography: Pat Hingle was born Martin Patterson Hingle on July 19, 1924 in Miami, Florida to Marvin Louise and Clarence Martin Hingle. He served in the U.S. Navy and earned a degree in radio broadcasting in 1949 from the University of Texas. He studied at the American Theatre Wing and became a member of the Actors Studio in 1952. He married Alyce F. Dorsey, with whom he had three children. He then married Julia Wright, with whom he had two children.

Film/TV Credits: Film credits include: ?"Batman," "The Land Before Time," "Batman Forever," "Batman Returns," "Hang 'em High," "The Gauntlet," "Splendor in the Grass," "All the Way Home," "Nevada Smith," "Norma Rae," "Sudden Impact," "Baby Boom," "The Quick and the Dead," "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," and 'Undoing Time." Television credits include: "M*A*S*H*," "The Twilight Zone," "Cheers," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Dawson's Creek," "Murder, She Wrote," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Wings," and "Mission: Impossible."