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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 26, 1931
Place of Birth
Monticello, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Hank Garret
Hank Garrett
0.3 Popularity
Biography
As a child, Hank Garrett was glued to the radio and would imitate the voices he heard. His favorite show was “Can You Top This?” He would listen to the resident dialectician and master storyteller named Peter Donald to write down all the jokes he heard in a little book. He continued to regale family and friends with his budding comedy act. At the age of sixteen, he began a career working as a comedian in resort hotels. His first television acting job of major importance was Patrolman Ed Nicholsonon “Car 54, Where Are You?” He also provided a number of trick voices and dialects for radio commercials. Then he auditioned and got the job doing the voices for Fluffy and Fast Eddie on the animated “Here Comes Garfield” show. Soon after, Hank had the honor of providing the voice for the new G.I. Joe Communications Specialist: Dial-Tone on the “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero” animated series. This popular character appeared in the “G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise" mini-series as well as more than twenty-four of the syndicated episodes. He also reprised his voice acting role for Dial-Tone on the animated "G.I. Joe: The Movie". Convention Attendees can meet the man behind-the-voice for autographs and perhaps even get their 2011 Convention Exclusive Dial-Tone signed!
Known For
0.0
Self
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
2000
2.0
Delivery Dispatcher
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
4.1
Guard
Baby Geniuses
1999
6.2
Hitman / Postman
Safe House
1998
6.0
Police Chief
The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
3.5
Dr. Wayland
Exit in Red
1997
6.6
Manny - The Bartender
Nothing to Lose
1997
7.2
Mr. Flint (segment "Money Laundry")
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
1.7
Foreman
Guns & Lipstick
1995
2.0
Lt. Hadcock
Twisted Fate
1995
Credits
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
as Self
2000
0.0
The Million Dollar Kid
as Delivery Dispatcher
2000
2.0
Baby Geniuses
as Guard
1999
4.1
Safe House
as Hitman / Postman
1998
6.2
The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Police Chief
1998
6.0
Exit in Red
as Dr. Wayland
1997
3.5
Nothing to Lose
as Manny - The Bartender
1997
6.6
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Mr. Flint (segment "Money Laundry")
1997
7.2
Guns & Lipstick
as Foreman
1995
1.7
Twisted Fate
as Lt. Hadcock
1995
2.0
Sniper
as Admiral in Washington
1993
6.2
Sisters
1991
7.2
Steel and Lace
as Capt. Grover
1991
4.8
Maniac Cop 2
as Tom O'Henton
1990
5.9
Alien Nation
as Marty Penn
1989
6.9
That's Adequate
as Space Pilot
1989
3.2
Blood Frenzy
as Dave Ash
1987
3.9
Full House
1987
7.6
Max Headroom
as Ashwell
1987
6.8
Dutch Treat
as Vito
1987
4.0
G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!
as Dial-Tone (voice)
1986
8.7
The Boys Next Door
as Detective Ed Hanley
1986
6.2
Bad Guys
as Bud Schultz
1986
7.0
The Midnight Hour
as Sgt. Thompson
1985
5.9
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Shadow Play")
1985
7.8
Command 5
as Capt. Ed Drapper
1985
1.0
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.1
Johnny Dangerously
as Mayor
1984
6.3
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as Kramer
1984
4.2
Spraggue
as Knuckles
1984
0.0
Airwolf
as Dr. Morton
1984
7.6
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
as Dial Tone (voice)
1983
7.6
The Sting II
as Cab Driver
1983
4.7
Here Comes Garfield
as Fast Eddy / Fluffy (voice)
1982
6.9
Knight Rider
as Steven Barnes
1982
7.5
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
The Jazz Singer
as Police Sergeant
1980
5.9
The Silent Lovers
as Clarence Brown
1980
3.5
Knots Landing
as Frank Kolbert
1979
6.7
Paris
as Deputy Chief Jerome Bench
1979
5.0
The Amityville Horror
as Bartender
1979
6.3
Firepower
as Oscar Bailey
1979
4.7
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Conductor
1977
4.5
Three's Company
as The Bookie
1977
7.6
The Sentinel
as James Brenner
1977
6.1
Deadly Hero
as Buckley
1975
5.7
Three Days of the Condor
as Mailman
1975
7.3
The Great Ice Rip-Off
as Sam
1974
7.0
Death Wish
as Andrew McCabe
1974
6.9
Serpico
as Malone
1973
7.5
Kojak
as Turetsky
1973
7.0
Columbo
as Captain
1971
8.1
A Lovely Way to Die
as Henderson (uncredited)
1968
4.7
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Ed Nicholson
1961
7.2
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Officer Ed Nicholson (uncredited)
1961
7.2