Batman Voice Veteran Bob Hastings Passes Away

<p>Following a long battle with prostate cancer&comma; actor Bob Hastings has passed away and left in his stead a long line of acting credentials going back to the very birth of Batman in mainstream media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Appearing in a guest role in 1966&&num;8217&semi;s Batman TV Show starring Adam West and Burt Ward&comma; Hastings would go onto voice Commissioner Jim Gordon in both 1968&&num;8217&semi;s animated The Batman&sol;Superman Hour and the fan-favorite and Emmy award winning Batman&colon; The Animated Series &lpar;and related DC cartoons&rpar;&period; The latter would be the primary inspiration behind Batman&colon; The Animated Series writer Paul Dini&&num;8217&semi;s work on Batman&colon; Arkham Asylum&comma; in which Tom Kane would voice the role of Jim Gordon&comma; and its sequel&comma; Batman&colon; Arkham City&comma; that same role filled by David Kaye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hastings did voice Gotham&&num;8217&semi;s iconic police commissioner in 2001&&num;8217&semi;s Batman&colon; Vengeance and reprise his role for 2003&&num;8217&semi;s Batman&colon; Rise of Sin Tzu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05092550&sol;BrjJixICcAATq4P&period;jpg-medium&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignright wp-image-63168 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;05092550&sol;BrjJixICcAATq4P&period;jpg-medium-300x174&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Actor Bob Hastings Bago Games" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"174" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For the older crowd&comma; Hastings is remembered for his career in radio dramas and subsequent television roles from the 1940s onward&period; He played the role of Lt&period; Carpenter on McHale’s Navy in the early 1960s and and gave his voice to The New Scooby-Doo Movies &lpar;1973&rpar;&comma; and The Amazing Spider-Man &lpar;1977&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His voice work may also be recalled for Jak and Daxter&colon; The Precursor Legacy as Mayor Manac&period; His final role would be as a judge in 2010&&num;8217&semi;s Mafia II&period; He was 89&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;local&sol;obituaries&sol;la-me-bob-hastings-20140703-story&period;html">LA Times<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;