- 2002: Returned to series TV as regular on the ABC drama "The Court"
- 1997: Had a fourth go as Commissioner Gordon in "Batman & Robin"
- 1997: Portrayed Officer Wylie in USA movie "The Member of the Wedding"
- 1997: Acted the part of Benjamin Franklin in revival of the musical "1776", his 23rd Broadway show
- 1995: Once again played Commissioner Gordon in Joel Schumacher's "Batman Forever"
- 1992: Reprised the role of Commissioner Gordon for Burton's "Batman Returns"
- 1991: Played J Edgar Hoover in HBO movie "Citizen Cohn"
- 1990: As mob boss Bobo Justice in "The Grifters", traveled west to teach Lily (Anjelica Huston) a painful lesson for skimming mob money at the track
- 1989: Portrayed Police Commissioner James Gordon in Tim Burton's "Batman"; took the job so his wife could see London
- 1988: Cast as a regular in "Blue Skies", a short-lived CBS drama
- 1986: Gave an amusing performance as a true screen swine, one of the few redeeming elements of "Maximum Overdrive", a bomb that marked Stephen King's directorial debut; filmed on location in Carolina Beach, NC where Hingle eventually setteld permanently
- 1980: Debut as a TV regular, played Chief Paulton on the short-lived ABC detective series "Stone", starring Dennis Weaver
- 1974: Starred as a colorful Depression-era doctor in "The Last Angry Man", an ABC TV-movie pilot for an unsold series
- 1973: Succeeded Richard A Dysart as Coach in Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" on Broadway
- 1969: TV-movie debut, "The Ballad of Andy Crocker" (ABC)
- 1968: First film with Clint Eastwood, "Hang 'Em High" (also appeared with Eastwood in "The Gauntlet" 1977 and "Sudden Impact" 1983)
- 1966: Played the Gentleman Caller in a CBS-TV adaptation of "The Glass Menagerie"
- 1965: Appeared in the first stage revival of "The Glass Menagerie"
- 1964: Appeared as Parnell James in the Broadway production of James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie"
- 1961: Breakthrough feature supporting role as Warren Beatty's father in Kazan's "Splendor in the Grass"
- 1961: Starred as "Macbeth" at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, CT
- 1960: Narrated Kazan's "Wild River"
- 1959: Received rave reviews in title role of Archibald MacLeish's "J.B." on Broadway
- 1958: Nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play for William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs"
- 1955: Broadway debut as Joe Foster in "Festival"
- 1955: Appeared as Gooper in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway with Ben Gazarra and Burl Ives
- 1954: Feature acting debut in Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront"
- 1953: NYC stage debut (Off-Broadway), Harold Koble in "End as a Man"
- 1950: Began professional acting career in a non-union stock company in Rockville Centre, NY
- 1950: TV debut in a production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" on CBS' "Suspense"
- 1941: Served with the United States Naval Reserve
- Served with the United States Naval Reserve
- Offered title role in "Elmer Gantry" (1960) but could not do it due to near fatal accident; caught in an elevator in his West End Avenue apartment building that had stalled between the second and third floors, he crawled out, trying to reach the second floor corridor, lost his balance and fell 54 feet down the shaft, fracturing his skull, wrist, hip and most of the ribs on his left side, breaking his left leg in three places and losing the little finger on his left hand; Burt Lancaster won a Best Actor Oscar as Elmer Gantry




