MUMBAI: Pat Hingle, more popularly known as Commissioner Gordon of the batman movies in the 1990s, expired on Saturday, 5 January after battling multiple health problems, including blood cancer. He was 84.

He suffered from myelodysplasia and is survived by his wife, two sisters, five children and 11 grandchildren.

Born on 19 July 1924, the American actor is traditionally known for playing judges, police officers, and other authority figures. One of his notable roles is the father of the character played by Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961). While he is probably best known in recent times for playing Commissioner Gordon in the 1989 film Batman and its three sequels, Hingle has a long list of television and movie credits to his name, going back to 1948. Among them are Hang 'Em High (1968), Sudden Impact (1983), Road To Redemption (2001), When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Grifters (1990), Citizen Cohn (1992), Muppets From Space, and Shaft (2000).