Bob Hastings got his show business start in radio after WWII as the voice of "Archie Andrews" in the show of the same name (a spin-off of the Archie Comics series) on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The good-looking Hastings made the transition to television smoothly in 1949 in early galactic-action series like "Captain Video and His Video Rangers" (1949) and "Atom Squad" (1953). His first recurring role was as a lieutenant on "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) (aka "Sgt. Bilko"). Most of his career has been spent in television, and he's notable for roles such as Captain Binghamton's yes-man "Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter" on "McHale's Navy" (1962), one of the two Tommy Kelsey's on "All in the Family" (1968), and "Captain Ramsey" on "General Hospital" (1963). Hastings has also done much voice work, including that of "The Raven" on "The Munsters" (1964), "Superboy" on the "The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure" (1967) cartoons in the 1960s and, in recent years, the voice of "Commisioner Gordon" on the animated "Batman" (1992) cartoons.

Older brother of Don Hastings .Played Archie Andrews on radio.Did voice work for "Challenge of the SuperFriends" (1978) and went on to provide the voice of "James Gordon" on "Batman" (1992) (aka "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992)).Uncle of Jennifer Hastings, Julie Hastings, Matthew Hastings and Katharine Scott Hastings.Brother-in-law of Leslie Denniston .He has played the same character (Commissioner James Gordon) on four different series: "Batman" (1992), "Superman" (1996), "The New Batman Adventures" (1997) and "Static Shock" (2000).