martin patterson "pat" hingle (july 19, 1924 january 3, 2009) was an american actor. he played commissioner james gordon in the tim burton/joel schumacher batman films: "batman", "batman returns", "batman forever", and "batman &amp; robin". hingle and michael gough are the only two actors to appear in all 4 batman movies. hingle worked from 1954 through 2006.