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Actor Born: July 19, 1924 in Denver, CO Death: January 3, 2009 Biography:Burly character actor "Pat Hingle" held down a variety of bread-and-butter jobs--mostly in the construction field--while studying at the University of Texas, the Hagen-Bergdorf studio, the Theatre Wing and the Actors Studio. Earning his Equity card in 1950, Hingle made his Broadway debut in 1953 as Harold Koble in End as a Man (he would repeat this role in the 1957 film adaptation, retitled "The Strange One"). One year later, he was cast as Gooper-aka "Brother Man"-in "Tennessee Williams"' Pulitzer-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Also in 1954, he made his inaugural film appearance in "On the Waterfront" as a bartender. Though a familiar Broadway presence and a prolific TV actor, Hingle remained a relatively unknown film quantity, so much so that he was ballyhooed as one of the "eight new stars" in the 1957 release "No Down Payment". As busy as he was before the cameras in the 1950s, 1960s and... Full Biography
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